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A daunting program of Strauss and Shostakovich showcases conductor Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic at their very best.

Three very different works from the long life of Richard Strauss are performed by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under Simone Young.

Thomas Søndergård again pairs Brahms with Strauss in excellent performances with the RSNO in Edinburgh. 

The Atlanta Symphony and guest conductor Jun Märkl spin a spell with Falla's El amor brujo, with soprano Catalina Cuervo. 

The Iceland Symphony Orchestra's tour to the acoustically excellent Göteborgs konserthus in Sweden for a concert of Sibelius, Strauss and Thorvaldsdóttir was an obvious success, demonstrating an orchestral sound that deserves to be heard abroad more often. 

The concert also featured the world premiere of Matthias Pintscher's idyll and a Strauss favorite, Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks.

Birthday boy Richard Strauss was celebrated again at the Proms with two early works, one an acknowledged masterpiece and the other a problem child, in an odd programme that included works by Mozart and Nielsen from the BBC NOW.

Another fine season for the London Symphony Orchestra looks inevitable after the brilliantly played Mahler 6 they brought to the Barbican on Wednesday night. With the assured Thomas Dausgaard leading the way in this furious, huge march, the band amply showed its Mahler chops with some scintillating orchestral sounds.

The third hammer blow of fate has been struck by an enormous mallet on a wooden crate high in the orchestra. The music withers slowly away: after a final crashed chord and timpani roll, the conductor signals total hush from both orchestra and audience for a few moments before the ritual applause can begin.

Lors de deux soirées de clôture grandioses, le futur chef principal de l'orchestre anglais a créé un ascenseur émotionnel rarement vécu de mémoire de spectateur.

Invités à la Philharmonie pour deux soirées intégralement consacrées à Richard Strauss, le Gewandhausorchester et son directeur musical Andris Nelsons sortent l'artillerie lourde et forcent l'admiration.

Le pianiste italien s'est fait l'avocat éloquent de deux oeuvres concertantes trop peu jouées : les Variations Symphoniques de César Franck et la Burleske de Richard Strauss.

Strauss gehört schon lange zu Semyon Bychkovs Kernrepertoire und seine Interpretation von Tschaikowskys Vierter setzte Maßstäbe.

Obwohl Daniil Trifonov in den vergangenen Jahren häufiger Gast im München war, zu einer Zusammenarbeit mit dem Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks kam es bisher noch nicht. Das sollte sich mit dem vergangenen Freitag ändern.

El espectáculo duró todo lo que dura la obra de Strauss, una obra pensada para que el virtuoso que se atreva con ella luzca todo el abanico de su poderío técnico, pues está plagada de trampas y de dificultades. A la vista quedó que el pianista superaba las pruebas como si la obra la hubiera compuesto él mismo