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Toronto Symphony burns down the barn with Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie

Nathalie Forget, Gustavo Gimeno, Marc-André Hamelin and the Toronto Symphony
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Gustavo Gimeno conducts the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
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“Marc-André Hamelin delivered the virtuosic cadenzas and percussive riffs with great authority”
Reviewed at Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto on 4 May 2023
Messiaen, Turangalîla-Symphonie
Gustavo Gimeno, Conductor
Marc-André Hamelin, Piano
Nathalie Forget, Ondes Martenot
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