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ClassicalCritic @classicalcritic.bsky.social · 5h

De-orchestrated #Weidringer[TM] at the Brahms-Saal for Levit & Groissböck

ClassicalCritic @classicalcritic.bsky.social · 6h

#morninglistening to a new release from @ecm_records w/the #ZehetmairQuartett back in new formation, playing the two op.51 #JohannesBrahms #StringQuartets... which is always a challenge! Will they rise above or add to the MandelringQuartett or ABQ?

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ClassicalCritic @classicalcritic.bsky.social · 10h

Sure thing! The sub-header makes it out a bit more negative than I found it. I didn't like the interpretations all that much (subjective reasons, mainly), but the playing was very fine from everyone.

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Musikverein: Víkingur Ólafssons Beethoven blieb konventionell

Fragmentierter Sibelius, eine prätentiöse, aber goutierbare Novität aus Mexiko – und Beethovens Es-Dur-Klavierkonzert mit dem diesmal etwas blassen Víkingur Ólafsson: Ein ungleichmäßiger Abend des...

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ClassicalCritic @classicalcritic.bsky.social · 10h

Rezension zum Bild:

Tierisch guter Schostakowitsch mit Boreyko und dem RSO

Wenn Andrey Boreyko zum @rsowien kommt, gibt es meist Russisches und noch öfters Bewundernswertes. Nun wieder am Samstagabend im @Konzerthauswien

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ClassicalCritic @classicalcritic.bsky.social · 2d

Barrie...

ClassicalCritic @classicalcritic.bsky.social · 2d

Tinntinambulian #Weidringer[TM] at the Wiener Konzerthaus for Swansong, some Thierry Escaich, and DSCH 10 w/ Andrey Boreyko & the ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien - RSO Wien

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ClassicalCritic @classicalcritic.bsky.social · 2d

Barry Kosky's "Cosi" has another run at the Staatsoper. Alas, even four rather good singers can't save a production that's just too clever by half: Review for @diepressecom.bsky.social:

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ClassicalCritic @classicalcritic.bsky.social · 2d

#morninglistening una joya de grabación de #AstorPiazzolla orquestrado, un querido regalo de BuenosAires, dirigido por José Carli en EMI Argentina: "Piazzolla Hoy"

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#nowplaying #Tango

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ClassicalCritic @classicalcritic.bsky.social · 2d

sometimes a surgeon has to cut the patient to save their life! 😇

ClassicalCritic @classicalcritic.bsky.social · 2d

#morninglistening to "Andrew Preview's" very fine RalphVaughanWilliams on RCA w/the @londonsymphony: Symphony No.7, this the release that mercifully cuts the spoken interludes.

#VaughanWilliams cow-pat-on-ice #AndrePrevin

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ClassicalCritic @classicalcritic.bsky.social · 3d

Fickle #Weidringer[TM] for Così fan tutte (Fischer Ádám, Barry Kosky) at the Wiener Staatsoper

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ClassicalCritic @classicalcritic.bsky.social · 4d

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Musikverein: Víkingur Ólafssons Beethoven blieb konventionell

Fragmentierter Sibelius, eine prätentiöse, aber goutierbare Novität aus Mexiko – und Beethovens Es-Dur-Klavierkonzert mit dem diesmal etwas blassen Víkingur Ólafsson: ein ungleichmäßiger Abend des...

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ClassicalCritic @classicalcritic.bsky.social · 4d

Philharmonia, Olafsson, Rouvali, Sibelius et al.

Review for @diepressecom.bsky.social

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ClassicalCritic @classicalcritic.bsky.social · 4d

Yes and no... (unhelpfully).

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ClassicalCritic @classicalcritic.bsky.social · 5d

Oh gawd, in the Ortiz? :-)

It was a concert I could niggle with a LOT - but also pretty good. Tough reviewing it'll be, tomorrow.

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ClassicalCritic @classicalcritic.bsky.social · 5d

Southbankian #Weidringer[TM] at the Musikverein Wien w/ Víkingur Ólafsson, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, and the fab Philharmonia Orchestra in LvB, Ortiz (quota must be met) & Sibelius. ♡♡♡

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ClassicalCritic @classicalcritic.bsky.social · 7d

Critic’s Notebook: Markus Poschner's Prayer for a Meermaid

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The Vienna RSO & Markus Poschner at work - as they should. Thrilling combination of Lili Boulanger and Zemlinsky's Mermaid.

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ClassicalCritic @classicalcritic.bsky.social · 7d

Poschners Gebet für die Seejungfrau: Das RSO im Musikverein

Werke von Lili Boulanger und Alexander Zemlinsky im Musikverein – bei einem begeisternden Konzert wenig bekannter Spätromantik, wie es nur das RSO liefern kann.

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Poschners Gebet für die Seejungfrau: Das RSO im Musikverein

Werke von Lili Boulanger und Alexander Zemlinsky im Musikverein – bei einem begeisternden Konzert wenig bekannter Spätromantik, wie es nur das RSO liefern kann.

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ClassicalCritic @classicalcritic.bsky.social · 7d

Recently for @DiePressecom:

Lukas Sternath & Vienna Phil
Barbiere at the @WrStaatsoper
András Schiff "Schubertiade" 1
András Schiff "Schubertiade" 2

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Konzerthaus: Kann Lukas Sternath halten, was er verspricht?

Der junge Pianist Lukas Sternath spielte erstmals mit den Wiener Philharmonikern, und dann gleich Prokofjews Drittes Klavierkonzert: beeindruckend fingerfertig, aber auch etwas brav.

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ClassicalCritic @classicalcritic.bsky.social · 8d

Mermaidian #Weidringer[TM] at the Musikverein Wien for the ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien - RSO Wien, Markus Poschner, Zemlinsky & Lili Boulanger

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ClassicalCritic @classicalcritic.bsky.social · 9d

#morninglistening to YuliannaAvdeeva in her @PENTATONEmusic release of the sublime #Shostakovich PreludesAndFugues op.87. Begs for comparison to Sofia Sacco's or even Melnikov's recent recordings. Or maybe just to be enjoyed on its own. We'll see. 😇

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ClassicalCritic @classicalcritic.bsky.social · 9d

Unofficial #Weidringer[TM] for the ElsterTrio (Wassili Wohlgemuth, Davide Carlassara & Jacopo Giovannini) at the Cronstetten Haus, Frankfurt.

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ClassicalCritic @classicalcritic.bsky.social · 10d

The odds for the Nobel Peace prize winner show you, why the odds for the prize to being FUBAR are 20%:

3/2 Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms
2/1 Donald Trump
3/1 Yulia Navalnaya
10/1 UNRWA/Philippe Lazzarini
12/1 David Attenborough

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ClassicalCritic @classicalcritic.bsky.social · 10d

How the sausage is made: Our #ClassicalDiscoveries podcast episode about ZEMLINSKY in the making.

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ClassicalCritic @classicalcritic.bsky.social · 11d

#morninglistening to the @spunicunifait_quintet in the complete, HIP #WAMozart StringQuintets on AlphaClassics / @outheremusic. Very much looking forward to hearing these performances and liking what I've heard so far.

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#Mozart #nowplaying #historicalinstruments

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