Switzerland Schumann, Beethoven: Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Daniele Gatti (conductor) Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Lucerne (KKL), 23.1.2018. (JR)
Meticulous and Refined Mahler Chamber Orchestra with an Uplifting ‘Rhenish’ Symphony
John Rhodes
Estonian Festival Orchestra – Noble Project and Fine Sound
Switzerland Pärt, Sibelius, Shostakovich: Viktoria Mullova (violin), Estonian Festival Orchestra / Paavo Järvi (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 20.1.2018 (JR)
Gardiner’s Verdi Requiem – Tasteful But Hardly Electrifying
Switzerland Verdi: Monteverdi Choir, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Corinne Winters (soprano), Marianna Pizzolato (mezzo-soprano), Michael Spyres (tenor), Tareq Nazmi (Bass), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich. 19.1.2018. (JR)
Gripping Revival of Kosky’s Gritty La fanciulla del West
Switzerland Puccini, La fanciulla del West: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Marco Armiliato (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich, 12.1.2018. (JR)
Maria João Pires Bows Out Gracefully
Switzerland Mozart, Bruckner: Maria João Pires (piano), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Bernard Haitink (conductor), Tonhalle Maag Zurich, 21.12.2017. (JR)
Strong Vocal Line-Up for New Madama Butterfly in Zurich
Switzerland Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus of Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Daniele Rustioni (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich. 10.12.2017. (JR)
An Ebullient Brahms 4 from Heras-Casado and the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
Switzerland Dutilleux, Debussy, Brahms: Camilla Tilling (soprano), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor), Tonhalle-Maag Zurich, 7.12.2017 (JR)
Impassioned Berg, Superlative Shostakovich from Currentzis and Kopatchinskaya
Switzerland Berg and Shostakovich: Patricia Kopatchinskaya (violin), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Teodor Currentzis (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 30.11.2017. (JR)
(c) Priska Ketterer