Valery Gergiev: Brahms & Szyanowski

Gergiev and the LSO in Brahms and Szymanowski choral works

Paul Kilbey, 2nd April

I don’t think Valery Gergiev has ever been out to claim that Brahms and Szymanowski were particularly similar composers. I certainly hope he hasn’t, at any rate, on the basis of his final LSO programme pairing the two of them.

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Szymanowski, Karol (1882-1937)	Stabat mater, Op.53
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)	Ein deutsches Requiem, Op.45

Valery Gergiev	Musikalische Leitung
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Sally Matthews	Sopran
Ekaterina Gubanova	Mezzosopran
Kostas Smoriginas	Bassbariton
Christopher Maltman	Bariton