Live, Video: Kritiken zu klassischen Konzerten, Opern, Ballett und Tanz finden | Symphonie Nr. 35 in D-Dur, "Haffner", KV385

Haitink gab dem Englischhorn Gelegenheit die Kantilenen aufblühen zu lassen, während Gerhaher seinen allzu kurzen Auftritt in leisesten Tönen – Eindringlichkeit im sotto voce – jenseitig und immens berührend beschloss.

Der neue Chefdirigent bot in seinem ersten Konzert seit seiner Ernennung einen Abend voller musikalischer Wunder.

Wenig klassisch Weihnachtliches, dafür viel Mozart und am Ende doch noch festliche Stimmung erwartete die Besucher der Schlittenfahrt des recreation - großes Orchester Graz.

The Vienna Philharmonic’s unparalleled musicality is beyond impressive and is proved on pieces like Schubert Symphony No. 8 “The Great”. 

The soloists turn out to be the perfect couple, while the camerawork covers the action like it was a soccer match.

La Monnaie propose une alternative heureuse en attendant la réouverture des salles de concert : premier de trois concerts filmés consacrés au compositeur, la « Mozart Akademie » de Sabine Devieilhe et Raphaël Pichon convainc pleinement.

When conducting Mozart, Nézet-Séguin rarely displayed the wit and insight he always brings to Bruckner and Mahler.

Even in a flawed performance, The Song of the Earth fills the hearer with its life-affirming carpe diem message.

The Rotterdam Philharmonic marked their centenary with two concerts starring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato. A bittersweet weekend, during which they also took leave of their beloved principal conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Markus Poschner and the Bruckner Orchestra Linz conclude their UK tour with an impulsive, passionate performance at Symphony Hall.

Rafael Payare, in his first appearance with the RPO, has musical encounters with Don Juan and Don Quixote, and a Mozart symphony provides a suitable contrast.

Diana Damrau performs Mozart and Strauss at the Grafenegg Festival, located about an hour’s drive from Vienna.

Le pianiste argentin semble à peine tendu, bien qu'il doive jouer les deux concertos de Chopin ! Un exploit tant ces pièces exigent que l'instrumentiste mobilise toutes les ressources physiques dont il dispose.

Enlightenment indeed at Lincoln Center as the Mostly Mozart Festival opens with a gloriouds hodge-podge. 

Rewarding programme contrasting First and Second Viennese schools opens Berlin's 2017 Festtage.

The ASMF under their veteran conductor Sir Neville Marriner celebrate his 92nd birthday and almost six decades of music-making in performances of Mozart and Bizet, with Till Fellner as soloist.

Sous le caractère abordable des concertos de Mozart se cache un enjeu de taille : seule une exécution parfaitement limpide permet de restituer la présence sacrée du compositeur à son piano. Dans un programme où Mozart dramaturge était partout présent, l'interprétation de Jean-Claude Pennetier invitait à la foi et à l'optimisme.

Programa tan repleto de lugares comunes como versiones honestas de éstos, en un concierto de sonrisa clara y sencillo abandono.

63 concerts in just four days: a full programme kicked off the “Bogotá is Mozart” festival in style. 

Master improviser, Robert Levin, proved an informative and fun guide to a selection of Mozart's later masterpieces, performed with panache by the Academy of Ancient Music.

Sir Antonio Pappano conducted a moving and original Rachmaninov Second Symphony as the highlight of the first of two Proms concerts with his Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia at the Proms.

It seems unfair to label a young conductor a 'discovery', especially since most young conductors labour tirelessly for many years prior to achieving wider recognition. But that's what Daniel Cohen was for me: a discovery, and a very pleasing one at that.

A significantly smaller than usual audience was present for the SCO’s ‘Symphonic Opera’ concert, the finale of its St Andrews season. In the days leading up to thee concert, there was some disgruntlement from people about the programme – “Another Haydn symphony” was a common complaint, the Orchestra having put on several in St Andrews recently.