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Carl Dowthwaite

Outstanding Lutosławski from Salonen and the Philharmonia

25/03/201324/03/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ravel, Lutosławski: Matthias Goerne (baritone), Jennifer Koh (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, 21. 3. 2013. (CD)

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Outstanding Lutosławski from Mørk, Salonen and the Philharmonia

16/03/201310/03/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Debussy, Lutosławski: Truls Mørk (cello), Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.3. 2013. (CD)

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Music, Dancing – and Maths (!) – at the Conway Hall

26/02/201324/02/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tyrone Landau. The Conway Collective, Conway Hall, London 20.2.2013 (CD)

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Masterful Rachmaninoff from Simon Trpčeski

18/02/201317/02/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rachmaninoff, Simon Trpčeski (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mikhail Agrest (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London. 15.2.2013 (CD)

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A Welcome, Overdue Return to the South Bank by the Hallé

12/02/201312/02/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Vaughan Williams, Ravel, Janáček: Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano), Hallé Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London. 2.2.2013 (CD)

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Spellbinding Sibelius from Leonidas Kavakos

28/01/201412/12/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Sibelius: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (conductor), Barbican Hall, London 9.12.2012 (CD)

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Refined Berg, Rustic Mahler from Kavakos and Bychkov

03/12/201229/11/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Berg, Mahler: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Barbican Hall, London 26.11.2012 (CD)

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Vänskä’s Dramatic, Naturally Paced Rachmaninov

05/11/201204/11/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Nielsen, Dvořák, Rachmaninov: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London. 2.11.2012 (CD)

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