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In these three works for piano Borodin, Glazunov and Rubinstein all make use of the bell-like tolling which runs through many Russian Romantic compositions like a leitmotif.

Sir Stephen Hough launches the Proms' Rachmaninov celebrations with a winning rendition of the composer's First Piano Concerto. 

Alban Gerhard plays a melodious, but little known Cello Concerto by Anton Rubinstein. 

A deep-dive into the world of 14th-century Persian poet, Hafez, and his influence on song across the centuries. 

Thaddeus Strassberger proposed a mise-en-scène where the story is reenacted in Tamara’s confused mind while she is confined in a monastery.

Full of melodic treasures hidden for ages, Anton Rubinstein's The Demon answers the most demanding expectations.

Alexander Boldachev gives a highly entertaining exploration of Russian music, by way of a battery of harp effects, several of his own devising.

Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad's opening concert for young musicians featured the Russian duo Getallo and Andreev who showed formidable technique but only came to life in the Rubinstein Piano Sonata.

Histoire touchante que celle de ce Démon à qui un Dieu particulièrement cruel refusera la rédemption par l’amour. Excellente distribution et mise en scène idoine pour cette belle redécouverte proposée par l’Opéra de Bordeaux.

Le pianiste canadien émerveille dans Bach avant de livrer un programme romantique libre et limpide.

Rimski-Korsakov, Rachmaninov, Glinka, Tchaïkovski… Les jeunes artistes en résidence à l'Académie de l'Opéra ont offert à Paris des effluves printaniers venus de Russie, servant un répertoire de miniatures poétiques qui sont autant de gemmes.