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The early Beethoven sonata on offer here (Op. 2/3) possesses true grace and elegance, with the slow movement engendering the tenderest of timbres from Sokolov. His way of shaping a phrase is... — More…
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2 CDs + DVD Video
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 & Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
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Grigory Sokolov (piano)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Trevor Pinnock, Yan Pascal Tortelier
Sokolov is now on a don't-touch-me pinnacle...the two concertos here present the zenith of his art. An ideal partnership with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra under Trevor Pinnock's direction performing... — More…
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Rachmaninov: The Miserly Knight, Op. 24
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Sergei Leiferkus (The Baron), Richard Berkeley-Steele (Albert), Maxim Mikhailov (The Servant), Viacheslav Voynarovskiy (The Money-lender), Albert Schagidullin (The Duke), Matilda Leyser (Aerialist)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski, directed by Annabel Ardenmir
A rather sobering story derived from a play by Pushkin, The Miserly Knight tells the story of a profligate son attempting, by various means both above- and below-board, to extract some money... — More…
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Weissenberg has a remarkable talent, as the three Petrushka pieces prove, but he has often misused it, with harsh results. This sampling of his repertoire and his thoughts on it is worth seeing. — More…
Sommernachtskonzert 2017
Summer Night Concert 2017
Renée Fleming (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Christoph Eschenbach
Orff: Carmina Burana - Live from the Forbidden City
Mari Samuelsen (violin), Daniil Trifonov (piano), Aida Garifullina (soprano), Toby Spence (tenor), Ludovic Tézier (baritone)
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Long Yu
It’s no harm at all to hear these chestnuts of the repertoire with a lack of attention-grabbing Hollywood Bowl glitz and swagger…Carmina Burana: don’t be put off by its seeming laid-backness.... — More…
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Antonio Pappano Plays & Explains Sergei Rachmaninoff
Live from the Semperoper Dresden
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Antonio Pappano
They play it to a standard that’s in line with their standing as one of the world’s special orchestras – silky strings, wonderfully blended woodwind chording, and a brass section to match anyone’s... — More…
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Among the most touching moments of the event is a six-hands Romance by Rachmaninov…in which Kissin and Trifonov are joined on the lowest part by the composer Rodion Shchedrin, now 85 but still... — More…
