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Prom 75: A joyous Ninth from Alan Gilbert and the Gewandhaus

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 12 September 2014
Cerha, Paraphrase on the Opening of Beethoven's Symphony no. 9
Beethoven, Symphony no. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op.125
Christina Landshamer, Soprano
Gerhild Romberger, Mezzo-soprano
Steve Davislim, Tenor
Dmitry Belosselskiy, Bass
Members of the Leipzig Opera Chorus
Leipzig Gewandhaus Choir
Leipzig Gewandhaus Children's Choir
London Symphony Chorus
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Alan Gilbert, Conductor
Isabelle Faust shines, Nelsons and the Gewandhaus disappoint
**111
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at Oper Leipzig
****1
Total Shostakovich in Leipzig
*****
Star conductor: Blomstedt returns to the Leipzig Gewandhaus
*****
Spellbinding Parsifal caps Oper Leipzig's massive Wagner 22 Festival
****1
Sublime Strauss from Nelsons and the Gewandhausorchester
****1
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