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The Rite of Spring a highlight from Leif Ove Andsnes and Marc-André Hamelin at Wigmore Hall

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Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 30 March 2017
Mozart, Larghetto and Allegro in E flat major, K.deest
Stravinsky, Concerto for two pianos
Debussy, En blanc et noir
Stravinsky, Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)
Stravinsky, Tango, for solo piano
Stravinsky, Circus Polka (for a young elephant)
Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano
Marc-André Hamelin, Piano
Leif Ove Andsnes reveals the richness of small-scale forms
****1
Resplendent Strauss from Canellakis and the Wiener Symphoniker
*****
A spectacular swansong for the Rosendal Chamber Music Festival
*****
Hrůša and Andsnes lead a bright night for the Czech Philharmonic
****1
Fine Rachmaninov from Edward Gardner and the LPO
****1
Monumental Romantic masterpieces from Andsnes and Honeck in Pittsburgh
****1
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