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How long does it take to build a truly great orchestra, supreme in both opera house and concert hall? Half a millennium should do it. 

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's beautifully curated selection of Mann-themed music enjoys mixed success. 

The Vienna Philharmonic, under the direction of Maestro Daniele Gatti, perform impressive accounts of Brahms’ Second and Fourth symphonies. 

In recent years the German tenor Klaus Florian Vogt has gained fame for his lyrical portrayals of Wagnerian characters like Lohengrin, Parsifal, and Walther von Stolzing in Die Meisteresinger von Nürnberg.

De retour de vacances, les musiciens de l’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande n'ont pas perdu leurs qualités individuelles mais, malheureusement, ils affichent aussi un penchant à l’emphase qui aura nui à Beethoven.