Austria Liszt: Soloists, Vienna Philharmonic, Riccardo Muti (conductor), Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 15.8.2012. (JFL)
Salzburg
Notes from the 2012 Salzburg Festival – 8
Austria G. Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Salzburg Festival Children’s Chorus, Simon Rattle (conductor), Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 14.8.2012 (JFL)
Salzburg Festival: Pollini Graces Salzburg with Profound Beethoven Performances
Austria Beethoven: Maurizio Pollini (piano). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 19.8.2012 (MB)
Salzburg Festival – Rattle’s 1950s Carmen Lacks the Mediterranean Touch
Austria Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chours (chorus master: Ernst Raffelsberger), Salzburg Festival and Theatre Children’s Chorus (chorus master: Wolfgang Götz), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 17.8.2012 (MB)
Notes from the 2012 Salzburg Festival – 7
Austria Mozart, Carter, Holliger, Friedrichsohn, Schumann: Heinz Holliger (oboe), Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Ruth Killius (viola), Kuba Jakowicz (violin), Ursula Smith (cello), Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 13.8.2012 (JFL)
Notes from the 2012 Salzburg Festival – 6
Austria Berg, Schubert, B.A.Zimmermann: Matthias Goerne (baritone), Ulrich Matthes, Peter Stein (speakers), Christoph Eschenbach (conductor), NDR Symphony Orchestra, Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 12.8.2012 (JFL)
Notes from the 2012 Salzburg Festival – 5
Austria Schnittke, Mozart, Stravinsky: Andrius Zlabys (piano), Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor), Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 12.8.2012 (JFL)
Notes from the 2012 Salzburg Festival – 4
Austria Beethoven: Hagen Quartett (Lukas Hagen, v1 – Rainer Schmidt v2, Veronika Hagen, va – Clemens Hagen, vc), Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 11. & 12.8.2012 (JFL)