Words are inadequate to describe Vadim Gluzman’s spotless Shostakovich with the Philharmonia

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sibelius, Shostakovich, Richard Strauss: Vadim Gluzman (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 4.2.2024. (AK)

The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Santtu-Matias Rouvali with Vladim Gluzman on violin (previously at the RFH) © Mark Allan

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Andrew Staples is remarkable as Jephte and Dido and Aeneas is beautifully rendered at the Barbican

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Carissimi’s Jephte and Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas: Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of Il Pomo d’Oro / Maxim Emelyanychev (harpsichord and conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 2.2.2024, (AK)

(l-r) Carlotta Colombo, Fatma Said, Joyce DiDonato and Maxim Emelyanychev © Mark Allan/Barbican

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