Heart-thumping: Alexander Melnikov plays Chopin and Scriabin at Wigmore Hall

Energetic commitment from the ACO at the Barbican, with precision and edge from Alexander Melnikov and Jeroen Berwaerts in an evening of darkness and light.

Ponomarchuk and the LPO raise the spirits in Felix Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony after an underwhelming first half at the Brighton Dome. 

Retour sur une approche radicale – qui passe certainement mieux au disque que dans une salle qui ne lui est pas taillée sur mesure – dans laquelle on aura pu apprécier l'excellence des interprètes.

Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov is joined on stage at the Philharmonie by Alexander Rudin, Nadezhda Pavlova and Olga Pashchenko to give the audience a taste of Rachmaninov's chamber repertoire. 

Three concertos and a symphony made for an unusual but generous programme, but Les Siècles illustrate that versatility can come with mixed blessings. 

McFaddens ergreifend schöne Melodieführung und Melnikovs schimmernde Klavierfarben machten den Konzertabend zu einem unvergesslichen Hörerlebnis.