Listening links and livestreams (click on blue bold for link)
Berlioz : La Damnation de Faust - François-Xavier Roth nous propose sa vision de "La Damnation de Faust" avec les forces de son orchestre Les Siècles. From L'Opea de Versailles. Condensed but intense HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Very good soloists - Mathias Vidal, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Nicolas Courjal. Though it's too early to tell, this might be one of the highlights of this Berlioz anniversary year.
Berlioz : L'Enfance du Christ, Andrew Davis, BBC NOW HERE. This coincides with the release of Davis's recording of the piece with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, which I haven't yet heard, but the combination of BBC NOW, the National Chorus of Wales and these soloists (Sarah Connolly, Andrew Staples (divine), Roderick Williams) would be pretty hard to top.
Berlioz Requiem, Lutoslawski - Pablo Heras-Casado from the Philharmoniue de Paris from 20th February
Mahler : Symphony no 8 - Gergiev, Munich Philharmonic, Philharmonie de Paris Gergiev's unpredictable, and his Mahler often disappoints tho' his recent Mahler 4 and Das Lied von der Erde were surprisingly good. Any Mahler 8 is worth hearing. This one thankfully wasn't over the top and hysterical. It was good enough, and better than quite a lot. Luckily I didn't get to hear him do it in St Paul's Cathedral ten years ago where my friends said the naves sucked the life out of it .
Bernard Haitink : Beethoven 9, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks live from 22nd February on BR Klassik. Red Letter Day
Bernard Haitink at 90, LSO, Barbican : Bruckner 4 amd Mozart from 10th March. I'll be at the Mahler 4 programme on 12th March, which isn't being broadcast. There are still a few tickets for the repeat on 14th March. Grab them - Anna Lucia Richter the soloist is worth hearing
Berlioz Bits - Lélio, Waverley. La Mort de Cléopatra Pascal Rophé, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, live from Glasgow
Mahler Das Lied von der Erde - Sakari Oramo BBC SO - Elizabeth Kullmann and Stuart Skelton, who should be good. From 22nd February
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Thank you very much for doing this. There are several streams that I didn't know about and would have missed.
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