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"Beethoven 250" starts in grand form with thrilling performances of Egmont and Symphonies 5 and 8 in Antwerp.

This lightweight, combustive account lacked bluster, sourcing tension from its forward momentum.

Edward Gardner clearly has a thing for the Czechs. A month after he made his Royal Opera main-stage debut with Janáček's Katya Kabanova, here he was with the Filarmonica della Scala to conduct a strongly Czech programme.

Viotti will return to La Scala to conduct Gounod's Roméo et Juliette in 2020. The programme this time round gave an indication of some of the positive qualities to expect. It also warned of some potential pitfalls.

The Filarmonica did not play with the polished sheen for which it is often known, but let the raw power of the music speak on its own terms. The results were utterly captivating.

With Chung on the podium, the Filarmonica played with a spontaneity that brought Brahms' restless music to life.

A truly magnificent evening from Chailly and his Milanese orchestra.

A sizeable contingent of curious musicologists and critics gathered for the Milan première. It was a gifted a performance with plenty of insights to offer.

Chailly is beefing up the orchestra's sound and honing its style through an intensive collaboration that has borne tours, recording projects and frequent appearances in Milan.

Riccardo Chailly and the Filarmonica della Scala give a wonderful account of two of Respighi's travelogues; Leonidas Kavakos plays Brahms with refinement – perhaps too much so for the Albert Hall.

If Chailly’s recent Beethoven’s Seventh was notable for its originality, particularly for the conductor's choice of tempi, here he opted for a straighter reading free of idiosyncrasy.

On the basis of its recent appearances, Chailly's varied musical diet is doing the Filarmonica a lot of good

The Filarmonica della Scala opened the season with a concert that celebrated its virtues and symbolised its ambitions. The presence of Daniel Barenboim, the former Music Director of La Scala, spoke of its inclusive doctrine.

An all-Mozart Filarmonica della Scala concert with soloists Vilde Frang and Hanna-Elisabeth Müller under conductor Marc Minkowski's lacked cohesion.

At first sight the choice of programme and musicians for this pre-Beethoven Festival concert was a bit odd. Music by Verdi, Richard Strauss and Dvořák played by La Scala's Filarmonica, under the direction of Oxford-born Daniel Harding.The title of the evening – "La Scala on the Rhine" – gave a hint. The Milanese orchestra was on a short tour – to Bonn on Saturday and Dresden on Sunday.

Au cours d'une soirée intégralement consacrée au répertoire symphonique de Beethoven, Riccardo Chailly et la Filarmonica della Scala brillent dans la Symphonie n° 5 après une Symphonie n° 8 dénuée de fantaisie.

La Filarmonica della Scala était invitée à la Philharmonie de Paris pour jouer le Concerto pour orchestre de Bartók sous la direction de Riccardo Chailly, ainsi que le Concerto pour violon de Chostakovitch en compagnie de Maxim Vengerov.

Riccardo Chailly articuló una Sexta de Mahler con elemento inapelable del destino como guía y los músicos della Scala respondierton a sus gestos con un sonido ejemplar.

Son la orquesta de la Scala, elegantes por definición, y tras escucharles, quedamos seducidos y complacidos, aún sin salir demasiado de nuestra zona de confort.

Riccardo Chailly et la Filarmonica della Scala étaient de passage à la Philharmonie de Paris, pour un concert entièrement consacré à la musique russe. Analyse d'une interprétation inégale.