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Golden Strauss echoes around the Musikverein as Bychkov scales the Alpine Symphony

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“The golden busts ringing the hall mirror the endless arch of brass gleaming”
Reviewed at Musikverein: Großer Saal, Vienna on 12 November 2017
Shostakovich, Cello Concerto no. 1 in E flat major, Op.107
Prokofiev, Music for Children, Op.65: March (Arr. Piatigorsky)
Strauss R., Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op.64
Vienna Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov, Conductor
Gautier Capuçon, Cello
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