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Guide to Romantic Music

Romantics Month 2020
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EdinburghMoonlight Sonata by Candlelight

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Chopin, Liszt, Grieg, Rachmaninov, Debussy, Beethoven
Warren Mailley-Smith, Piano

EdinburghVivaldi Four Seasons and Grieg Piano Concerto by Candlelight

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Grieg, Vivaldi
The Piccadilly Sinfonietta; Victoria Lyon; Warren Mailley-Smith

TokyoMikael Loponen / Janne Mertanen

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Chopin, Sibelius
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra; Mikael Loponen; Janne Mertanen

MunichRusalka

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Dvořák: Rusalka
Petr Popelka; Martin Kušej; Bavarian State Opera; Martin Zehetgruber; Heidi Hackl; Reinhard Traub; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

BudapestBest of Puccini

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Puccini
Gergely Madaras; Attila Toronykőy; Hungarian State Opera; István Dénes; Balázs Fügedi; Katalin Juhász; Tamás Pillinger
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Roman Holiday: vibrant Respighi at the BBC Proms

Richard Hills and the Sinfonia of London brass © BBC | Chris Christodoulou
John Wilson embraces Respighi's panoramic impressions of Rome in an action-packed Italian day trip at the BBC Proms. 
****1
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Ravishing Rachmaninov from Alpesh Chauhan and the Belgian NO

The Belgian National Orchestra © Marin D
Alpesh Chauhan makes a persuasive Concertgebouw debut while Saskia Giorgini brings thunderous Tchaikovsky. 
****1
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The Hallé returns to the Buxton International Festival

Euan Shields conducts The Hallé © Mo El-Fatih
Euan Shields and horn soloist Annemarie Federle bring a programme of Weber, Strauss and Brahms that combines fine playing with frustrating acoustic challenges in Buxton’s Octagon. 
***11
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Spanning the ages from Dowland to Strauss at the BBC Proms

Sueye Park, John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic © BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic are persuasive in Also sprach Zarathustra, less so in Sibelius. Thomas Dunford soothes with Dowland and Purcell.

Passion without the fireworks: Ariadne auf Naxos at Glyndebourne

Rachel Willis-Sørensen (Ariadne) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Tristram Kenton
Pelly’s low-level intervention leaves the audience marooned at the end of his new production of Strauss and Hofmannsthal’s operatic divertissement
****1
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