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Symphonie fantastique: Vivid storytelling by Matthias Pintscher and the BBC Scottish

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Reviewed at City Halls: Concert Hall, Glasgow on 4 December 2014
Fauré, Pelléas et Mélisande, Op.80
Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerto no. 5 in F major, "Egyptian," Op.103
Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, Op.14
Javier Perianes, Piano
Matthias Pintscher, Conductor
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