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Soon to be seventy, Murray Perahia and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields give full expression to the life force that is Beethoven, in their continuing cycle of the piano concertos.

Stutzmann displays her customary thoughtfulness and musicianship in Beethoven and Brahms, while violinist Zorman and cellist Elschenbroich deliver a remarkably satisfying Double Concerto. 

Take an overture from the Classical period, add a Romantic concerto and finish with a major work from the 20th century – a tried and proven concoction for a balanced orchestral concert. If these works follow a chronological order and become increasingly longer, so much the better.

Giovanni Antonini conducts the Tonhalle Orchestra in an appealing programme of works by Beethoven, Bach and Vivaldi that marked the Zurich debut of the dynamic Israeli mandolinist Avi Avital.

During the Lucerne Easter Festival, Mariss Jansons conducted the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir in three highly charged works. 

An uninspired evening of classics, that nonetheless showed off the many sides of Shostakovich.

Mixed results in the 20th century portion of the program are remedied with some very fine Beethoven playing. 

Sally Matthews comes home to the South of England to give a beautifully delicate and heart-rending performance of Strauss’ Four Last Songs with the BSO.

Houston Symphony's Andrés Orozco-Estrada brings remarkable intention to Mozart's sacred masterpiece. 

Marek Janowski has been the chief conductor of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra since 2002. This concert of Beethoven, Britten and Dvořák found both conductor and orchestra on find form. 

The BBC Proms 2013 began with some of the best of English composers. Tonight for Prom 28 it was the turn of some of Scotland’s finest, as Donald Runnicles conducted the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in a performance of James MacMillan’s Violin Concerto. There were plenty of old favourites from Beethoven and Strauss Jr.

Thomas Dausgaard conducts with his body. A shift in his posture, without engaging hands or arms, is enough indication for his Swedish Chamber Orchestra to execute subtly graduated dynamic shifts.

With his centenary year fast approaching, Saturday night’s concert was a celebration of all things Britten. The festivities have certainly begun in style in Oxford, with Nicholas Cleobury leading the Oxford Bach Choir, the English Chamber Orchestra and soprano Elizabeth Atherton in some truly outstanding music-making.

“The Beethoven Journey” is a remarkable collaboration between pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.

A concert juxtaposing masters and lesser-knowns can have two effects: it can illustrate the genius of the master, or it can unveil an unjustly neglected gem. New York Philharmonic’s recent offering accomplished both. The combination of Beethoven, Korngold, and Nielsen spanned a huge swath of what is loosely called Romantic music, demonstrating the peaks and valleys possible in the style.

The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra welcomed guest conductor Mei-Ann Chen and pianist Markus Groh to Bass Hall this weekend, and welcome guests they were indeed. Ms. Chen led the orchestra in Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture and the Symphony in D minor of César Franck, with Mr. Groh joining them for the Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor in between.

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra continued their pairing of Beethoven and Strauss with two works based on different types of heros – the tragic hero of Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture and the more Romantic, all-conquering hero of Strauss’ Thus Spake Zarathustra, based on Nietzsche’s book.

Die Münchner Philharmoniker boten unter Michael Sanderling ein packendes Programm mit Beethoven und Schostakowitsch. Die Symphonie Nr. 13 "Babij Jar" konnte dabei den nachhaltigsten Eindruck hinterlassen.

Mit der Musik Beethovens malte Joshua Bell zusammen mit der Academy of St Martin in the Fields farbenreiche Landschaften und Geschichten in die Vorstellung des Düsseldorfer Publikums.

Simbiosis ideal entre un conjunto envidiable y una batuta que, lejos de pasar el trámite de hacerse cargo del programa de un colega de profesión, hizo suya la oportunidad y buscó dejar su sello en las interpretaciones de unas obras clave dentro del repertorio sinfónico.

Difficile de trouver association de plus haut standing que celle des Wiener Philharmoniker, du Chant de la Terre et du ténor allemand Jonas Kaufmann, assumant à lui seul les six parties du chef-d’œuvre. Remplaçant Daniele Gatti, le chef anglais Jonathan Nott a cherché à équivoquer la prud’homie du sérail viennois par un violent serrage de ceinture.

Concert superlatif de Mariss Jansons avec le Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Il y a désormais un avant et un après.

Kein belangloser Schönklang: Mariss Jansons führt das BRSO in klangliche und emotionale Extreme.

Konzerte mit historischer Aufführungspraxis sind in München selten. Da freut es umso mehr, dass Philippe Herreweghe mit dem Orchestre des Champs-Élysées in der Philharmonie zu Gast ist.

Beethoven und Mozart stehen in der Kirche von Saanen unter Hochspannung.

Beethoven retrouve l’Elysée, Isabelle Faust parmi les âmes apaisées, peu héroïque, suivant un Herreweghe plus subtil qu’inquiétant.

Murray Perahia erschuf vor dem geistigen Auge des Münchener Publikums zwei großartige und doch ganz unterschiedliche Klanggebäude Beethoven'scher Klavierkonzerte.

Benedikt Zacher berichtet vom Konzert des Münchener Kammerorchesters, das zusammen mit Isabelle Faust mit gewohnt abwechslungsreichen Programm und einer pulsierenden Uraufführung von Fennessys Hirta Rounds aufwartete.

La nouvelle série B de l'Orchestre Nationale de France comprend un magnifique Concerto pour orchestre de Bartók animé mar un vrai et audible engagement collectif.