Vienna Philharmonic
Vienna Philharmonic, Rattle, Barbican HallMonday, 18 June 2012
Just as the most impeccably aristocratic families have the shabbiest homes, so the oldest and most prestigious orchestras frequently deliver the most scrappy performances. Trying too hard is so arriviste. King of this insouciant shabby chic are the... Read more... |
Classical CDs Weekly: Beethoven, Britten, Liszt, Vaughan WilliamsSaturday, 03 March 2012
Beethoven: The Nine Symphonies Vienna Philharmonic/Christian Thielemann (Sony)Another Beethoven symphony cycle, released hot on the heels of Chailly’s Leipzig set. That Decca box earned rapturous praise. I’m not sure that Christian Thielemann’... Read more... |
Vienna Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel, BarbicanThursday, 04 March 2010
Shuffling about the podium like a cha-cha-chaing Jack Lemmon, slam-dunking his first beats, kicking out his heels for second beats, épéeing the trombone entries like a toy toreador, it wasn't hard to see why Lorin Maazel gets such a regular critical... Read more... |
Prom 74: Vienna Philharmonic, MehtaSaturday, 12 September 2009
One sure (but expensive) way of luring Zubin Mehta to London is to hire the Vienna Philharmonic, too. He and the orchestra go way back to a time when the Indian-born superstar’s smouldering good looks might have suggested Bollywood as a more likely... Read more... |
Prom 73: Vienna Philharmonic, Welser-MöstThursday, 10 September 2009The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra like to do things their way. They still show little compunction about discriminating on sexual and ethnic grounds and for over 70 years have maintained the idiosyncratic position of having no fixed principal... Read more... |
Prom 62 Vienna Philharmonic, MehtaThursday, 03 September 2009Schumann's Read more... |
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