Work: Surabaya Johnny

Two of the world’s most sought-after opera singers giving Lieder recitals on the same night. The kind of painful choice which Viennese musical institutions and their chaotic schedules throw up all too regularly. I went for Nina Stemme over Jonas Kaufmann on the basis that she gives fewer solo recitals, despite harbouring reservations about how her big voice would fare in this repertoire.

Sur les terres de Sviatoslav Richter, un ensemble de musiciens de valeur a interprété un programme habilement tressé, entre le Pierrot lunaire de Schönberg et des chansons de Kurt Weill.