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Work: From the House of the Dead: Overture

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ComposerJanáček, Leoš (1854-1928)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Work typeOrchestral
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AmsterdamDvořák's Violin Concerto with Stella Chen

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Smetana, Dvořák, Janáček
Antwerp Symphony Orchestra; Marc Albrecht; Stella Chen
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra music on death: whimper then bang

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Jakub Hrůša leads the CSO in pedestrian Janáček and Rachmaninov, but Strauss's Four Last Songs and Wagner's Tristan excerpts send audiences home deeply touched.
***11
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Elegiac introspection from Isabelle Faust

A great programme of varied but accessible 20th-century music excites in spite of its imperfections; Faust gives a beautiful, introspective reading of the second Berg concerto.
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Prom 50: Czech Philharmonic and Jiri Bĕlohlávek

A superb account of Dvořák's Cello Concerto from Alisa Weilerstein outshone Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 under Jiri Bĕlohlávek's baton at the Proms
****1
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