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Dancing bear, tame beasts: Insula Orchestra tackles Beethoven

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Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 8 March 2016
Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major, Op.58
Schumann, Kinderszenen, Op.15: Von fremden Ländern und Menschen
Beethoven, Symphony no. 3 in E flat major "Eroica", Op.55
Nicholas Angelich, Piano
Laurence Equilbey, Conductor
Funereal Fauré and Gounod from Equilbey, accentus and Insula
***11
Darkness and light: Equilbey's period Fidelio in concert
****1
Laurence Equilbey and Insula fly the flag for Farrenc in Paris
***11
Weber's Freischütz minus the magic at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
**111
Successful resurrection of Farrenc's Third Symphony by Insula Orchestra
****1
Superb Lucio Silla in Vienna
****1
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