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The calm before the storm: Pärt, Strauss and Shostakovich with the Oslo Phil

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“wailing and weeping woodwind... brought an icy chill over the auditorium”
Reviewed at Oslo Concert Hall (Konserthus), Oslo on 2 March 2017
Pärt, Fratres
Strauss R., Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs)
Shostakovich, Symphony no. 11 in G minor "The Year 1905", Op.103
Lise Davidsen, Soprano
Oslo Philharmonic
Stefan Solyom, Conductor
Virtuosity and volume: Oslo Phil plays Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich
***11
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****1
A high Klaus operation: Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic
****1
Superstar performances from Yuja Wang and Klaus Mäkelä in Edinburgh
*****
Mäkelä leads his Oslo troops in a gripping Shostakovich 5
****1
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****1
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