Rachmaninov with an authentic Russian flavour at Cadogan Hall

Von Mark Pullinger, 05 Oktober 2018

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“double bass groans, cello sighs, wistful woodwind chords”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Cadogan Hall, London, am 4 Oktober 2018

Tschaikowsky, Schwanensee: Suite

Rachmaninow, Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 in fis-Moll, Op.1

Rachmaninow, Symphonie Nr. 2 in e-Moll, Op.27

Elgar, Chanson de Matin

Russian State Symphony Orchestra

Vasily Petrenko, Musikalische Leitung

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****1

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****1

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.