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Enchanting Russia: The RPO play Borodin, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky

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Reviewed at Royal Festival Hall, London on 20 March 2013
Borodin, Prince Igor: Overture
Prokofiev, Piano Concerto no. 3 in C major, Op.26
Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 1 in G minor "Winter Daydreams", Op.13
Kirill Karabits, Conductor
Alexei Volodin, Piano
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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