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John Rhodes

Not Quite the Berlin Philharmonic

06/03/201528/02/2015 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland  Beethoven, Prokofiev  Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Ning Feng (violin), Jaap van Zweden (conductor)  27.2.15 (JR)

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“Juliette” Vaut un Détour

06/03/201523/02/2015 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland   Martinu: Juliette   Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, conductor: Fabio Luisi, Zurich Opera, Zurich. 22.2.14 (JR)

Photo (c) Monica Ritterhaus
Photo (c) Monika Rittershaus

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Stirring Sibelius from Salonen

07/02/201503/02/2015 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland   Sibelius and Salonen Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Leila Josefowicz (violin) Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Tonhalle Zurich   1.2.15 (JR)

Leila Josefowicz Photo: J. Henry Fair
Leila Josefowicz
Photo: J. Henry Fair

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Guangzhou Symphony a Revelation

13/08/202027/01/2015 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Wenjing; Chenzong, Wanghua, Lihong, Zhuang; Tchaikovsky  Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, conductor Lin Daye, Mélodie Zhao (piano), Tonhalle Zurich, 26.1.2015. (JR)

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Copyright Migros Kulturprozent Classics

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Tristan and Isolde Meet at Villa Wesendonck 

07/02/201526/01/2015 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Wagner: Tristan and Isolde Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, conductor: John Fiore, Zurich Opera, Zurich. 25.1.15. (JR)

Tristan: Copyright Suzanne Schwiertz
Tristan: Copyright Suzanne Schwiertz

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Valiant Mahler’s “Fifth” by Opera House Orchestra

25/01/201520/01/2015 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland  Rachmaninov, Mahler Philharmonia Zurich, Lise de la Salle (piano), Fabio Luisi (conductor), Zurich Opera House, Zurich 18.2.15 (JR)

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Disappointing Austrian Assault on the Swiss

01/01/201516/12/2014 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Cerha, Schubert Tonhalle Orchestra, Gustavo Gimeno (conductor), Martin Grubinger (percussion), Tonhalle, Zurich 13.12.14 (JR)

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Herlitzius in a Class of Her Own

04/12/201425/11/2014 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Strauss R., Die Frau ohne Schatten   Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, conductor, Peter Tilling, Zurich Opera, Zurich. 22.11.2014 (JR)

Die Frau Ohne Schatten photographer: Susanne Schwiertz
Die Frau Ohne Schatten
photographer, Susanne Schwiertz

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