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OxfordKaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Making Chamber Music Part II

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Schönberg, Warlock, Schubert, Farrenc
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective; Adam Walker; Armand Djikoloum; Cristina Mateo Sáez

LondonOrchestral Masterworks with Martyn Brabbins: Nielsen & Schoenberg

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Nielsen, Schönberg
RCM Philharmonic Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins; Reynold Yang

StockholmMusic from Vienna

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Strauss II, Strauss R., Schönberg, Ravel
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Harding; Francesco Piemontesi

Hong KongStephen Hough: Beethoven, Schumann & More

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Schubert, Brahms, Schönberg, Stockhausen, Beethoven, Schumann, Sherman
Sir Stephen Hough, Piano

GatesheadPiano Greats | Mitsuko Uchida plays Schubert

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music
Haydn, Schönberg, Mozart, Schubert
Dame Mitsuko Uchida, Piano
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Konstantin Krimmel headlines a rewarding day of song in Oxford

Konstantin Krimmel and Ammiel Bushakevitz © Chris Gonz
The German-Romanian baritone and Ammiel Bushakevitz perform at the Oxford International Song Festival following recitals by Andrew Hamilton and Erika Baikoff.
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Intimate colossus: Daniil Trifonov with the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Daniil Trifonov © Dario Acosta

Late Brahms, early Schoenberg: under Lahav Shani and the Rotterdam Philharmonic draw tenderness from two monumental scores. 

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Conviction, passion and clarity: Sir Stephen Hough at Wigmore Hall

Sir Stephen Hough © The Wigmore Hall Trust, 2023
Fragments by Brahms, Schoenberg and Schubert orbit Beethoven's Waldstein and Schumann's Carnaval in another masterful recital from Sir Stephen Hough.  
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Lepage’s Bluebeard and Erwartung pairing remains compelling theatre

Karen Cargill (Judith) and Christian Van Horn (Bluebeard) © Michael Cooper
Some 30 years after its first appearance, Robert Lepage’s double bill of Duke Bluebeards Castle and Erwartung is still strikingly effective and very modern-looking music theatre.
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Poetry and precision: Seong-Jin Cho returns to Carnegie Hall

Seong-Jin Cho © Chris Lee
A little over a year after his marathon all-Ravel recital at the Hall, the Korean pianist returns with an exquisitely performed program of Bach, Schoenberg, Robert Schumann and Chopin.
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