Switzerland Britten: The Turn of the Screw Soloists, Philharmonia Zurich conductor Constantin Trinks, Zurich Opera 7.11.14 (JR)
John Rhodes
Runnicles and Ax Impress all at the Tonhalle
Switzerland Elgar and Brahms Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Emanuel Ax (piano), Donald Runnicles, (conductor), Tonhalle Zurich 6.11.14 (JR)
Eardrums Battered by Caracas Youth Orchestra
Switzerland Revueltas, Castellanos, Shostakovich Youth Orchestra of Caracas, Dietrich Paredes (conductor), Tonhalle Zurich 31.10.14 (JR)
Scintillating Schumann, Shame about the Salonen
Switzerland Brahms, Salonen, Schumann Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich, Lionel Bringuier (conductor), Juho Pohjonen (piano), Tonhalle, Zurich 26.10.14 (JR)
Tchaikovsky Orchestra Impresses, Unsurprisingly, with….Tchaikovsky
Switzerland Brahms, Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra Moscow, Rudolf Buchbinder (piano), Vladimir Fedoseyev (conductor) Tonhalle, Zurich 24.10.14 (JR)
Stunning Schéhérazade by Altinoglu and the Tonhalle
Switzerland Rimsky-Korsakov Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Alain Altinoglu (conductor) Tonhalle, Zurich, 16-10-2914 (JR)
Photo (Fred Toulet)
Serbian Night at Carnegie Hall
United States Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Sibelius Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, Muhai Tang (conductor), Zeljko Lucic (Baritone), Carnegie Hall, New York 10.9.2014 (JR)