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Dans le Concerto de Robert Schumann, la pianiste britannique privilégie la tendresse et l'intimité aux élans et à la fébrilité. Le LSO rend ensuite justice à la mal-aimée Symphonie n° 3 de Rachmaninov.

Pour l’Orchestre Français des Jeunes, dont les effectifs sont renouvelés chaque année, ce concert à la Cité de la Musique était le dernier de la saison, après un mois de travail estival et deux tournées en France et en Europe. Le temps de la scène fut donc également, pour les jeunes musiciens, celui des adieux ; mais ils furent de ceux qui réjouissent, la ferveur du moment se conjugant au plaisir du jeu.

La direction explosive de Yannick Nézet-Séguin et la délicatesse pianistique d’Emanuel Ax dans Muhly, Beethoven et Rachmaninov

The last conductor to have led such a superb account of Rachmaninov's Third Symphony was quite possibly its composer.

Jurowski’s performances with the LPO are always thoughtfully curated, well prepared and entertaining. This concert was no exception. 

The conductor brought the score together by finding unexpected warmth in Sofia Gubaidulina's music and avoiding the melodramatic in his interpretation of Rachmaninov. 

At the helm of a highly responsive Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Robert Trevino led commanding performances of two Russian symphonies and a forthright account of Szymanowski's First Violin Concerto.

The first subscription concert at the Grand Old Lady of Locust Street since 2001 nodded to the institution's august history.

In an all-Rachmaninov evening, Riccardo Chailly and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra open the 2019 festival with a brilliant exploration of the relation of music to power.

Nocturne may not be your dreamlike, moonlit summer night stroll, but quite a grim-visaged journey, threateningly dark with the occasional shaft of light piercing through in powerful, sonorous tutti.

A dynamic Italian pairing provides warmth in Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, part of a trio of Russian works. 

In seiner letzten Spielzeit als Chef der Berliner Philharmoniker dirigierte Sir Simon Rattle an diesem Abend Strawinsky, Unsuk Chin und Rachmaninow.

Mason Bates' homage to the Silicon Valley geeks; Alice Sara Ott takes over Tchaikovsky.

A dramatic new work from Nicola LeFanu with soprano Rachel Nicholls and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Ilan Volkov, together with a fine account of Schreker's Nachtstück.

A firecracker performance by Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin giving urgency to music composed at a time that echoes our own.

The RSNO continues its cycle of Prokofiev’s Piano Concertos to celebrate its 125th season, coupled with some Russian fairy-tale magic and a rare outing for Rachmaninov’s Third Symphony.

Petrenko and the RLPO produced a Rachmaninov symphony that ticked all the boxes, a scintillating world première from Emily Howard and a Shostakovich concerto with an impressive replacement soloist.

To celebrate their ten year partnership, Vasily Petrenko and the RLPO serve up a hearty Russian meal with a British-Italian hors d'oeuvre.  

A dazzling Sibelius Violin Concerto from Esther Yoo, and fresh and energetic Rachmaninov from Ashkenazy and the Philharmonia.

Eine "klassische", auf Klarheit und Transparenz bedachte Interpretation, mindestens ebenbürtig zu denen bekannter Spitzenorchester, in manchen Aspekten sogar überlegen: wo sonst bekommt man Rachmaninow in dieser Klarheit geboten? 

A Tchaikovsky rarity conducted by talented newcomer Harish Shankar were followed by Beethoven and Rachmaninov played by established masters Stephen Hough and Mark Elder in a fine Hallé concert.

Musical Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin inspired wonderful performances from the American players on the last leg of their European tour. 

Jurowski and the LPO delve into Rachmaninov rarities for the last instalment of their series of concerts Rachmaninov: Inside Out at the Royal Festival Hall.

Martha Argerich effectue un retour triomphal lors de son premier concert avec le Philharmonique de Berlin en sept ans.

Fluttering fingers and jabbing a toothpick baton, it’s difficult see how an orchestra can follow the beat – any beat – indicated by Valery Gergiev.