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“a wonderful ability to phrase the beauty of the melodies without being overly sentimental”
Reviewed at Symphony Hall, Birmingham on 13 April 2023
Brahms, Academic Festival Overture, Op.80
Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, Op.18
Brahms, Serenade no. 1 in D major, Op.11
Behzod Abduraimov, Piano
François Leleux, Conductor
Carlo Rizzi brings Respighi’s Rome to Birmingham
****1
Nelson Goerner shines with the CBSO and Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody
****1
Yamada and the CBSO’s Walton expedition at the Elbphilharmonie
****1
Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO stir up swelling seas with Scheherazade
****1
François Leleux and Lisa Batiashvili play fire and ice with the CBSO
***11
Yamada and the CBSO luxuriate in line at Symphony Hall
****1
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