Germany Schoenberg. The Choir of the Komische Oper Berlin and Vocalconsort Berlin. Robert Hayward (Moses), John Daszak (Aron), Vladimir Jurowski (Musical direction), Barrie Kosky (Staging). Komische Oper Berlin. 19.04.15 (HR)
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A Drama of Extremes: La Damnation de Faust in Berlin
Berlioz: Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Charles Castronovo (tenor, Faust) Joyce DiDanato (mezzo-soprano, Marguerite), Ludovic Tézier (bass Méphistophélès), Florian Boesch (bass, Brander), Simon Halsey (chorus director), Berlin Philharmonikier, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berlin Philharmonie, 10.04.15 (HR) Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust Not quite an opera and not quite a pure concert work, Hector Berlioz’s La Damnation … Read more
Rediscovering the Familiar: the Rundfunkchor Berlin at Radial Systems V
Germany Brahms: Rundfunkchor Berlin, Simon Halsey (director), Malin Christensson (soprano), Konrad Jarnot (baritone), Angela Gassenhuber and Philip Mayers (piano), Jochen Sandig (concept and direction) Sasha Waltz & Guests (dramaturgie), Radial Systems V, Berlin, 26.03.15 (HR)
Late Sonatas: András Schiff at the Berliner Philharmonie
Germany Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart and Schubert: András Schiff (piano), Kammermusiksaal, Berliner Philharmonie, 22.3.2015 (HR)
Distinctively Expressive: Ian Bostridge and Lars Vogt at the Berlin Philharmonie’s Kammermusiksaal
Germany Schumann, Ives, and Brahms: Ian Bostridge (tenor) and Lars Vogt (piano). Kammermusiksaal, Berlin Philharmonie. 02.03.2015 (HR)
Fearlessly Secure: Evgeny Kissin at the Berliner Philharmonie
Germany Beethoven, Prokofiev, Chopin, Liszt: Evgeny Kissin. Berliner Philharmonie. Berlin, 16.02.14. (HR)
A Mesmerising Opening Night for Chor@Berlin
Germany Machaut, Martin, Odeh-Tamimi:Audi Jugendchorakademie; Die Singphoniker; Ensemble Mixtura; Berlin, 12.02.2015 (HR)
Understated Success: Rattle Opens BPO and Sibelius Sesquicentennial Season
Germany Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 in C, Op. 52; Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47, Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 63, Simon Rattle (conductor), Leonidas Kavakos (violin), the Berliner Philharmoniker, Berlin, 28.1.2015 (HR)