Affectionate Bruckner 4 from Nézet-Séguin and the Rotterdam Phil

By Mark Pullinger, 29 August 2018

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“beautiful exchanges between buttery flute and misty-eyed oboe”

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Liszt, Piano Concerto no. 2 in A major, S 125

Mendelssohn, Song without words in A minor "Venetian Boat Song no. 3", Op.62 no.5

Bruckner, Symphony no. 4 in E flat major, "Romantic", WAB 104

Verdi, La traviata: Prelude to Act 3

Yefim Bronfman, Piano

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor

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The renowned pianist glows in Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 9, while the rising star conductor impresses in selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet.

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

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