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TokyoWiener Philharmoniker Week in Japan 2025: Bruckner
Bruckner: Symphony no. 5 in B flat major, WAB 105
Vienna Philharmonic; Christian Thielemann
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Low on laughs: Die schweigsame Frau in Berlin
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Newly General Music Director Christian Thielemann and Jan Philipp Gloger bring Richard Strauss' Die schweigsame Frau to the Staatsoper Berlin for the first time, but la commedia is hardly stupenda.
Vienna Phil blows away the cobwebs with a thunderous Heldenleben
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Christian Thielemann conducts bracing accounts of Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony and Strauss' Ein Heldenleben in the Concertgebouw's fabled acoustic.
Two portraits of Brahms at the Musikverein
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Even if Igor Levit is not quite in his wheelhouse with Brahms, the Vienna Philharmonic plays a home game in the second half with his D major symphony.
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Critics’ Choice: the world’s top ten conductors and orchestras
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Bachtrack polled 15 of the world's leading music critics and can reveal their 2023 list of the world's greatest orchestras and conductors.
Chailly and the Berliner Philharmoniker: the critics’ choice
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Which are the greatest orchestras and conductors according to the professional critics? Bachtrack presents the top ten orchestras in the world.