United States Schoenberg, Strauss, Wagner, Bruckner, Brahms, Liszt: Stephen Hough (piano), Alice Tully Hall, New York City, 13.4.14 (DA)
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In Brahms, a Welcome Change from Showy-But-Vapid
United States Brahms, Schumann: Paul Lewis (piano), New York Philharmonic, Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 12.4.14 (DA)
A Diabelli to Join the Greats
United Kingdom Schubert, Beethoven: Mitsuko Uchida (pianist). Carnegie Hall, New York, 9.4.2014. (SSM)
Bach’s Youngest Son Composes Works in the Style of his Elder Brothers
United States Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Christian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Georg Kallweit (concertmaster), Xenia Löffler (oboe), Raphael Alpermann (harpsichord), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 8.4.2014 (SSM)
Bach’s St. John Passion Takes a Place Where it Belongs
United States Johann Sebastian Bach, St. John Passion, Soloists with members of the Yale Schola Cantorum, Juilliard415 and members of the Yale Baroque Ensemble, Masaaki Suzuki (conductor), Alice Tully Hall, New York, 4.4.2014 (SSM)
Virtuosic But Puzzling Recital from Buniatishvili
United States Liszt, Ravel, Chopin, Stravinsky: Khatia Buniatishvili (piano). Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 7.4.2014. (DA)
Met’s Vintage La bohème Fresh and Emotionally Compelling
United States Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Stefano Ranzani (conductor). Broadcast to the Odeon Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex, 5.4.2014. (JPr)
Rameau’s Platée: No Frogs in Throat Here
United States Rameau, Platée: Soloists, chorus, and orchestra of Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew (conductor), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 2.4.2014 (SSM)
