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Langeweile gibt es bei Anna Netrebkos Liederabend bei den Münchner Opernfestspielen auf keinen Fall.

Diana Damrau und Helmut Deutsch gelang mit ihrem Festspiel-Liederabend in der Bayerischen Staatsoper ein Liederabend der Extraklasse, der neben Schubert und Richard Strauss auch Werke von Rachmaninow bot.

18 Jahre sind vergangen, seit das Boston Symphony Orchestra das letzte Mal in München gastierte. Nun präsentiert unter der Leitung von Chefdirigent Andris Nelsons ein außergewöhnlich farbenreiches Programm.

Hindoyan, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Pablo Ferrández prompt musings on life, death, dance and the pursuit of beauty in London’s Barbican.

Never mind the piano concerto marathons, 2023 will not see a finer anniversary tribute to Rachmaninov than this song recital.

La magia envolvió un recital en el que Sondra Radvanovsky fusionó su monumental talento vocal con sus experiencias vitales en interpretaciones sinceramente profundas.

À la Philharmonie, Lorenzo Viotti, Sabine Devieilhe, l'Orchestre de Paris et son chœur proposent une lecture habitée d'extraits d'œuvres sacrées et profanes de compositeurs russes.

The Russian soprano revived her Day and Night programme for The Met Stars Live in Concert series with a recital from the Spanish Riding School in Vienna.

Arcadi Volodos a livré un récital exceptionnel au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. Virtuose, prestidigitateur, ascète, le pianiste a happé le public dans Schubert, Rachmaninov et Scriabine.

Arcadi Volodos presentó un brillante recital y a través de las obras de Schubert, Rachmaninov y Scriabin ofreció un discurso propio.

Netrebko put together a potpourri showcasting her immense vocal gifts as well as her versatility.

Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra offer a stunning palette of orchestral colours in Elgar, Bell, Strauss, and Bartók.

Recitals of Russian song don't have to be suffocated with doom and gloom. Neither do they have to be built upon the works of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov.

Semyon Bychkov continued to develop his noble synergy with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in exemplary Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov, although Kristine Opolais made for a tepid debut.

Kristine Opolais joins the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky in its season-closing concert. 

Singing at short notice, Luis Gomes made a fine partner for Ekaterina Siurina at another superb recital in the Rosenblatt Recital series.

Jurowski and the LPO delve into Rachmaninov rarities for the last instalment of their series of concerts Rachmaninov: Inside Out at the Royal Festival Hall.

Operatic twitchers are drawn irresistibly to Rosenblatt Recitals, tempted by the opportunity to spot exciting up-and-coming singers.

Across town the Proms were sounding their final hurrah for another year, but Wigmore Hall opened their 2012/13 season with an altogether more serious repertoire of Rachmaninov and Shostakovich songs.

Two of the world’s most sought-after opera singers giving Lieder recitals on the same night. The kind of painful choice which Viennese musical institutions and their chaotic schedules throw up all too regularly. I went for Nina Stemme over Jonas Kaufmann on the basis that she gives fewer solo recitals, despite harbouring reservations about how her big voice would fare in this repertoire.