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Jaw-dropping brilliance: Abduraimov's Saint-Saëns impresses in Birmingham

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Reviewed at Symphony Hall, Birmingham on 13 December 2016
Tchaikovsky, The Sleeping Beauty: excerpts
Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerto no. 2 in G minor, Op.22
Liszt, Grandes Études de Paganini S 141: no. 3 in G sharp minor, "La Campanella"
Elgar, Enigma Variations on an Original Theme for Orchestra, Op.36
Behzod Abduraimov, Piano
Vassily Sinaisky, 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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