C Major
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A hugely enjoyable performance of what many see as John Cranko’s masterpiece. —
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The UNESCO Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Erin Wall (soprano), Annika Schlicht (mezzo-soprano), Attilio Glaser (tenor), René Pape (bass)
Members of the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, World Orchestra for Peace & Würth Philharmoniker, Donald Runnicles
Appeals for peace and unity in Europe may ring hollow soon enough but the performance itself bears repetition, unfailingly lucid and rhythmically sprung in the Toscanini mould…The sound-mixing... —
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Grieg: Peer Gynt
Jakob Feyferlik, Alice Firenze, Wiener Staatsballett, Wiener Staatsoper, Simon Hewett
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Yo-Yo Ma: The Bach Project - Cello Suites
From the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Athens
Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
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Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
Valentina Farcas (soprano), Matthias Goerne (baritone), State Choir Latvija, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Paavo Järvi
A sense of momentum as well as occasion lends an unusual spirit of celebration, quite alien to both the sombre tread of most symphonic performances and the carefully cultivated archaism of ‘period’... —
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The Glass Menagerie - A Ballet By John Neumeier
Alina Cojocaru (dancer), Alessandro Frola, Patricia Friza, Edvin Revazov, Christopher Evans, Hamburg Ballet (ballet company), John Neumeier (choreographer), Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, Luciano Di Martino
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