Christina Landshamer reviews
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 'Choral' (Pittsburgh/Honeck)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/Manfred Honeck, et al (Reference)
Mozart: Mass in C minor
Christina Landshamer, Anke Vondung, Steve Davislim, Tobias Berndt; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin/Howard Arman (BR Klassik)
Herbet Blomstedt conducts Bach's B Minor Mass at Bachfest 2017
Christina Landshamer (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (alto), Wolfram Lattke (tenor), Luca Pisaroni (bass); Dresdner Kammerchor; Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Herbert Blomstedt (Accentus, DVD)
Mozart: The Magic Flute [DVD]
Freshness of vision, emotional openness, genuine ensemble theatricality, a robustly physical sense of adventure humorous and serious (but never portentous) by turns, and an underlying directorial trust in Mozart’s music: these qualities stay with me most strongly after two viewings of this DVD, among the most rewarding experiences of the opera I’ve had in nearly five decades of Magic Flute encounters.