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20.7.14

Perchance to Stream: Tour de France 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, press the "Play" button to start the broadcast. Some of these streams become unavailable after a few days.

  • Listen to a recital of Lieder by Schubert and Wolf, performed by baritone Florian Boesch and pianist Malcolm Martineau at the Wigmore Hall in London, followed by 18th-century music from northern Europe performed by La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI, and Jordi Savall in the Abbey Church of Fontfroide. [France Musique]

  • From the Festival International d'Opéra Baroque et Romantique in Beaune, Federico Maria Sardelli leads Modo Antiquo in a performance of Handel's Teseo, starring Lucia Cirillo, Emmanuelle de Negri, and others. [France Musique]

  • Watch the world premiere of a new staging of Bach cantatas, directed by Katie Mitchell, with Raphaël Pichon conducting musicians of the Académie européenne de musique, soprano Aoife Miskelly, mezzo-soprano Eve-Maud Hubeaux, and others. [Medici.tv]

  • Martha Argerich plays Tchaikovsky's first piano concerto at the Verbier Festival, with Charles Dutoit conducting the Verbier Festival Orchestra. [Medici.tv]

  • Watch more concerts from the Verbier Festival. [Medici.tv]

  • From last November at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, a performance of Giacomo Meyerbeer's L'Africaine, conducted by Emmanuel Villaume and starring Veronica Simeoni and Gregory Kunde. [ORF]

  • Listen to Philippe Herreweghe conduct Haydn's Creation with Collegium Vocale Gent, recorded last March in Brussels. [ORF]

  • Then listen to Bernard Haitink conduct Haydn's Creation with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, plus Camilla Tilling, Mark Padmore, and Hanno Müller-Brachmann. [RTBF]

  • From the Styriarte Festival, Nikolaus Harnoncourt leads Concentus Musicus Wien in a performance of Mozart's last three symphonies. [ORF]

  • Marc-André Hamelin performs music by John Field, Schubert, and Liszt, recorded last month at the Schwarzenberg Festival. [ORF]

  • Pianist Lars Vogt joins Manfred Honeck and the Cleveland Orchestra for Beethoven's third piano concerto, in a concert recorded in May 2013, plus music by Rolf Martinsson and Tchaikovsky. [RTBF]

  • Pianist Yulianna Avdeeva joins Kremerata Baltica and Gidon Kremer for music of Mozart and Schubert, recorded in Tours. [France Musique]

  • From the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Schumann's Dichterliebe with tenor Mark Padmore and Kristian Bezuidenhout at the fortepiano. [ORF]

  • The opening night of the Proms was Friday night: you can listen to the concerts, for a few days after they happen. [BBC Proms]

  • Music by August Kühnel, Dietrich Buxtehude, and J.S. Bach, performed by viola da gambist Lucile Boulanger and harpsichordist Arnaud De Pasquale. [France Musique]

  • The Pro Arte Quartet celebrates its 100th anniversary in Brussels, with the Belgian premiere of Benoît Mernier third quartet, plus music by Mozart, Randall Thompson, and Samuel Barber. [RTBF]

  • From the Grand Théâtre de Genève, a production of Catalani's La Wally, starring Barbara Frittoli and Gregory Kunde, with Evelino Pidò conducting the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. [RTBF]

  • Bass-baritone Adam Plachetka joins the Orchestre National de France for music by Richard Wagner, Rudi Stephan, Franz Schubert, and Johannes Brahms. [France Musique]

  • Pianist Alexei Volodin plays a recital, with music by Bach, Chopin, Scriabin, and Kapustin. [RTBF]

  • Dezsö Ranki and Edit Klukon perform music of J.S. Bach in arrangements for two pianos or piano, four hands, by Gyorgy Kurtag. [France Musique]

  • A recital of music by Robert Schumann performed by pianist Philippe Bianconi. [France Musique]

  • Listen to a concert of music by Alessandro Scarlatti and Nicola Porpora, with the Orchestre Pulcinella and the Maîtrise de Radio France, from Montpellier, followed by the national concert for le 14 juillet on the Champ de Mars, starring Natalie Dessay, Juan Diego Florez, Anna Netrebko, Laurent Naouri, and others. [France-Musique]

  • Instrumental music and lute songs by John Dowland, Henry Purcell, and others performed by countertenor Terry Wey and lutenist Luca Pianca, recorded last month at the Styriarte Festival. [ORF]

  • A recital by pianist Rémi Geniet, with music of J.S. Bach, Michel Petrossian, and Robert Schumann. [France Musique]

  • Music of Francis Poulenc, Sophie Lacaze, and others, performed by flutist Mathilde Caldérini and pianist Eloïse Bella Kohn. [France Musique]

  • A concert by violinist Marc Bouchkov and pianist Georgiy Dubko, with music by Mendelsohn and others, at the Festival Radio France et Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon. [France Musique]

  • Nicolas Altstaedt and friends, including violinists Pekka Kuusisto and Ilya Gringolts, perform music by Purcell (The Fairy Queen), Schubert, and Schumann at the Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival. [ORF]

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