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On Wednesday night Washington Performing Arts Society at the Kennedy Center hosted a Russian art song recital of the internationally acclaimed Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky and his longtime concert partner, Estonian pianist Ivari Ilya. As the audience’s excitement about seeing this renowned recitalist was building up, it was disappointing to see quite a few empty seats in the house.

Einen Bass, einen Pianisten und einen Flügel. Mehr brauchte es nicht, um Geschichten von Leben, Liebe und Tod zu einem packenden Erlebnis zu machen.

Piotr Beczała et Helmut Deutsch ont offert un récital genevois oscillant entre lied et effusion lyrique : voix superbe, piano royal mais lyrisme parfois excessif.