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Richard Strauss' An Alpine Symphony and Korngold's Violin Concerto make for a cinematic coupling in Singapore. 

Sir Mark Elder conducts the world premiere of Huw Watkins' Concerto for Orchestra and Strauss' gargantuan Alpine Symphony.

Majestic Strauss and effortless Grieg from Edward Gardner and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra shines in Strauss, in particular the characterful woodwind solos and the fulsomely resplendent brass. 

Climaxes and pianissimos are the best part of a Philharmonic concert conducted by Santtu-Matias Rouvali, featuring Bernstein and Strauss. 

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. 

A young conductor and a venerable orchestra unite in Berlin for three 20th-century works, covering vastly different soundscapes. 

NIcholas Collon conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a superbly conceived programme that demonstrates “quality, agility and impact”.

The Vienna Philharmonic’s annual visit has long been one of the highlights of the Carnegie Hall season and do not disappoint in this year's visit, with Christian Thielemann. 

Conductor and soloist Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider oversees a stunningly beautiful account of Bruch’s First Violin Concerto and guides the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra through both glory and violence in Strauss’ Alpine Symphony.

Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony's three-concert residency at Tokyo's Suntory Hall culminates in a brilliantly evocative performance of Strauss' Alpine Symphony.

Daniel Harding and Antoine Tamestit impress in their Cleveland Orchestra debuts, tackling the complexities of a Widmann concerto and a Strauss tone poem.

Never mind the cowbells... the Hong Kong Phil delivers a photo-enhanced rendition of An Alpine Symphony at the Cultural Centre. 

The orchestra celebrates its 127th season with an evening of exciting excursions, onstage and off.

On the strength of this stirring evening of Strauss, the 35-year-old Finn is set to become a welcome Southbank resident. 

It was evident from the first bars that Strauss' An Alpine Symphony is a score about which Daniel Harding cares deeply.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin has resisted specialist identification, but his finesse with Strauss suggests he's Austro-Germanic at heart.

On the page this is less orchestration, more job creation scheme.

The National Youth Orchestra of the USA present a monumental programme of Strauss and Berlioz.

Rouvali's role as the Phiharmonia's Principal Guest Conductor may prove to be one of the most exciting musical relationships in London, based on their remarkable performance of Eine Alpensinfonie that headlined an all-Strauss programme.

Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in an attractive account of Strauss' mighty Alpine Symphony.

Schubert song orchestrations with Gerald Finley are not wholly convincing, but the Berliner's virtuosity sweeps all before it in Strauss's Alpensinfonie.

When Robert DeMaine fell ill, LA Phil got creative by rotating the soloist duties in Zimmermann’s Cello Concerto. 

Under Andris Nelsons’ direction, the Boston Symphony Orchestra turn Strauss’ Alpine Symphony into a searching spiritual journey.

Capuçon warmed up through the melancholy second movement, exhibiting seamless legato and the ability to feather his phrases with finesse and subtlety

The Seattle Symphony's all-Strauss program included a refreshing take on the Four Last Songs with soprano Gun-Brit Barkman and a sonic tour de force in the rare Eine Alpensinfonie.

Fabien Gabel and the Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec present inventive and colorful musical pictures by Schmitt, El-Khoury, Honegger, Zappa and Richard Strauss.

Renée Fleming swoons in Strauss' Four Last Songs, while having Christian Thielemann and the Staatskapelle Dresden are our guides in the Alpine Symphony. 

A lively William Tell Overture from Pappano and lyrical Bruch from LSO leader, Roman Simović, preceded a majestic performance of Strauss' Alpine Symphony. 

Pianist Kit Armstrong proved that prodigious talent and good taste can be found in the same artist, while Christian Thielemann disappoints in Strauss’ blockbusting Alpine Symphony.

An ambitious new Austrian symphony is dwarfed by the proven might of Wagner and Strauss in the BBC Symphony Orchestra's latest Prom.

Monumental, cataclysmic, terrifying, heroic, ethereal, transcendent: this was Bernard Haitink's performance of Strauss' vast final tone poem.

Vasily Petrenko conducts a darkly coloured Alpensinfonie in Liverpool, alongside music by Tchaikovsky and Canteloube

The “Jupiter” and “Alpine” Symphonies impress at Cleveland’s Severance Hall.

Marielle and Katia Labèque are reunited with the RCO after more than 15 years in Mozart’s Concerto in E flat for two pianos. 

An honest and subtle performance from Barbara Hannigan in the Dutch première of Hans Abrahamsen’s song cycle which tells Ophelia's story. 

The Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne opens the Hong Kong Arts Festival with contrasting works, Mozart's reflective Clarinet Concerto and Strauss' monumental Alpine Symphony. 

Thomas Søndergård made his BBC Proms debut at the end of a successful first season at the helm of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, bringing a hefty programme of Stenhammar, Szymanowski and Strauss to the Royal Albert Hall.It was a fascinating programme, with a first half of relatively underperformed works prefacing Strauss’ popular Alpine Symphony.

The orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House rarely gets out of its pit, but when it does, it plays at Carnegie Hall. Carnegie has a rather different acoustic to the Met – much more closely-held, much more intense – and its unforgiving glare occasionally presented one challenge too many for the MET Orchestra. Still, they acquitted themselves well in this matinée.

It was in the 1790s, when Haydn came to England at the invitation of London-based impresario Johann Peter Salomon, that the twelve 'London' symphonies were composed. They were to be Haydn's last essays in the genre, examples in which, he said, he had to 'change many things for the English public'.

A lengthy standing ovation followed Thierry Fischer’s final St David’s Hall concert with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, concluding his sixth season with Richard Strauss’ monumental Alpine Symphony after a refined performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 22 with pianist Angela Hewitt.

Beethoven was certainly not afraid of breaking traditions. He broke several long-held Classical traditions in his Piano Concerto no. 4, and no break was more revolutionary than beginning a concerto with the solo instrument. It was in this way that the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under Vladimir Ashkenazy opened their latest musical offering at Sydney Opera House.

Lorin Maazel, a former director of the New York Philharmonic, brought his exacting music-making back to the podium for a nine-day guest appearance. A wizard of baton technique – even the back of his head communicates what he wants the orchestra to do – his performances leave little room for spontaneity and generally contain odd interpretive choices. Today was no exception.

Ein Abschied und ein Neuanfang: Die letzten Osterfestspiele der Berliner Philharmoniker in Baden-Baden und Klaus Mäkeläs Vorgeschmack auf die kommenden Jahre in der Kurstadt.

Con la propuesta Tast d’orquestra, la OBC presentó una visión alternativa y certera con la que adentrarse en la monumental obra de Strauss.

Vibrante noche en el Palacio de la Ópera de La Coruña con la Sinfónica de Galicia apoyada por la Joven Orquesta, Fazil Say interpretando Ravel y un Sinfonia alpina compacta y expresiva.

Si le pianiste a livré une interprétation superlative du Concerto de Schumann, l'orchestre québécois et son directeur musical ont été moins convaincants dans le reste du programme.

Une intéressante création mondiale de Tatiana Probst, des Nuits d'été enchanteresses sous la voix de Lea Desandre et une Symphonie alpestre parfaitement maîtrisée : c'était une belle rentrée pour le Philhar'.

Der junge schwedische Ausnahmegeiger ist mit dem São Paulo Symphony Orchestra unter Thierry Fischer auf Europatournee.

Gastspiel beim Musikfest: Vladimir Jurowski dirigiert unter anderem Bergs Violinkonzert und Strauss' Alpensinfonie.