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Astonishing Bartók and Prokofiev in Cleveland

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“nothing short of astonishing in its technical perfection and grasp of the work’s architecture”
Reviewed at Severance Music Center: Mandel Concert Hall, Cleveland on 27 September 2018
Prokofiev, Symphony no. 1 in D major "Classical", Op.25
Bartók, Piano Concerto no. 2 in G major, Sz 95
Prokofiev, Symphony no. 3 in C minor, Op.44
Yefim Bronfman, Piano
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor
Barbara Hannigan surveys American voices with The Cleveland Orchestra
***11
The Cleveland Orchestra at Carnegie Hall: symphonic extremes
*****
A study in control and proportion: the Clevelanders’ Verdi Requiem
****1
An uneven symphonic pairing from Franz Welser-Möst in Cleveland
***11
Yuja Wang serves an iridescent musical feast in Cleveland
****1
Gripping, somber Mahler 6 from Sokhiev and The Cleveland Orchestra
****1
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