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CBSO give an outstanding UK première of Golijov's Azul and Shostakovich's Fifteenth

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“the most extravagant percussion unit seen at CBSO concerts for a long while”
Reviewed at Symphony Hall, Birmingham on 9 March 2016
Borodin, Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Golijov, Azul
Shostakovich, Symphony no. 15 in A major, Op.141
Alpesh Chauhan, Conductor
Eduardo Vassallo, Cello
Yamada and the CBSO’s Walton expedition at the Elbphilharmonie
****1
Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO stir up swelling seas with Scheherazade
****1
François Leleux and Lisa Batiashvili play fire and ice with the CBSO
***11
Yamada and the CBSO luxuriate in line at Symphony Hall
****1
Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO showcase Richard Strauss
*****
Osmo Vänskä ruins Sibelius and Shostakovich in Birmingham
*1111
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