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Zurich

Not Quite the Berlin Philharmonic

06/03/201528/02/2015 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland  Beethoven, Prokofiev  Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Ning Feng (violin), Jaap van Zweden (conductor)  27.2.15 (JR)

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“Juliette” Vaut un Détour

06/03/201523/02/2015 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland   Martinu: Juliette   Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, conductor: Fabio Luisi, Zurich Opera, Zurich. 22.2.14 (JR)

Photo (c) Monica Ritterhaus
Photo (c) Monika Rittershaus

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Stirring Sibelius from Salonen

07/02/201503/02/2015 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland   Sibelius and Salonen Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Leila Josefowicz (violin) Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Tonhalle Zurich   1.2.15 (JR)

Leila Josefowicz Photo: J. Henry Fair
Leila Josefowicz
Photo: J. Henry Fair

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Guangzhou Symphony a Revelation

13/08/202027/01/2015 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Wenjing; Chenzong, Wanghua, Lihong, Zhuang; Tchaikovsky  Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, conductor Lin Daye, Mélodie Zhao (piano), Tonhalle Zurich, 26.1.2015. (JR)

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Copyright Migros Kulturprozent Classics

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Tristan and Isolde Meet at Villa Wesendonck 

07/02/201526/01/2015 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Wagner: Tristan and Isolde Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, conductor: John Fiore, Zurich Opera, Zurich. 25.1.15. (JR)

Tristan: Copyright Suzanne Schwiertz
Tristan: Copyright Suzanne Schwiertz

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Valiant Mahler’s “Fifth” by Opera House Orchestra

25/01/201520/01/2015 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland  Rachmaninov, Mahler Philharmonia Zurich, Lise de la Salle (piano), Fabio Luisi (conductor), Zurich Opera House, Zurich 18.2.15 (JR)

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Bartoli Not the Only Jewel in Zurich’s La Cenerentola

25/01/201518/01/2015 by Stan

SwitzerlandSwitzerland  Rossini: La Cenerentola, Soloists, Men of the Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, Giancarlo  Andretta (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich, 15.01.2015 (RP)

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Disappointing Austrian Assault on the Swiss

01/01/201516/12/2014 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Cerha, Schubert Tonhalle Orchestra, Gustavo Gimeno (conductor), Martin Grubinger (percussion), Tonhalle, Zurich 13.12.14 (JR)

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