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Paavo Järvi: Musical ambassador
Where is home for Paavi Järvi? The life of an international conductor consists of airports and hotel-hopping and Järvi’s passport is more well-travelled than most.
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TokyoNHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo
Schumann, Schubert
NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo; Paavo Järvi; Tanja Tetzlaff
AmsterdamJanine Jansen plays Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3
Mozart, Beethoven
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen; Paavo Järvi; Janine Jansen
LondonProm 26
Tüür, Mozart, Brahms
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen; Paavo Järvi; Vilde Frang; Lawrence Power
StockholmEstonian Festival Orchestra
Shostakovich, Tüür, Sibelius
Estonian Festival Orchestra; Paavo Järvi; Ksenija Sidorova
TokyoShostakovich "Leningrad" Symphony
Shostakovich: Symphony no. 7 in C major, "Leningrad" Op.60
NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo; Paavo Järvi
TokyoGlinka, Rachmaninov, Scriabin
Glinka, Rachmaninov, Scriabin
NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo; Paavo Järvi; Denis Kozhukhin
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Don Giovanni as “unlimited myth” at La Scala
Robert Carsen's Don Giovanni cannot burn in a hell in which he does not believe.
La Valse / Symphony in C / Sheherazade
The Scala Ballet performs a daring triple bill this Spring, showcasing young Italian choreographers alongside one of Balanchine's masterpieces, Symphony in C.
NHK Symphony Orchestra's magnificent Mahler Six
Is the very, very good the enemy of the great? It is hard to fault a performance as fine as this – except perhaps against a benchmark no longer recognised.
Pristine chaos becomes harmony
The ever consummate conductor delivers a trio of stylistically contrasting works by Haydn, Beethoven and Nielsen with a single trait in common: obdurate perfectionism.
Technically faultless: terrific Brahms from Kavakos
Paavo Järvi continues his Nielsen exploration with performances that demonstrate his attraction to Haydn and love of Brahms.
Paavo Järvi conquers Shostakovich's Leningrad
It's not plain-sailing in Lupu's Beethoven, but Järvi's clear-sighted and controlled approach and the Staatskapelle's high-quality playing make for especially musical Shostakovich after the interval.