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Ashkenazy and the Southbank Sinfonia: enthusiasm, but a lack of profundity

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Reviewed at Guildhall School of Music & Drama: Milton Court Concert Hall, London on 16 October 2018
Grieg, Holberg Suite, Op.40
Prokofiev, Symphony no. 1 in D major "Classical", Op.25
Beethoven, Symphony no. 7 in A major, Op.92
Southbank Sinfonia
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Conductor
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