Martin Fröst, Sakari Oramo / RSPO — Lucerne, 2019-03-22

Blog post #479 — Concert review, ★★★★½, Martin Fröst, Sakari Oramo, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra @ KKL, Lucerne, 2019-03-22 (Migros Kulturprozent Classics) — Liebermann: “Furioso” for big orchestra (1947); Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622; Mahler: Symphony No.1 in D major, “The Titan”; pre-concert: Marie Lys, soprano & Céline Latour Monnier, piano — Lieder by Grieg, Mozart, Schumann
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DVD — Verdi: Messa da Requiem — Spuck & Luisi / Philharmonia Zurich

Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem — A Ballet Production from the Zurich Opera, 2016-12, recorded live for & by the Swiss Television, SRF. Artists: Fabio Luisi, Philharmonia Zürich, Ballett Zürich; choreography: Christian Spuck; Choir of the Zurich Opera; Krassimira Stoyanova, soprano; Veronica Simeoni, mezzo-soprano; Francesco Meli, tenor; Georg Zeppenfeld, bass. DVD, received for reviewing.

DVD — Mahler: Symphony No.8 — Riccardo Chailly / LFO

Gustav Mahler, Symphony No.8 in E♭ major (“Symphony of a Thousand”) — Riccardo Chailly, Lucerne Festival Orchestra (Lucerne Festival 2016, Opening Concert in the KKL); with Ricarda Merbeth, Juliane Banse, Anna Lucia Richter, Sara Mingardo, Mihoko Fujimura, Andreas Schager, Peter Mattei, Samuel Youn, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Latvian Radio Choir, Orfeón Donostiarra, Tölzer Knabenchor. Blu-ray disk, received for reviewing.

Buniatishvili, Järvi — Tonhalle Zurich, 2016-05-28

Concert Review: Khatia Buniatishvili, Paavo Järvi / Orchestre de Paris @ Tonhalle Zurich, 2016-05-28 — Richard Dubugnon: Caprice for Orchestra, op.72/2; Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54; Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No.6 in B minor, op.54

Bavouzet, Noseda — Zurich Opera, 2016-02-21

Concert review, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet & Gianandrea Noseda / Philharmonia Zurich, Opera Zurich, 2016-02-21 — Respighi, Antiche danze ed arie, Suite #3; Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No.3; Rachmaninoff, Symphony No.3