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Rachmaninov gets a hammering at the hands of Denis Matsuev in Paris

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Rachmaninov Week-end: Kochanovsky/ Orchestre de Paris Philharmonie 1, Paris, 27th April 2019 “I feel like a ghost wandering in a world grown alien,” complained Sergei Rachmaninov in a 1939 interview. “I cannot cast out the old way of writing and … Continue reading →

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Prom 68: Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky keep the Red Flag flying

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Mark Pullinger

Mariinsky Orchestra/ Gergiev **** Prom 68, Royal Albert Hall, 3rd September 2017 “Our business is rejoicing, our business is rejoicing.” In the Soviet Union, composers quickly learnt when to toe the Party line. After his opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk was condemned … Continue reading →

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Scorch marks: Searing Rachmaninov from Gergiev and the LSO

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Mark Pullinger

Rachmaninov: LSO/Gergiev **** Barbican, 11th November 2014 Fluttering fingers and jabbing a toothpick baton, it’s difficult see how an orchestra can follow the beat – any beat – indicated by Valery Gergiev. Yet the London Symphony Orchestra plays for him … Continue reading →

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