Clear, technically perfect Brahms

Por Rohan Shotton, 09 septiembre 2014

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“this was some of the clearest and technically best Brahms I have heard”

Crítica hecha desde Royal Albert Hall, Londres el 7 septiembre 2014

Brahms, Obertura para un festival académico, Op.80

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Joshua Smith, Flauta

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****1

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Gripping, somber Mahler 6 from Sokhiev and The Cleveland Orchestra

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Tugan Sokhiev memorably debuts with The Cleveland Orchestra to lead a recent concerto for English horn and Mahler’s Tragic.

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Rohan Shotton

Rohan has reviewed concerts and opera across the UK and Europe, but chiefly in Manchester, where he enjoys conducting and playing percussion and piano. He works as a hospital doctor, having studied in St Andrews and Manchester, and tweets as @RohanShotton.

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