Latest News: Classical, Vasily Petrenko (conductor)
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Recording of the Week,
Vasily Petrenko conducts Russian and Austrian symphonies and orchestral works 21st May 2021
A double bill from the Russian-British conductor, with the Oslo Philharmonic performing symphonies by Prokofiev and Myaskovsky, and tone poems by Zemlinsky and Schreker with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Recording of the Week,
Vasily Petrenko conducts Stravinsky & Respighi 30th October 2020
Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra perform two contrasting ballets from Diaghilev's Ballets Russes - Stravinsky's unnerving Petrushka and Respighi's sparkling Boutique fantasque.
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Recording of the Week,
Rimsky-Korsakov from Vasily Petrenko and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra 12th June 2020
As on their recent series of Strauss tone poems, the Russian conductor and his Norwegian orchestra prove themselves master story-tellers on this trio of showpieces from the late 1880s.
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Interview,
Vasily Petrenko on Rimsky-Korsakov 12th June 2020
The Russian conductor talks to Katherine about today's Recording of the Week and reflects on his time with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Recording of the Week,
Stravinsky and Rimsky-Korsakov from Vasily Petrenko and the Liverpool Philharmonic 14th December 2018
The Russian conductor presides over sparkling, taut accounts of two avian fairy-tales: the complete ballet music for The Firebird and the suite from the posthumously-premiered opera Le Coq d’Or.
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Recording of the Week,
Scriabin's First and Fifth Symphonies from Vasily Petrenko 21st September 2018
The Russian conductor and the Oslo Philharmonic are joined by pianist Kirill Gerstein for the final instalment of Scriabin's complete symphonies on LAWO.
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Recording of the Week,
Vasily Petrenko conducts music by Scriabin 8th December 2017
James listens to a stirring performance of music by Scriabin from Vasily Petrenko and the Oslo Philharmonic, released in October and chosen as one of our Top Ten Discs of the Year.
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Recording of the Week,
Vasily Petrenko completes his cycle of Tchaikovsky Symphonies 20th January 2017
James listens to the culmination of Vasily Petrenko's Tchaikovsky cycle with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - symphonies Nos. 3, 4, and 6.
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Interview,
Vasily Petrenko on Tchaikovsky 19th January 2017
Katherine talks to the Russian conductor about his Tchaikovsky cycle with the Liverpool Philharmonic on Onyx.
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Recording of the Week,
Tchaikovsky Symphonies conducted by Vasily Petrenko 10th June 2016
James listens to Vasily Petrenko's triple-bill of Tchaikovsky symphonies with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Interview,
Vasily Petrenko on Scriabin 5th November 2015
David talks to the conductor about the launch of his Scriabin project with the Oslo Philharmonic.
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Recording of the Week,
Vasily Petrenko completes his cycle of Shostakovich symphonies 22nd September 2014
David listens to the final instalment in Vasily Petrenko's Shostakovich symphony cycle with the RLPO, the dark and angry No. 13 in B flat minor ('Babi Yar').
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Recording of the Week,
Shostakovich 11 from the RLPO 6th April 2009
The latest instalment of Vasily Petrenko’s Shostakovich cycle with his Liverpool orchestra prompts Chris to draw comparisons with Rattle’s landmark work with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra…
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Recording of the Week,
Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony 3rd November 2008
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and their principal conductor Vasily Petrenko give a ‘bright and characterful’ account of Tchaikovsky’s Byron-inspired symphony, coupled with the symphonic ballad The Voyevoda.
