Performer: Anna Vinnitskaya

Jurowski took a full-on approach in the first movement, grinding through the discords without shame and only pulling back in those rare moments in the score where everyone is catching their breath.

****1

Two Sergeis with Vinnitskaya and Valčuha at the Elbphilharmonie

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Alexander Hall, 14 Sep

Rachmaninov and Prokofiev not only shared a first name. In their individual ways they helped define Russianness too. Anna Vinnitskaya, Juraj Valčuha and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester are here the exponents.

***11

A rocky chamber music reunion at the Prague Spring Festival

Frank Kuznik, 22 May

It's been nearly two years since Daniel Müller-Schott, Emmanuel Tjeknavorian and Anna Vinnitskaya last played together, and it sounded like it in an uneven programme of Debussy, Tchaikovsky and Brahms.

***11

Russian troika bogged down in the quest for authenticity in Bruges

Marc Haegeman, 29 Nov

In an all-Russian programme, Jos van Immerseel and Anima Eterna Brugge show the nuts and bolts, but forget the music.

**111

Iván Fischer jumps in to deliver thrills with the Berlin Phil

Hugo Shirley, 26 Sep

The Hungarian conductor is a late replacement for a satisfying mixed programme in which pianist Anna Vinnitskaya makes a blistering debut.

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