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Classical Music CDs Round-Up 3Friday, 11 December 2009
Our pick of the latest Classical CDs ranges from Tchaikovsky's first and final symphonies to Greek-themed songs by Schubert, by way of late Stravinsky ballets, rare Roussel, a complete Sibelius cycle, cross-over music for recorder and a Superman... Read more... |
Schnittke Festival finale, Jurowski, RFHSaturday, 28 November 2009
Eliot's "time future contained in time past" has been conductor Vladimir Jurowski's unofficial motto throughout a festival which has had to take itself very seriously, and managed miraculously to carry a surprisingly large, loyal audience... Read more... |
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jurowski, Royal Festival HallThursday, 26 November 2009
J S Bach was very much at the spiritual centre of this cunningly devised programme for the South Bank’s current Alfred Schnittke fest: Between Two Worlds. But by the time we emerged shaken but, in my case, not stirred by Schnittke’s preposterous 3rd... Read more... |
LPO, Nézet-Séguin, Royal Festival HallSunday, 25 October 2009We Brucknerians aren't easy to please. Few musical partnerships get the official seal of approval. Horenstein and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Wand and the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, Böhm and the Vienna Philharmonic, Knappertsbusch and the... Read more... |
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