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Sous la direction idéale de Clemens Heil et avec la complicité virtuose de Claire Désert, l'Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse a montré son appétence pour le répertoire romantique.

Quelle alchimie pour une première rencontre ! Après un concerto de Liszt interprété par un Jean-Yves Thibaudet au sommet, la Shéhérazade de Lionel Bringuier et du BNO fut une merveille.

Quelle générosité de couleurs dans ce programme russe que nous offre l'Orchestre de Paris pour sa reprise tant attendue des concerts avec public !

À tous les mélomanes qui se plaignent de toujours entendre les mêmes œuvres poncives en récital, il faudrait souffler très fort : Florian Noack. Car avec quelle joie gourmande on a écouté vendredi dernier le jeune pianiste belge dans ses propres transcriptions ! 

Pour sa trente et unième édition, le Festival de Radio France illumine dès sa soirée d’ouverture avec un programme luxuriant : les deux Shéhérazade de Rimski-Korsakov et de Ravel ainsi qu’Aladdin du compositeur danois Carl Nielsen. 

Au programme de ce soir, de la musique russe tournée sur son propre passé, et s’inscrivant dans la grande lignée de ce qui l’a précédée. Au programme : Rubin, Medtner et Rimsky-Korsakov.

L'orchestre National Montpellier Languedoc Roussillon et le brillantissime clarinettiste Martin Fröst nous proposent de mettre en regard la musique américaine et la musique russe d'époques et d'esthétiques très différentes. 

On paper this looked entrancing: a French conductor with Armenian roots assaying a score of oriental splendour. It was the first half, however, with Dutilleux and Debussy that satisfied more.

An all-Russian programme from Alexander Malofeev and Dan Ettinger, held at the Teatro Politeama in Naples as the San Carlo is temporarily closed for refurbishment.

Bereits zum Saisonauftakt präsentieren das hr-Sinfonieorchester und Alain Altinoglu ein Konzert voller Highlights – nicht zuletzt dank Alexander Malofeevs grandioser Interpretation von Rachmaninows Drittem Klavierkonzert.

Sir Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia give fine performances of works by Rossini, Ravel and Rimsky-Korsakov. 

On her Proms debut, Ariane Matiakh spins tales from The Arabian Nights in two versions, along with the world premiere of a harp concerto inspired by the life of bees. 

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is reunited with its former Chief Conductor for an all-Russian evening in Cheltenham Town Hall as the festival opens its 77th season.

A standard programme of overture, concerto and symphonic suite, but with mixed results: Kerem Hasan and the RPO bring out all the vibrancy in Rimsky-Korsakov whereas Fumiya Koido disappoints in Beethoven.

La Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia estrena la obra de Sánchez-Verdú Memoria del ocre.

In Atlanta, conductor Robert Spano, mandolinist Avi Avital and composer Jennifer Higdon ignite fiery performances.

The orchestra's programme of French and Russian classics exploring the myths of the Mediterranean and Eastern worlds proves a hit on tour in New York.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducted a never-better Philadelphia Orchestra in a program that also included a benchmark performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade.

Michael Schønwandt brings style to Scheherezade and Strauss, while Kirill Gerstein plays Ravel with lashings of Gallic élan.

It was in the return of the love theme that was initiated with the greatest delicacy that elevated the movement from the whimsical to the sublime.

Neben Prokofjews Erstem Violinkonzert glitzerte das Orchestre National de France unter Lionel Bringuier in Debussy und Rimsky-Korsakow.

El magnífico Emmanuel Pahud era el atractivo principal de una velada que incluía el Concierto para flauta de Khachaturian además de Scheherazade de Rimsky-Korsakov.

Showcases of pure virtuosity by Denis Matsuev and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, under Leonard Slatkin, in performances of both Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade at Ravinia.

Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto is every inch the warhorse asScheherazade, yet with Ott there was never a sense of routine.

Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall was plunged into luscious sunshine with music from across the Tropics. The first half was filled with the sounds of Latin America before a nautical Arabian tour.

