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A sprightly Hans Abrahamsen song cycle was followed by a sublime Shostakovich symphony
The orchestra gave a gorgeous performance of Strauss’s ravishing music
After a whispering Pintscher world premiere, pianist Lang Lang livened things up
Two concerts under Franz Welser-Möst revealed an ensemble of great discipline but little warmth
Mitsuko Uchida’s third disc as soloist/director with the Cleveland Orchestra is every bit as satisfying as its predecessors
The premiere of a new Cultural Olympiad commission gave the European Union Youth Orchestra plenty to get their teeth into
A stellar cast and a seething, churning orchestra made this a ‘Salome’ to remember
Two programmes from the New World felt like a long-lost mirror of Old World musical values
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