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Khatia Buniatishvili spielt mit feiner aber bestimmter Art in Düsseldorf
Mit viel Elan und Pathos interpretierte die Tschechische Philharmonie Komponisten ihrer Heimat und traten mit Khatia Buniatishvili in Schumanns Klavierkonzert in einen Dialog mit geschmeidigen Fingerspitzengefühl der Solisten.
Dvořák’s Requiem at the Barbican
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus grow in stature through an evening which provides a good introduction to the virtues of Dvořák’s seldom-played large scale choral work.
A scintillating meeting of Old and New Worlds
American violinist Joshua Bell updates a tradition with class and panache in the Czech Philharmonic's season opener.
A star turn in a drab surrounding
Karita Mattila produces a star turn in the title role, but a pure concert staging does little to bring out the cleverness of the libretto of Janáček’s Makropulos Case.
SF Opera's Jenufa glows with radiant performances
Remarkable performances from Karita Mattila and Malin Byström head this strong production of Janáček’s Jenůfa at San Francisco Opera.
Mattila delivers powerful Kostelnička in Jenůfa
It's not for nothing that Janáček's opera is properly titled Její pastorkyňa (Her Stepdaughter). Karita Mattila's Kostelnička was at the centre of a powerful concert performance of Jenůfa.