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First-rate Tchaikovsky and impressive Shostakovich from the St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra

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Reviewed at Anvil, Basingstoke, Basingstoke on 11 February 2015
Shostakovich, Music to the play Hamlet by Shakespeare, Op.32
Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, Op.23
Rachmaninov, Prelude in G major, Op.32 no.5
Shostakovich, Symphony no. 9 in E flat major, Op.70
Tchaikovsky, The Snow Maiden, incidental music, Op.12 (Entr'acte II)
Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker, Op.71: Russian Dance
St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
Leon McCawley, Piano
Alexander Dmitriev, Conductor
Dmitriev brings a taste of St Petersburg to London
****1
St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra in Manchester
***11
St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra play Rachmaninov and Shostakovich in Edinburgh
*****
Dmitriev brings a taste of St Petersburg to London
****1
St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra in Manchester
***11
St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra play Rachmaninov and Shostakovich in Edinburgh
*****
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