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Demonic possession: Vladimir Jurowski conducts Prokofiev with panache in Berlin

Vladimir Jurowski
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Ivan Karizna
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Reviewed at Philharmonie: Großer Saal, Berlin on 5 May 2023
Mussorgsky, Night on the Bare Mountain
Shostakovich, Cello Concerto no. 2 in G major, Op.126
Lutosławski, Symphonic Variations
Prokofiev, Symphony no. 3 in C minor, Op.44
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor
Ivan Karizna, Cello
Vibrant Brahms from Jurowski, Chen and the Berlin RSO in Seoul
****1
A searing Shostakovich 8 from Jurowski and the Berlin Radio Symphony
*****
Old and new from Vladimir Jurowski and the Berlin RSO
****1
Vladimir Jurowski holds all the aces at Berlin's Konzerthaus
*****
Remarkable Die Frau ohne Schatten marred by visual effects
****1
Beethoven and beyond: Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
***11
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