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In the last of the LSO's Sydney concerts, Sir Simon Rattle's affinity with Bruckner's score results in a heartfelt performance of the Seventh Symphony.

Magdalena Kožená provides a compelling case for two little-heard Martinů song cycles; Rattle and the Czech Phil are competent but not altogether convincing in Schumann.

The last conductor to have led such a superb account of Rachmaninov's Third Symphony was quite possibly its composer.

How much classical restraint and how much Romantic feeling do you really want in 19th-century concertos and symphonies? With the RPO, Fumiaki Miura and Andrew Gourlay both choose to err on the side of the former.

Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Hough and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra provide oodles of vibrancy and passion in Schumann and Brahms.

The replication of the weekend’s triumph was cut short by a somewhat dimly executed Fourth Symphony, as violinist Faust stole the show. 

With Gardiner’s eye for detail, the LSO triumph in a concert that marks the start of a new Schumann symphony cycle.

Paarvo Järvi and the NHK Symphony give a riveting account of Schumann and Schubert.

Dans le Concerto de Robert Schumann, la pianiste britannique privilégie la tendresse et l'intimité aux élans et à la fébrilité. Le LSO rend ensuite justice à la mal-aimée Symphonie n° 3 de Rachmaninov.

La Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife y su titular Antonio Méndez prosiguen su excelente ciclo dedicado a Robert Schumann con el concierto titulado “Schumann II”, para el que contaron en esta ocasión con la solista Veronika Eberle.

Étrange sensation que produit Evgeny Kissin, géant de l'art pianistique mais interprète sans fièvre et sans élans du Concerto n° 2 de Liszt, avec Robert Trevino et l'Orchestre de Paris.

La perfección se dice de muchas maneras. Y, si de música se trata, la London Symphony Orchestra constituye una apuesta genuinamente segura -tuvimos la fortuna de comprobarlo en Madrid a comienzos de temporada-. De un modo especial, es preciso señalar, en aquellos programas que propician la colaboración de partenaires -ya sea en el podio, ya sea en los roles solistas- condignos, que correspondan sin fricción a la entidad del llamado.

Befreit von „dicker Kartoffelsuppe“ legen Gardiner und das LSO einen frischen Schumann vor, der mit den richtigen Stilmitteln lebensnah und mitreißend wird.

Während Gatti in der Genoveva-Ouvertüre seine Stärken als Operndirigent ausleben konnte, dominierte im Mahler Chamber Orchestra die Spielfreude und das Engagement.