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19.7.15

Perchance to Stream: Back from the U.K. Edition

Here is your regular Sunday selection of links to online audio and online video from the week gone by. After clicking to an audio or video stream, you may need to press the "Play" button to start the broadcast. Some of these streams become unavailable after a few days.

  • Kate Aldrich, Inva Mula, and Jonas Kaufmann star in a performance of Bizet's Carmen, conducted by Mikko Franck, recorded at the Chorégies d'Orange. [France Musique]

  • Watch a performance of Svadba, the gorgeous new opera by Ana Sokolović, recorded at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence. [ARTE]

  • The Festival d'Aix-en-Provence hosted the world premiere of Jonathan Dove's new opera, Monster in the Maze, based on the legend of the Minotaur. [ARTE]

  • Watch the production of Wagner's Götterdämmerung directed by Sven-Eric Bechtolf, starring Evelyn Herlitzius and Stephen Gould, recorded at the Wiener Staatsoper. [ARTE]

  • The Stuttgart Staatsoper mounted Niccolò Jommelli's opera Il Vologeso, starring Sophie Marilley and Ana Durlovski. [ARTE]

  • From the Armel Opera Festival, watch a performance of Private View, a new opera by Annelies Van Parys. [ARTE]

  • Rinaldo Alessandrini conducts a performance of Mozart's La Finta semplice in Munich, recorded in May. [ORF]

  • Listen to a performance of Vivaldi's Bajazet, recorded by the Pinchgut Opera in Sydney. [ABC Classic]

  • Péter Novák directs a production of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro at the Armel Opera Festival, with Zsolt Jankó conducting a cast led by Amélie Robins and Sébastien Lemoine. [ARTE]

  • Watch a rare performance of Donizetti's L'assedio di Calais, staged at the Armel Opera Festival by James Conway. [ARTE]

  • Róbert Alföldi directs the Armel Opera Festival's production of Mozart's Magic Flute, with Sándor Gyüdi conducting. [ARTE]

  • Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts Concentus Musicus Wien and the Arnold Schoenberg-Chor in Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, with Laura Aikin, Bernarda Fink, and other soloists, recorded earlier this month at the Styriarte Festival. [ORF | Part 2]

  • Watch the production of Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail from Glyndebourne (starting later today). [Glyndebourne]

  • Listen to a performance of Goethe's Faust from the Teatro Regio in Turin, starring Charles Castronovo, Ildar Abdrazakov, and Irina Lungu under conductor Gianandrea Noseda. [ABC Classic]

  • Watch the production of Rachmaninoff's Troika, in a staging by Kirsten Dehlholm, from the Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie in Brussels. [De Munt]

  • Paul Van Nevel conducts the Ensemble Huelgas in a concert of music by Firminus Caron, musician at the court of Charles the Bold, recorded at the church of St. Loup in Namur. [RTBF]

  • Watch Jérémie Rhorer conduct a production of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, starring soprano Patricia Petibon, recorded at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence in 2012. [ARTE]

  • Peter Brook directs a production of Mozart's Don Giovanni, recorded in 2002 at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence. [ARTE]

  • Watch Patrice Chéreau's staging of Mozart's Così fan tutte at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, recorded in 2005. [ARTE]

  • At the opening concert of the Carinthischen Sommers Festival, the Bamberg Symphony, under Adam Fischer, plays Mahler's 7th symphony. [ORF]

  • Florian Boesch sings the three great song collections of Schubert, recorded in Melbourne with pianist Malcolm Martineau. [Winterreise | Schwanengesang | Die schöne Müllerin]

  • From the Wigmore Hall in Londres, pianist Yevgeny Sudbin plays music by Scarlatti, Beethoven, Chopin, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, and Scriabine. [France Musique]

  • Martha Argerich, Katia Buniatishvili, Renaud Capuçon, and Alexander Gurning play concertos by Prokofiev, Bruch, Poulenc, and Liszt with the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, recorded last month in Lugano. [RTBF]

  • Cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras and pianist Alexander Melnikov perform music by Beethoven and Robert Schumann, recorded at the Wigmore Hall in London. [France Musique]

  • From the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, a double-bill of Tchaikovsky's Iolanta and Stravinsky's Persephone, with Teodor Currentzis conducting the Choirs and Orchestra of the Opéra de Lyon. [RTBF]

  • Mezzo-soprano Anna Reinhold and lutenist Thomas Dunford play music by Barbara Strozzi, Kapsberger, Caccini, Monteverdi, Frescobaldi, and Tarquino Merula at the Festival de Radio France et Montpellier. [France Musique]

  • Hans-Christoph Rademann is stepping down as music director of the RIAS Kammerchor, but not before directing this performance of Mendelssohn's oratorio Elijah, with Marlis Petersen and other soloists, recorded at the Rheingau Musik Festival. [ARTE]

  • The Sixteen perform music of the Spanish Renaissance, recorded at the York Early Music Festival. [BBC3]

