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Gardiner and his forces celebrate Mozart's Birthday with exceptional Requiem

By Nahoko Gotoh, 01 February 2016

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“At times, Gardiner even seemed to treat the orchestra as the dominant force”

Reviewed at Cadogan Hall, London on 27 January 2016

Mozart, Requiem in D minor, K626

Mozart, Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K550

Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor

Monteverdi Choir

English Baroque Soloists

A rare Handel pastoral ode at Carnegie Hall

Edward Sava-Segal, 26th October

Dinis Sousa conducts the combined forces of the English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Choir in L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato.

****1

Gardiner and the English Baroque Soloists roll back the centuries

Roy Westbrook, 13th January

Refined if sometimes raucous pleasures from Haydn and Mozart as the EBS continues its European tour.

****1

Semele crashes and burns, but Louise Alder soars up at Ally Pally

Mark Pullinger, 2nd May

Rising like a phoenix, the Alexandra Palace Theatre stages its first opera since its reopening after eighty years of slumber.

****1

Gardiner steps into his Ring of Cantatas in Leipzig

Stephen Pritchard, 8th June

A taste of the opening weekend in Leipzig’s marathon Bach Festival.

****1

A religious experience at Prague Spring

Frank Kuznik, 17th May

Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his Baroque specialists continue their crusade to bring Bach's church cantatas to the modern world.

****1

Evil triumphs beautifully in Monteverdi 450 Poppea

Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 29th July

The final opera in Sir John Eliot Gardiner's Monteverdi 450 trilogy features an excellent cast and inspires deep emotion.

****1

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Nahoko Gotoh

Nahoko is a UK-based Japanese music journalist with a background in musicology. She writes regularly for various Japanese media including Ongaku no tomo and Mostly Classic magazines.