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Everything but the kitchen sink: Walton's Belshazzar's Feast with the RPO and Bach Choir

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Reviewed at Royal Festival Hall, London on 6 May 2015
Elgar, Cockaigne (In London Town) - overture for orchestra, Op.40
Elgar, Sea Pictures, Op.37
Walton, Belshazzar's Feast
Tadaaki Otaka, Conductor
Dame Sarah Connolly, Mezzo-soprano
Neal Davies, Bass
The Bach Choir
Edusei’s Beethoven and Rangwanasha’s Strauss thrill at Cadogan Hall
****1
Petrenko’s searing Shostakovich overshadows Grosvenor’s Beethoven
****1
Charisma and colour from Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic
****1
Perception-altering Shostakovich from Serebrennikov and Petrenko
*****
A trio of exiled composers: Petrenko and the RPO at the RFH
****1
Giltburg’s Beethoven enlightens the dark between Berg and Stravinsky
****1
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