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Highly Charged Shostakovich from Incomparable Kavakos with Gergiev and the RCO

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Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 2 April 2015
Shostakovich, Violin Concerto no. 1 in A minor, Op.77 or Op.99
Wagner, Parsifal: Prelude, Act 1
Wagner, Parsifal: Karfreitagszauber (Good Friday Music)
Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Dawn
Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Rhine journey
Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act 1
Valery Gergiev, Conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, Violin
Chailly makes a highly anticipated return to the Royal Concertgebouw
*****
Rafael Payare makes an unconvincing Royal Concertgebouw debut
***11
Jaap van Zweden, Dutch wanderer, rejoins the Concertgebouw Orchestra
*****
Paavo Järvi and Beatrice Rana at the Concertgebouw
***11
Barbara Hannigan conducts the Royal Concertgebouw
*****
Dramatic French flair from Thibaudet, Mäkelä and the Concertgebouw
****1
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