Gardiner / Monteverdi: Poppea — KKL Lucerne, 2017-08-26

Concert review, Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea @ KKL Lucerne, 2017-08-26 — Sir John Eliot Gardiner / English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir; Hana Blažiková (Poppea, Fortuna), Kangmin Justin Kim (Nerone), Gianluca Buratto (Seneca), Carlo Vistoli (Ottone), Lucile Richardot (Arnalta, Venere), Silvia Frigato (Amore, Valletto), Michał Czerniawski (Nutrice), Anna Dennis (Drusilla, Virtù, Pallade), John Taylor Ward (Mercurio, Littore)

Gardiner / Monteverdi: Orfeo — KKL Lucerne, 2017-08-22

Concert review, Monteverdi: L’Orfeo @ KKL Lucerne, 2017-08-22 — Sir John Eliot Gardiner / English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir; Krystian Adam (Orfeo), Hana Blažiková (La Musica, Euridice), Kangmin Justin Kim (Speranza), Anna Dennis (Ninfa), Lucile Richardot (Messaggiera), Francesca Boncompagni (Proserpina), Gianluca Buratto (Caronte, Plutone), Furio Zanasi (Apollo)

Bach: Cantata BWV 140

Bach: Cantata BWV 140, “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme” — Comparing 5 recordings: Leppard/English Chamber Orchestra, London Voices (1981), Harnoncourt/Concentus musicus (1984, partial), Gardiner/Monteverdi Choir/English Baroque Soloists (1992), Koopman/Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir (2006), Lutz/J.S.Bach-Stiftung St.Gallen (2008, DVD)

Bezuidenhout, Gardiner, ORR — Zurich, 2016-11-14

Concert review, Tonhalle Zurich, 2016-11-14: Kristian Bezuidenhout, Sir John Eliot Gardiner / Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique — Johannes Brahms: Serenade No.2 in A major for small orchestra, op.16; Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, op.58; Franz Schubert: Symphony No.5 in B♭ major, D.485