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Anna Rakitina takes a strikingly Classical approach to classics of Romantic repertoire, yielding significant details and wonders. 

Russian-Ukrainian conductor Anna Rakitina doesn't quite land on her debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, while Lise de la Salle uncovers the lighter side of Rachmaninov. 

Jess Dandy's rich contralto expresses the intensity of Julia Perry's Stabat Mater with the BBC Philharmonic after a spirited Vltava to mark Smetana's 200th anniversary. 

In her final appearance as the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Assistant Conductor, Anna Ratikina leads a fine programme of Prokofiev, Paganini and Ellen Reid.

The program also featured the debut of conductor Anna Rakitina, who led a stirring reading of Elgar's Enigma Variations.

In New York Philharmonic debuts, Rakitina and Zhang deliver a thoughtful version of Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto, mostly shorn of sentimentality – a fresh look from young eyes.

El estreno en España del concierto para chelo Detlev Glanert a cargo del propio paladín de la obra, Johannes Moser, y una rigurosa Quinta sinfonía de Chaikovski bajo la batuta de Anna Rakitina resultó en una intensa velada musical.

La Orquesta sinfónica de Tenerife presentó un repertorio con obras de Mozart, Hummel y Beethoven junto a la directora la rusa Anna Rakitina y el trompetista español Manuel Blanco.