  • The Clerks perform music from the court of Henry V, recorded at the York Early Music Festival. [BBC3]

  • The Proms got under way this weekend: have a look at all the music you can hear. [BBC Proms]

  • The early music ensemble Café Zimmermann plays music by members of the Bach family. [France Musique]

  • From the Wiener Konzerthaus, baritone Christian Gerhaher and pianist Gerold Huber perform music by Robert Schumann, Gabriel Fauré, and Jörg Widmann. [France Musique]

  • From the Royal Festival Hall, Christoph von Dohnanyi conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in music by Bartok, Mozart, and Beethoven to close out their season. [BBC3]

  • Listen to the rounds of the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition. [ABC Classic]

  • From the Utrecht Chamber Music Festival, Janine Jansen and friends play Bartok's piano quintet in C. [Avro Klassiek]

  • Piano trios by Mozart and Schubert performed by pianist Mitsuko Uchida, cellist Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, and violinist Veronika Eberle. [RTBF]

  • Two concerts by the Collegium Vocale Gent, conducted by Philippe Herreweghe, recorded at the Oratoire du Louvre (music by Gesualdo) and at the Eglise Saint-Roch in Paris (music by Bach). [France Musique]

  • Have another listen to Carl Nielsen's oratorio Saul and David, recorded at the Danish Royal Opera. [ABC Classic]

  • Juraj Valcuha conducts the Camerata Salzburg in symphonies by Mozart and Schubert, plus Piotr Anderszewski as soloist in Mozart's 17th piano concerto, recorded in Salzburg. [RTBF]

  • The Academy of Ancient Music, led by violinist Pavlo Beznosiuk and harpsichordist Robert Levin, perform music by Mozart and J. C. Bach, recorded at Milton Court in London. [BBC3]

  • Watch the production of Mozart's Idomeneo, recorded at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence in 2009. [ARTE]

  • From the Halle Festival, Roderich Kreile conducts the Dresdner Kreuzchor and Halle Festival Orchestra in music of Handel (Te Deum), Vivaldi (Gloria), and Charpentier (Te Deum). [RTBF]

  • Gustavo Dudamel conducts Daniel Barenboim and Staaskapelle Berlin in both of the Brahms piano concertos. [France Musique]

  • Watch Daniele Gatti lead the Orchestre National de France in a performance of Brahms's German Requiem to close the Festival de Saint-Denis, with soprano Annette Dasch and baritone Peter Mattei. [ARTE]

  • The ensemble Les Siècles, the Jeune Orchestre européen Hector-Berlioz, La Maîtrise de Radio France, and other ensembles perform the Te Deum by Hector Berlioz, conducted by François-Xavier Roth. [France Musique]

  • Two Sibelius symphonies from the Berlin Philharmonic, plus the composer's violin concerto with Leonidas Kavakos, recorded under Simon Rattle last January. [France Musique]

  • Antonio Giovannini, Fabio Bonizzoni, and La Risonanza play music by Vivaldi, Hasse, Porpora, and Giacomelli, recorded at the Festival de musique ancienne et baroque de Saint-Michel en Thiérache. [France Musique]

  • From Orange, Myung-Whun Chung conducts his very last concert as music director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, with Martha Argerich and Nicholas Angelich. [France Musique]

  • Organist Michael Schöch plays a concert of music by Max Reger, Louis Vierne, and Julius Reubke, recorded in May at the Wiener Konzerthaus. [ORF]

  • Simon Rattle conducts pianist Menahem Pressler and the Berlin Philharmonic in Mozart's 23rd piano concerto, plus music by Rameau, Dvorak, and Kodaly. [France Musique]

  • Krzysztof Urbanski conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in music by Smetana, Martinu, and Dvorak. [France Musique]

  • Soprano Johannette Zomer joins the Locke Consort for music by Lawes, Gibbons, Lanier, Jenkins, Morley, and Purcell. [France Musique]

  • Petra Müllejans and Gottfried von der Goltz lead the Freiburger Barockorchester in performances of concertos by Handel, Vivaldi, and Schmidt, recorded in 2014. [ORF]

  • From the Eglise Sainte Thérèse d'Hirson, pianist Kit Armstrong plays music by Bach at the Festival de Musique Baroque et Ancienne. [France Musique]

  • Pianist Fazil Say performs at the Festival de Radio France et Montpellier, with a concert of music by Mozart, Chopin, and Janacek. [France Musique]

  • Watch the production of Shakespeare's Richard III directed by Thomas Ostermeier at the Festival d’Avignon. [ARTE]

  • Pianist Louis Schwizgebel and the Quatuor Voce play music of Liszt and Janacek, recorded in Montpellier. [France Musique]

  • The Atanassov Piano Trio plays music by Mozart, Fazil Say, and Robert Schumann recorded at the Festival de Radio France et Montpellier. [France Musique]

  • Listen to a recital by pianist Judith Jauregui, with music by Haydn, Debussy, Garcia Abril, and Mompou, recorded at the Festival de Radio France et Montpellier. [France Musique]

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