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Performer: Simone Kermes

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A busker's Platée from Les Arts Florissants in New York

A tremendous performance of one of Rameau's great stage works, but one that raised questions about the plot in concert form.
****1
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Rameau meets Lagerfeld at Vanity Fair: Platée at Theater an der Wien

Marcel Beekman (Platée) © Monika Rittershaus
Out of the swamp: Marcel Beekman rocks the house in Robert Carsen’s glittering take on Platée.
*****
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Berlin Phil play Tippett and Dean

Programming is one of Simon Rattle’s fortes, and this was clearly evident her. Both works on the programme, Brett Dean’s The Last Days of Socrates and Michael Tippett’s A Child of Our Time are large-scale oratorios dealing with difficult subject matter.
****1
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Alle Jahre neu: Bachs WO

Bachs WO gehört für viele ebenso zum Christfest wie Stollen und Glühwein. Umso schwieriger ist es, ihm alljährlich eine persönliche und interessante Note zu verleihen. Hansjörg Albrecht und der Münchner Bach-Chor meistern diese Herausforderung.
****1
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AmsterdamSunday Morning Concerts: Mendelssohn and Haydn

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Mendelssohn, Haydn
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest); Frans Brüggen; Simone Kermes