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Work: Icarus

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ComposerAuerbach, Lera (b. 1973)
PeriodContemporary
Year2011
Work typeOrchestral
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SingaporeHannu Lintu & Inmo Yang - Sibelius Violin Concerto

Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Auerbach, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Scriabin
Singapore Symphony Orchestra; Hannu Lintu; Inmo Yang
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Scheherazade sparkles, but Icarus fails to soar

Pei-Jee Ng and Thomas Søndergård © Chris Hart
Lera Auerbach's Icarus serves up lots of flavours without much meat, but the RSNO's new principal cello makes a first class soloist debut with them in Shostakovich.
****1
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Injecting new life into iconic Rachmaninov and Elgar

Vasily Petrenko conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra © Andy Paradise
The RPO, in great form under Petrenko, deliver exciting Auerbach and propulsive Elgar, with Lugansky shining bright in Rachmaninov. 

****1
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Alexander Malofeev dazzles in mixed OSM program

Alexander Malofeev © Antoine Saito
The youthful phenomenon mesmerises his Montreal audience in Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto. 
***11
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