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Geoff Diggines

Herbert Blomstedt’s Beethoven 7 is One of the Finest Again

06/06/201729/05/2017 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brahms, Beethoven: Martin Helmchen (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 25.5.2017. (GD)

Herbert Blomstedt: photo credit - Martin Lengemann.
Herbert Blomstedt (c) Martin Lengemann

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Dedicated to Victims of Terrorism: a Mahler 9 to Remember from Haitink and the LSO

31/05/201725/05/2017 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mahler: London Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 23.5.2017. (GD)

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Unmannered and Straightforward Mahler from Salonen and the Philharmonia

16/05/201710/05/2017 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bartók and Mahler: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Tamara Stefanovich (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.5.2017. (GD)

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Integrity and Excellence in Roth and the LSO’s Bruckner

30/04/201725/04/2017 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Debussy, Bartok, Bruckner: Antoine Tamestit (viola), London Symphony Orchestra / François-Xavier Roth (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 23.4.2017. (GD)

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Lucidity and Pianistic Elegance from Pollini in Schoenberg and Beethoven

26/03/201722/03/2017 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schoenberg, Beethoven: Maurizio Pollini (piano), Royal Festival Hall, London, 14.3.2017. (GD)

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Despite the LSO’s Fine Playing, Luisi Needed to be More Like Toscanini

24/03/201720/03/2017 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Brahms: Igor Levit (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Fabio Luisi (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 16.3.2017. (GD)

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Pierre-Laurent Aimard Plays a 1899 Bechstein in a Recital with a Strong Sense of Linkage

21/03/201718/03/2017 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Liszt, Skryabin, Debussy, Julian Anderson, Nikolay Obukhov: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 11.3.2017. (GD)

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A Reminder of the Czech Tradition from Yutaka Sado and the Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra

06/03/201728/02/2017 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart Beethoven Dvořák: Angela Hewitt (piano), Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra / Yutaka Sado (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 26.2.2017. (GD)

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