Switzerland Mendelssohn, Ravel and Mahler: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Matthias Goerne (baritone), Lionel Bringuier (conductor), Tonhalle Zurich, 5.11.15. (JR)
John Rhodes
Bustling Scandinavian Bohème Confounds the Critics
Switzerland Puccini: La Bohème: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, conductor: Giampaolo Bisanti, Zurich Opera, Zurich. 1.11.2015 (JR)
Bringuier’s Brahms 2 and Batiashvili’s Sibelius Concerto Impress in Zurich
Switzerland Ravel, Sibelius, Brahms: Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Lionel Bringuier (conductor), Tonhalle Zurich, 31.10.15 (JR)
Philharmonia on Tour in Switzerland Impress with First-Rate Eroica.
Switzerland Dubugnon, Brahms and Beethoven: Philharmonia Orchestra, Arabella Steinbacher (violin) Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Tonhalle Zurich 27.10.15 (JR)
Czech Composers, Czech Conductor at the Tonhalle
Switzerland Janáček, Martinů, Beethoven: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Antoine Tamestit (viola), Tomas Netopil (conductor), Tonhalle Zurich 22.10.15 (JR)
Bartoli Brings Norma from Salzburg to Zurich
Switzerland Bellini: Norma: Soloists, Chorus of Radiotelevisione Svizzera Italiana Lugano, Orchestra La Scintilla, conductor: Giovanni Antonini, Zurich Opera, Zurich 18.10.2015. (JR)
A Fine Bruckner 8 – But Not As You Might Know It
Switzerland Bruckner: Philharmonia Zurich, Fabio Luisi (conductor) , Zurich Opera, Zurich. 27.9.15 (JR)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (Original version, 1887)
In Zürich Macao Orchestra is a Revelation in Bruckner’s Sixth
Switzerland Yuan/Tieshan, Saint-Saëns, Bruckner: Macao Orchestra, Lü Jia (conductor), Lionel Cottet (cello) Tonhalle Zürich 18.9.15 (JR)