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Riccardo Muti and the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra perform orchestral scores by Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini and Giuseppe Martucci.

Unlike the conucopia of duets Verdi wrote for soprano and baritone, his music for soprano and bass is much more limited and what exists is not exactly the acme of his output.

On their return to Sydney, the Australian World Orchestra under Riccardo Muti offer a subdued reading of Brahms’ Symphony no. 2 and a thrilling account of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no. 4.

For the final week of the CSO season, Muti led a stirring program of operatic excerpts by Verdi, Puccini and Mascagni, along with a rarity by Boito.

Flórez's recital showed exactly why singers should steer clear of technological assistance. 

Valery Gergiev has drilled the Prokofiev idiom into the LSO to great acclaim. His Mariinsky Orchestra has it running through their veins.

Former chief conductor Gianandrea Noseda made a well-received return to the BBC Philharmonic, conducting a popular programme of Verdi, Bruch and Beethoven.Noseda and the BBC Phil attracted widespread attention in 2006 when they offered free downloads of their entire Beethoven symphony cycle. Demand was huge, with some 1.6 million copies downloaded.