Review: Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 3 (Daniil Trifonov, The Philadelphia Orchestra/Nézet-Séguin)
Trifonov proves a passionate Rachmaninov advocate.
Trifonov proves a passionate Rachmaninov advocate.
French harpist Xavier de Maistre brings flair and subtlety to Vivaldi's Venice.
Seascapes, a wet acoustic, and a pianist who made a splash.
Beethoven shouldered his fair share of emotional vicissitudes over a lifetime, but his last twelve months were among the most trying of all. Clive Paget looks at the triumphs and the tragedies of the composer’s final year, while Brett Dean reflects on two of his own works that have been inspired by Beethoven’s complicated states of mind.
Daniel Carter, a protégé of Simone Young and Richard Gill, has been announced as the new General Music Director of the German house.
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Pietari Inkinen launches the Symphony Hour series – and makes his SSO debut – with a thrilling Rite.
The sought-after Finnish conductor discusses Stravinsky's "earth-shattering" Rite of Spring, and the SSO's new Symphony Hour concerts.
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Yellow label wunderkind delivers masterly Beethoven.
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