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Volkstümliches von Ligeti und Brahms' erste Serenade in meisterhafter Interpretation, dazwischen Brahms' Violinkonzert auf beinahe so hohem Niveau—und ein fulminanter Schlusspunkt von  Rossini: Pappano, das CEO und Batiashvili begeisterten.

Vasily Petrenko conducts a performance of Vaughan Williams' Fifth Symphony that hit the right note from first to last. 

Michelle Cann, Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphians bring Florence Price's Piano Concerto in D minor to vibrant life.

Joshua Weilerstein returns to Liverpool with a rewarding programme of Rossini, Stravinsky and Beethoven.

As part of their ‘summer’ season, Vasily Petrenko conducted the RLPO in Mendelssohn’s sunny “Italian” Symphony. Boris Giltburg uses Beethoven’s Emperor as a showcase for his flawless talents.

Concierto de Reyes de la RFG con el joven Carlos Checa en la dirección, frente a un obsequioso repertorio.

At the Barbican, Cecilia Bartoli and Rolando Villazón entertained a festive audience in a concert of bel canto highlights, determined not to let a cold put a chill on the evening.

The Mozart and bel canto program that Cecilia Bartoli and Rolando Villazón have concocted for their European tour this December is so packed with greatest hits that it feels like a festive gift. 

Jack Liebeck and the Hallé Orchestra under Karl-Heinz Steffens gave an impressive performance of Dvořák’s Violin Concerto at Leeds Town Hall. 

Barbara Hannigan gives a virtuoso performance of Ligeti's Mysteries of the Macabre with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in Lucerne.

Any orchestral endeavor in Cleveland stands in the looming shadow of The Cleveland Orchestra, not just in an artistic sense, but also, in a relatively small city such as Cleveland, in a competition for audience. Various previous chamber orchestras have fallen to the exigencies of financing such a venture.