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De Waart once again showed a formidable grasp of the musical structure so that the occasional outbursts of violence made thematic sense and a strong feeling of tension led up to the final cry of despair.

Edo de Waart and the NZSO thrill with the old warhorse that is Schubert's ninth as much as in an insightful and exciting rendition of Salonen's Violin Concerto.

This was astonishing and gripping vocalism from a true master of Berlioz style.

The Antwerp Symphony Orchestra make Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony sound like new, while Alice Sara Ott’s joy in playing Mozart is palpable.  

Maestro Edo de Waart and violinist Augustin Hadelich team up to provide a spectacular performance of Shostakovich.

An able interpreter of the Romantic repertoire, Emanuel Ax has an innate elegance of tone and gesture that make him an ideal interpreter of Mozart's D minor Concerto.

Edo de Waart opted frequently for slow, steady tempi that robbed the music of a lot of its inner vitality.

Mason Bates' homage to the Silicon Valley geeks; Alice Sara Ott takes over Tchaikovsky.

Four Last Songs impresses with the radiant Christiane Libor, Mahler demands a little more tension and sense of propulsion than conductor Edo de Waart provided.

Symphonies of Mozart and Beethoven bookended a Mozart horn concerto featuring CSO principal Daniel Gingrich.

And well should the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra celebrate too, if this concert is any indication of the quality of music-making to come.

The Netherlands Radio Choir is marking its 70th anniversary with a series of jubilee concerts, including Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, conducted with control and compassion by Edo de Waart.

Beautifully interpreted performance of Mozart and Elgar at Sydney's Opera House, with Ross Edwards' White Ghosts Dancing. 

A potpourri of styles and chronology portrayed effectively by Edo de Waart, Augustin Hadelich, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The European continent met the British Isles in this weekend’s San Diego Symphony program. 

After a six week hiatus, the Metropolitan Opera's new Le nozze di Figaro has returned, with a new cast and conductor.

The impression left by the closing moments of the Mahler and the silence that followed will remain in the memory of this reviewer for some time to come.

Edo de Waart, Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, chose for his contribution to the 2011 Arts Festival works by two Germanic composers spanning the late Romantic and early modern periods who were almost exact contemporaries. Richard Strauss coincidentally was born seven years before and died seven years after Alexander von Zemlinsky.

Read our review of Nathaniel Merrill's production of Der Rosenkavalier by Strauss, in its 2010 HD broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.