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Prégardien and Schiff: recitalist as revenant in Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin

By Roy Westbrook, 08 November 2024

At London's Wigmore Hall, Julian Prégardien and Sir András Schiff reveal Schubert’s great song cycle as it once may have sounded.

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London

10 Nov 2024

Recitalist as revenant in Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin

By Roy Westbrook

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New York City

The Cleveland Orchestra brings a holy Mass to Carnegie Hall

By Cameron Kelsall, 18 January 2023

Franz Welser-Möst creatively fused Schubert's “Unfinished” Symphony with Berg's Lyric Suite, before leading an opulent performance of Mass no. 6 in E flat Major.

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New York City

19 Jan 2023

The Cleveland Orchestra brings a holy Mass to Carnegie Hall

By Cameron Kelsall

Aix-en-Provence

Festival de Pâques: luxury casting for a radiantly transcendent St Matthew Passion

By Stephen Pritchard, 02 April 2021

Even outstanding soloists had to wait their turn in this Rolls-Royce performance in Aix-en-Provence.

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Aix-en-Provence

05 Apr 2021

Luxury casting in Aix for a radiantly transcendent St Matthew Passion

By Stephen Pritchard

Hamburg

Barmy, balladic and balmy: three pieces at the Elbphilharmonie

By Alexander Hall, 27 September 2020

Kent Nagano and the Hamburg Philharmonic contrast barmy Hindemith with balmy Schubert, while Julian Prégardien explores Mahler’s balladic Wayfaring Songs.

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Hamburg

27 Sep 2020

Barmy, balladic and balmy: three pieces at the Elbphilharmonie

By Alexander Hall

Cleveland

Cleveland Orchestra Chorus shines in Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang

By Sam Jacobson, 05 March 2020

Franz Welser-Möst returned to his home orchestra in a program of works by Křenek and Mendelssohn, as starkly contrasting as they are infrequently heard.

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Cleveland

08 Mar 2020

Cleveland Orchestra Chorus shines in Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang

By Sam Jacobson

Berlin

Yuval Sharon’s pop Zauberflöte at the Staatsoper Berlin

By Laura Servidei, 04 October 2019

The Staatsoper Unter den Linden presents Yuval Sharon’s shocking production of Mozart’s masterpiece, full of references to pop culture, side by side with the traditional one by Everding in the same season. A solid cast does justice to his fun, entertaining, bold production.

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Berlin

06 Oct 2019

Yuval Sharon’s pop Zauberflöte at the Staatsoper Berlin

By Laura Servidei

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Salzburg

On the rocks: Castellucci delivers an ice-cold Salome in Salzburg

By Mark Pullinger, 09 August 2018

An astonishing performance by Asmik Grigorian is central to the Italian director's disturbing reading of a disturbing opera.

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Salzburg

10 Aug 2018

On the rocks: An ice-cold Salome in Salzburg

By Mark Pullinger

Berlin

Bach's Mass in B minor at the Konzerthaus Berlin

By Christie Franke, 07 December 2014

Andrea Marcon leads the Runfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and the RIAS Kammerchor in Bach's Mass in B minor.

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Berlin

08 Dec 2014

Bach's Mass in B minor at the Konzerthaus

By Christie Franke

Amsterdam

René Jacobs’ theatrical Entführung aus dem Serail at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam

By Nicolas Nguyen, 20 September 2014

Belgian conductor and baroque specialist René Jacobs demonstrates his iconoclastic approach to Mozart with an excitingly theatrical Abduction from the Seraglio at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

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Amsterdam

21 Sep 2014

René Jacobs’ theatrical Entführung

By Nicolas Nguyen

Montreal

Montreal Bach Festival culminates with the B minor Mass

By Stephen Raskauskas, 06 December 2013

The grand finale of this year's Montreal Bach Festival was the Mass in B minor with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and Kent Nagano, joined by an impressive set of soloists.

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Montreal

09 Dec 2013

Montreal Bach Festival: B minor Mass

By Stephen Raskauskas

New York City

Philippe Herreweghe and Collegium Vocale Gent: St. Matthew Passion at the Lincoln Center

By Stephen Raskauskas, 31 March 2012

On Saturday, Philippe Herreweghe conducted the season’s most solemn yet spectacular oratorio concert in New York – a performance of J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. Scored for two choirs, two orchestras, and soloists, this almost operatic depiction of Christ’s Passion was performed by Herreweghe’s Collegium Vocale Gent Choir and Orchestra.

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New York City

02 Apr 2012

Philippe Herreweghe and Collegium Vocale Gent: St. Matthew Passion at the Lincoln Center

By Stephen Raskauskas