Partnering with the Gewandhaus Quartet, Quatuor Danel’s rarely-heard Shostakovich is masterly

GermanyGermany Shostakovich Festival Leipzig [7]: Quatuor Danel (Marc Danel [first violin], Gilles Millet [second violin], Vlad Bogdanas [viola], Yovan Markovitch [cello]), Gewandhaus Quartet (Frank-Michael Erben [first violin], Yun-Jin Cho [second violin], Vincent Aucante [viola], Jürnjakob Timm [cello]). Mendelssohn Hall, Gewandhaus, Leipzig, 18.5.2025. (GT)

Quatuor Danel © Emilian Tsubaki

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Shostakovich’s Eighth Symphony gets a glorious performance by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Leipzig

GermanyGermany Shostakovich Festival Leipzig [3]: Gautier Capuçon (cello), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Gewandhaus, Leipzig. 17.5.2025. (GT)

Andris Nelsons conducts cellist Gautier Capuçon and the BSO © Jens Gerber

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