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This Strauss-Puccini Prom concert paired the Symphonic Fantasy from Die Frau ohne Schatten and Puccini's one-act opera, Suor Angelica. 

Renée Fleming makes a worthy return to the Marschallin, but this all-Strauss program, led by Andris Nelsons, is more notable for its deficits.

Muscular and energetic yet subtle and mercurial, this was a tour-de-force performance from an inexhaustible dynamo of invention

Canellakis has the musicianship to ensure Strauss’ over-the-top moments registered high on music’s Richter scale.

Franz Welser-Möst selected a Viennese-inspired program for The Cleveland Orchestra’s annual gala, with works of Strauss (both Richard and Johann II) and Ravel following a Mozart piano concerto.

Kirill Karabits and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra brought a wide ranging programme from the south coast for their annual Proms visit.

Karina Cannelakis and Hong Kong Phil excite and please with disparate programme of Mozart and Strauss. 

The final orchestral performance of this year’s Gergiev festival saw the city of Rotterdam play host to St. Peterburg’s Mariinsky Orchestra.

Valery Gergiev conducts the unique World Orchestra for Peace in a devastating perfomance of Mahler's Sixth Symphony at the BBC Proms. A Strauss rarity and a European premier were programmed alongside.

Artiste en résidence cette saison à Radio France, le flûtiste proposait la création mondiale d'une partition (décevante) de Samy Moussa, avec l'Orchestre National de France qui avait fort à faire dans le reste du programme.

Remplaçant Tarmo Peltokoski au pied levé, le chef allemand a magnifiquement dirigé un programme qui tissait un parallèle très juste entre Mozart et Strauss. Avec Siobhan Stagg en invitée d'honneur.