Music Fit for a King

“Love conquers all.” Too often this phrase has been repeated, yet too true this statement has proven. Rather than just being a passionate emotion in which desires of the world and flesh prevail, true love is a genuine feeling which trials or extreme evil cannot break, even in the most difficult of circumstances.

When I was young, I often wondered what it would be like if an angel came down to earth. I mused that, if such an angel came, she would be a pretty, middle-aged lady with a slender figure, blonde hair, and, most importantly, a gorgeous, ethereal voice.

Alain Altinoglu resuelve la dificultad de este relato trascendental resistiendo la tentación de caer en lo efectista y buscando, ante todo, la belleza.

Raphaël Pichon al frente del Ensemble Pygmalion ofreció una versión profunda, cálida y detallista de la magnífica obra de Johann Sebastian Bach.

Con Martha Argerich como figura de excepción, la Orchestra della Svizzera italiana ofreció un programa que sacó lo mejor del conjunto.