Rattle / BPO: Boulez, Mahler — KKL Lucerne, 2016-08-30
Concert review: Sir Simon Rattle / Berlin Philharmonics at KKL Lucerne, 2016-08-30 — Pierre Boulez: “Éclat / Multiples” (1965-70); Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.7 (1904/05)
Mahler
Batiashvili & Bringuier / Dvořák, Mahler — Zurich, 2016-06-16
2016-06-16, Concert with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich under Lionel Bringuier — Antonín Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, op.53, with Lisa Batiashvili; Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.1 in D major (a.k.a. “Der Titan”)
de la Salle, Luisi / Philharmonia — Zurich Opera, 2015-01-18
The first part of this evening was devoted to Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op.30 — a well-respected benchmark among pianists of the top league. Lise de la Salle played this concerto eloquently, with compassion — she visibly lived with the music, also in the orchestral parts: her playing is fluent, competent, aimed at a full, rounded sound…
Mahler: Symphony No.5 in C♯ minor
Mahler: Symphony No.5 — comparing recordings with the following artists: Walter/NYPO (1947), Haitink/Concertgebouw (1970), Solti/Chicago SO (1970), Abravanel/Utah SO (1974), Sinopoli/Philharmonia (1985), Bernstein/VPO (1987), Abbado/BPO (1993), Zinman/TOZ (2007)
Meister / Philharmonia: Mahler & Haydn — Zurich, 2014-12-14
This was the third Philharmonic Concert of the season given by Philharmonia Zürich, the orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, conducted by the young Cornelius Meister (*1980), who studied and graduated in Hannover and Salzburg, and since has held positions in Erfurt, Hannover, Heidelberg, and finally with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. He is also pursuing a career as guest conductor, which in 2012 also took him to the Zurich Opera, where he conducted Richard Strauss’ Salome…
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde — comparing recordings with the following artists: Walter/Ferrier/Patzak (1952) / Klemperer/Ludwig/Wunderlich (1966) / Bernstein/King/Fischer-Dieskau (1966)