José Soares makes his mark with the MÁV Symphony in Budapest

José Soares

Michaela Fukačová , José Soares and the MÁV Symphony Orchestra

By Alexander Hall, 30 April 2022

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“the viola section here producing a consistently deep and burnished quality”

Reviewed at Liszt Academy: Grand Hall, Budapest on 29 April 2022

Villa-Lobos, Bachianas Brasileiras: no. 9 for string orchestra

Dvořák, Cello Concerto in B minor, Op.104

Dvořák, Symphony no. 8 in G major, Op.88

Michaela Fukačová, Cello

MAV Symphony Orchestra

José Soares, Conductor

Pass the baton: Järvi Academy's conducting relay

Mark Pullinger, 20th July

Eleven conductors get to strut their stuff in an eclectic programme in Pärnu.

A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus

Roy Westbrook, 21st April

Giving their 27th performance of the oratorio, the London Symphony Chorus excel as angelic angels and demonic demons.

****1

Benedetti ablaze with the Philharmonia

Christopher Woodley, 19th April

As gifts to the Philarmonia's 80th birthday season, Nicola Benedetti gives a barnstorming account of Elgar's Violin Concerto before Cristian Mӑcelaru gets emotionally drained by La Mer.

*****

Nicholas McGegan brings delicacy and elegance to Mendelssohn

Erica Miner, 18th April

The Seattle Symphony offers an enchanting evening immersed in the joy and brilliance of both the young and the mature genius of Felix Mendelssohn.

****1

Wrangling the octopus: Mahler’s Ninth with Sir Simon Rattle

Chanda VanderHart, 17th April

Less a symphony, more a force of nature, Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in a turbulent, yet spacious reading of Mahler's Ninth Symphony in the Musikverein.

****1

Picture postcard Spain from the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia

Phil Parker, 17th April

Vibrant, colourful music is played with every last ounce of enthusiasm as the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia rounds off its UK tour at Sheffield City Hall.

****1

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Alexander Hall

Alexander Hall divides his time between London and Hamburg, where he had a career in academic administration and teaching. He reviews for Bachtrack and Opera Today, and has also reviewed for Classical Source. A connoisseur of the great orchestras of the world, his musical memories stretch back to Karajan/Berlin Phil, Mravinsky/Leningrad Phil, Bernstein/Vienna Phil, and he has seen most of the great conductors from the past, including Böhm, Klemperer, Kubelik, Ormandy and Szell.