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Despair, violence and lyricism from Kantorow’s Prokofiev at Rencontres Musicales d’Évian

Alexandre Kantorow
© Matthieu Joffres
Tugan Sokhiev and the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
© Matthieu Joffres
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“Kantorow demonstrated the uncanny knack that every choice he made had the ring of truth”
Reviewed at La Grange au Lac, Evian les Bains on 3 July 2023
Prokofiev, Piano Concerto no. 2 in G minor, Op.16
Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 5 in E minor, Op.64
Alexandre Kantorow, Piano
Tugan Sokhiev, Conductor
Yunchan Lim, Daniel Harding and the Santa Cecilia in Seoul
****1
Sir Antonio Pappano returns to Santa Cecilia for Mozart and Bruckner
****1
Lorenzo Viotti conducts the death and rebirth of Spring in music
****1
Bereft blues as the Santa Cecilia and Hrůša play at Prague Spring
****1
Kirill Gerstein: a Mozartian master with the Santa Cecilia
***11
Pappano and Levit take the Santa Cecilia on an incredible journey
****1
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