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Oratorio for the end of the world: Teodor Currentzis and Mahler Chamber Orchestra at Musikfest Berlin

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Reviewed at Philharmonie: Großer Saal, Berlin on 2 September 2013
Shostakovich, Prelude and scherzo for string octet, Op.11
Britten, Phaedra, Op.93
Shostakovich, Symphony no. 14, Op.135
Teodor Currentzis, Conductor
Angela Denoke, Soprano
Pyotr Migunov, Bass
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At the Concertgebouw, it's all about Lang Lang
****1
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