Zubin Mehta and the Berlin Philharmonic have an extraordinary relationship lasting over five decades. In three performances in the Philharmonie, Mehta paired a piece from the core of his romantic repertoire with a new percussion concerto.

An evening of different musical flavours, but none, as yet, are quite distinctive on the palate.

La Orquesta Filarmónica de Oslo, con el laureado Vasily Petrenko a la batuta, en Madrid, un concierto remarcable en el que el solista, Simon Trpčeski, demostró una técnica y claridad pianística abrumadora.

Jakub Hrůša and Simon Trpčeski with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra impress at Lincoln Center with a programme of works from Central and Eastern Europe. 

A globally-connected journey of exoticism: Yu Long delivers with Scheherazade.

Gustavo Gimeno conducts a program anchored by Scheherazade as well as a cello concerto by Ginastera, featuring Cleveland Orchestra principal Mark Kosower.

Gergiev y la Orquesta del Teatro Mariinsky reviven de manera excelsa el vínculo entre la gran tradición musical rusa y el folclore español durante su primera intervención en el Festival de Granada. 

Robert Spano led the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra closed out its regular season with a thrilling Scheherezade.

Ein technisch perfektes Tonhalle-Orchester unter Lionel Bringuier fesselt mit Honegger und einem umwerfenden Klavierkonzert Brittens.

Simon Trpčeski tackles a solo piano arrangement of Rimsky-Korsakov's orchestral masterpiece along with gentler Grieg and Mendelssohn. 

The latest concert in the LPO's “Changing Faces: Stravinsky’s Journeys” series focussed on storytelling of the symphonic kind. 

Thomas Søndergård's Scheherezade is overactive, but their concerto soloist is one of the family

La Filarmónica de San Petersburgo se presentó de la mano de Ibermúsica, ambos mantienen una relación de ya 46 años que únicamente se explica al socaire de la preocupación por ofrecer música (especialmente la que comparte denominación de origen) con el mayor cuidado y al más alto nivel.

After hearing three exhilarating and razor-sharp Philharmonia concerts this season under Esa-Pekka Salonen and Jakub Hrůša, this performance with regular guest conductor Yuri Temirkanov felt decidedly “Old School”.

Under the indefatigable Valery Gergiev, the Mariinsky Orchestra took to the Cadogan Hall stage for the first of two colourful programmes pairing Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov with his pupil, Igor Stravinsky.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by James Gaffigan, with two stellar soprano soloists, deliver a maritime-themed programme of pieces by Korngold, Anders Hillborg and Rimsky-Korsakov.

Orientalische Sujets spielen in der Musikgeschichte schon seit dem Barock eine Rolle. Die Münchner Symphoniker präsentierten die Orientbegeisterung der Komponisten in einem spannenden Programm im Münchner Brunnenhof.

The Orchestre Pasdeloup contributes tales to the Philharmonie's Mille et une Nuits festival of music inspired by the Orient. 

Paul Jacobs bring Rouse's Organ Concerto to DC.

Lalo's sunny slice of Seville formed the centrepiece of a programme by the BSO and James Gaffigan that completely lived up to its seductive “Exotic Spice” billing.

Irish mezzo soprano Rachel Kelly joins the Ulster Orchestra in an evening of richly coloured orchestration and exotic flavour, conducted by Jac van Steen. 

Thrilling Franck, good clean fun in Rimsky-Korsakov and an impressive Berliner Philharmoniker debut from Nikolai Lugansky in Rachmaninov's Paganini Rhapsody.

La OSN nos ofreció un programa con cierto aire oriental. Como primer número tuvimos The WAVE impressions, concierto para marimba y orquesta de Keiko Abe, compositora y marimbista japonesa, y en la segunda parte la muy conocida suite orquestal Scheherazade de Rimski-Korsakov.

Eine brillante Komposition bot sich dem Publikum im Opernhaus, von Carlo Grante und dem Orchester in Bestform souverän gespielt.

Susanna Mälkki had another memorable outing with the CSO in coloristic works of Debussy and Rimsky-Korsakov along with a Bartók violin concerto commanded by Gil Shaham.