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Im Festspielkonzert der Camerata Salzburg fasziniert ein altersjunger Roger Norrington mit der Überzeugungskraft klangreinen Musizierens.

Die Musiker beeindrucken wieder einmal mit ihrer Lebendigkeit und Interaktion, auch wenn ihre Frankenstein-Version ein wenig zu sehr in Klamauk ausartet.

La pianista de fama internacional representó la conjugación de estilo único, sensibilidad y un dominio absoluto de dinámicas, en un repertorio muestra de versatilidad y control.

Les Arts Florissants et la soprano ont célébré le 80e anniversaire du chef avec une plongée à l'époque de Marie-Antoinette. Un concert de haute volée, mais quelque peu déconnecté de la salle.

The CBSO’s matinee, conducted by Fabien Gabel, juxtaposes cheerful Mozart and an unpredictable new concerto from Mark Simpson with a polarised account of Shostakovich’s Ninth Symphony. 

Cheerful energy and exploding fireworks in the ACO's Sydney programme, if lacking in a little repose. 

André Cebrián dazzles as the flute soloist in a Mozart concerto, but Joana Carneiro's conducting only intermittently draws magic from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. 

In this musical journey the Greek conductor Constantinos Carydis takes you to Athens and Crete, while Igor Levit explores Apollonian qualities in Mozart.

Prom 29 had a distinctly French flavour, with themes of dance and birdsong running through the programme in a glittering performance of music by Mozart, Ravel, Messiaen and Stravinsky.

Prague’s classical music community is walking a little taller and prouder this week. Collegium 1704 stepped up on Saturday night with an 18th century opera program that offered an inspirational reminder of how period music can and should be played.

Every once in a while, as a reviewer, you are so utterly transfixed by a performance that it becomes an incredible effort to wrench yourself back into reality in order to put pen to paper, such is the visceral impact. And so it was with Christian Tetzlaff’s performance of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.