Austria Mahler: Elisabeth Kulman (contralto), Ladies’, Children’s and Youth Choirs of the Landestheater, Linz, Bruckner Orchestra Linz / Francesco Angelico (conductor). Musikverein, Vienna, 23.6.2017. (MB)
Vienna
An Unforgettable End to the Vienna Konzerthaus’s Boulez Festival
Austria Boulez: Klangforum Wie / Baldur Brönnimann (conductor). Grosser Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 19.6.2017. (MB)
Simon Keenlyside Leads an Impressive Vienna Cast in Pelléas et Mélisande
Austria Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande: Soloists, Vienna State Opera Chorus (chorus master: Martin Schebesta), Vienna State Opera Orchestra / Alain Altinoglu (conductor). Vienna State Opera, 18.6.2017. (MB)
Perfect Harmony Between the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Mariss Jansons
Austria Dvořák, Strauss, and Stravinsky: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (conductor). Goldener Saal, Musikverein, Vienna, 17.6.2017. (MB)
PHACE Present a Multi-Faceted Tribute to Pierre Boulez
Austria Boulez, Fedele, Winkler, Baticci, Karastoyanova-Hermentin, Oehring, Schiphorst, Reiter, and Francesconi: Isabel Pfefferkorn (contralto), PHACE / Simeon Pironkoff (conductor). Berio-Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 13.6.2017. (MB)
The Vienna Philharmonic on Fine Form in Brahms and Widmann
Austria Brahms and Widmann: Dieter Flury (flute), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Grosser Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 9.6.2017. (MB)
The Music of Boulez and Carter in Fascinating Conjunction
Austria Boulez and Carter: oenm (österrichsches ensemble für neue musik) / Johannes Kalitzke (conductor). Mozart-Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 7.6.2017. (MB)
Quite Outstanding Performances of Beethoven and Franck
Austria Beethoven and Franck: Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Vienna Symphony Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša (director). Grosser Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 6.6.2017. (MB)