Austria Schubert: Michael Volle, Helmut Deutsch. ‘Salon am Hof’, Park Hyatt Hotel, Vienna. 14.2.2016. (SS)
Vienna
An Absorbing Vienna Recital from Grigory Sokolov
Vienna State Opera’s Production of Tosca Shows its Age
Straussian performance of Hänsel und Gretel from Thielemann and Vienna Opera.
Austria Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel: Soloists, Children of the Vienna State Opera School (chorus master: Johannes Mertl), Students of the Vienna State Opera Ballet Academy, Stage Orchestra and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Christian Thielemann (conductor). Vienna State Opera, Vienna, 29.11.2015. (MB)
Martinoty’s Le nozze di Figaro is an Incoherent, Joyless Mess
Interesting Musical Encounters at the Porgy and Bess
Austria Wien Modern (6) – Rykova, Prins, Ivičevič, and Weber: Black Page Orchestra, Porgy & Bess, Vienna, 25.11.2015 (MB)
Cultivated Playing from Augustin Hadelich
Austria Haydn, Adès, and Mendelssohn: Augustin Hadelich (violin), Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Kazuki Yamada (conductor). Musikverein, Vienna, 24.11.2015 (MB)
Magnificent Singing in Schumann’s Version of Goethe’s Faust in Vienna
Austria Schumann: Soloists, Vienna State Opera Youth Chorus (chorus master: Johannes Mertl), Wiener Singakademie (chorus master: Heinz Ferlesch), Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor). Konzerthaus, Vienna, 22.11.2015. (MB)