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Denis Kozhukhin plays Grieg with the RSNO: if only all stand-ins were this good!

Denis Kozhukhin and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra
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Jonathon Heyward conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra
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“not until the big double octaves did it finally feel as though the lion’s cage had been unbolted”
Reviewed at Usher Hall, Edinburgh on 18 November 2022
MacMillan, Larghetto for orchestra
Grieg, Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16
Beethoven, Symphony no. 7 in A major, Op.92
Denis Kozhukhin, Piano
Jonathon Heyward, Conductor
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