Petrenko’s searing Shostakovich overshadows Grosvenor’s Beethoven

Vasily Petrenko conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Benjamin Grosvenor and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Por Nick Boston, 04 febrero 2026

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“power and intensity combined with electric precision at pace”

Crítica hecha desde Royal Festival Hall, Londres el 3 febrero 2026

Ustvolskaya, The dream of Stepan Razin

Beethoven, Concierto para piano núm. 1 en do mayor, Op.15

Moskowski, Étude de Virtuosité in A flat major, Op.72 no. 11

Shostakovich, Sinfonía núm. 10 en mi menor, op. 93

Yuriy Yurchuk, Barítono

Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Vasily Petrenko, Dirección

Calurosa acogida para un cielo de invierno: Petrenko y la RPO

Jorge Baeza Stanicic, 29th October

Vasliy Petrenko condujo con magnífico pulso y un calibrado dinamismo un programa unido por la procedencia de los compositores.

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Segundo encuentro con la Royal Philharmonic en Madrid

Jorge Baeza Stanicic, 20th April

La Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, en su segunda velada en Madrid, y con Vasiliy Petrenko al frente, dio lo mejor de sí en la interpretación de la grandiosa Sinfonía Manfredo de Chaikovski.

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La Royal Philharmonic Orchestra con Petrenko y Yoo

Jorge Baeza Stanicic, 19th April

Vasily Petrenko dirige la RPO en un concierto que no salió de la corrección y en el que se contó con la violinista Esther Yoo.

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Korngold and Mahler from Ray Chen, Vasily Petrenko and the RPO

Roy Westbrook, 12th May

Few violin concertos soar from the first bar as Erich Korngold’s does, especially as in Ray Chen's high-wire account at the Royal Albert Hall.

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Turangalîla underwhelms at the Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Roy Westbrook, 23rd April

Serious music ill-matched by filmic limitations as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra tackles Messiaen’s epic “symphony” as part of the Southbank’s cross-genre festival.

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Edusei’s Beethoven and Rangwanasha’s Strauss thrill at Cadogan Hall

Christopher Woodley, 26th February

Kevin John Edusei, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra celebrate the joys of a life well-lived – rounded off to the sounds of larks ascending.

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Nick Boston

Nick has an MA in Music, specialising in performance and repertoire. His particular passions are choral music, chamber music and opera, with a particular interest in early music. He sings in a number of choirs in the south east of England, plays the piano and occasionally dusts off the violin. He writes about music here.

Petrenko’s searing Shostakovich overshadows Grosvenor’s elegant Beethoven