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Susanna Mälkki and the London Symphony Orchestra bring their A game to Impressionism

Kirill Gerstein, Susanna Mälkki and the London Symphony Orchestra
© LSO | Mark Allan
Susanna Mälkki
© LSO | Mark Allan
London Symphony Orchestra
© LSO | Mark Allan
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Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 3 December 2023
Debussy, Nocturnes, L 91
Ravel, Piano Concerto in D major for the left hand
Scriabin, Le Poème de l'extase (The Poem of Ecstasy), Op.54
Susanna Mälkki, Conductor
Kirill Gerstein, Piano
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