Work: Piano Concerto no. 1, Sz 83

Excellent playing from The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and an interesting programme of less familiar works by familiar composers, made for an exhilarating musical experience.

Dvořák is diminished in the wake of Bartók’s experimental zeal and Strauss’ fearless convolutions.

Stravinsky's Firebird leads a survey of the musical avant-garde at the outset of the modern era by François-Xavier Roth and the Boston Symphony.