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Not quite the Messiah at the Royal Albert Hall

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 21 December 2018
Handel, Messiah
Philharmonia Chorus
Maxim Emelyanychev, Conductor
Anna Devin, Soprano
Anna Harvey, Mezzo-soprano
Nick Pritchard, Tenor
Benjamin Appl, Baritone
Edusei’s Beethoven and Rangwanasha’s Strauss thrill at Cadogan Hall
****1
Petrenko’s searing Shostakovich overshadows Grosvenor’s Beethoven
****1
Charisma and colour from Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic
****1
Perception-altering Shostakovich from Serebrennikov and Petrenko
*****
A trio of exiled composers: Petrenko and the RPO at the RFH
****1
Giltburg’s Beethoven enlightens the dark between Berg and Stravinsky
****1
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