Performer: Denis Kozhukhin

Robin Ticciati conducts a reflective account of Sibelius' Seventh Symphony, recorded behind closed doors at the Royal Festival Hall.

The Russian pianist's nuanced approach bears most fruit in Schubert and Grieg, less so in Beethoven and Ravel.

Joana Carneiro conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a lively Mendelssohn concerto and elegant Mahler Fifth.

Some of Kozhukhin's trills were as rattling thunder – but there was much delicacy and poetry on offer in the many lyrical episodes.

An evening of first-class music making from one of the UK's top orchestras in a varied programme that showed off the strengths of all concerned.  

RLPO debutante Kahchun Wong makes a distinctive first impression in a programme of iconic works from the 20th century.