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Venturing into Gershwin, Rudolf Buchbinder joins an Orchestre National de France programme at the George Enescu International Festival marked by surprises. 

At the George Enescu International Festival, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony plays music without consolation by Sibelius and Shostakovich. 

A concert staging of Saint François d’Assise at the Enescu Festival brings its human drama to life through striking visuals, pacy conducting and expertly drilled performances.

The young cellist excels in Shostakovich with the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Cristian Mandeal. 

Martha Argerich returns to the Enescu Festival for one of the pillars of her repertory, Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto, in a buoyant performance. 

The Suite from Janáček Cunning Little Vixen features in the Vienna Philharmonic's second concert of the 2023 festival. 

David Grimal captures the rhapsodic nature of Chausson and Ravel's scores, but how well does the conductor-less approach work in non-concertante scores? 

Two giants of the Romantic repertoire that were met with disdain by Eduard Hanslick at their premieres are given persuasive readings in Bucharest. 

Andsnes’ rendition was a typical battle between Dionysian and Apollonian, won by the latter.

At the Enescu Festival n Bucharest Vladimir Jurowski celebrates the centennial of Die Frau one Schatten’s premiere.

Few other pianists have Argerich’s naturalness, her ability to epitomize the essence of music rather than interpret it. 

Following some rhythmically challenged Ginastera, Horia Andreescu and the Russian National Orchestra impress with confidently played MacMillan and Tchaikovsky.

The muscular piano playing of Nikolai Lugansky could not save the Russian National Orchestra’s shoddy Enescu and Prokofiev.

Vladimir Jurowski and the LPO gave a stunning performance of Enescu’s operatic masterpiece, despite a dramatically limp concert staging.

Invité à conclure l'édition 2023 du festival roumain, le chef finnois et l'orchestre hollandais ont proposé un diptyque de concerts contrastés, dont une mémorable Troisième Symphonie de Mahler a constitué le sommet.

Directeur musical du National et du George Enescu Festival, Cristian Măcelaru a dirigé un chef-d'œuvre méconnu, la Troisième Symphonie de Georges Enesco, après un formidable concerto de Rachmaninov par Kirill Gerstein.

La Neuvième Symphonie de Mahler était ô combien appropriée pour marquer la fin du mandat de Simon Rattle à la tête de la phalange londonienne. Retour sur un concert exceptionnel.

À la tête d'un Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino doté d'une belle palette chromatique, Zubin Mehta a proposé une interprétation pleine de sagesse de la Deuxième Symphonie de Mahler. 

Si elle conserve une science des équilibres et de l'accompagnement, la direction de Zubin Mehta ne transmet pas l'urgence du drame de Verdi. Le plateau vocal offre une performance contrastée.