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Tag Archives: Gautier Capuçon
Sublime Schubert at Rencontres Musicales d’Évian
Quatuor Modigliani, Bertrand Chamayou, Yann Dubost, Gautier Capuçon La Grange au Lac, Évian, 6th July 2020 While UK concert halls remain closed to the public, my armchair travels have carried me far and wide, from the Musikverein to the Metropolitan … Continue reading
Chameleon colours from Batiashvili, Capuçon and Thibaudet at the Barbican
Batiashvili–Capuçon–Thibaudet Trio **** Barbican Hall, 12th November 2018 It’s always interesting to watch star soloists making sweet chamber music together: musicians you’re used to seeing in the concerto spotlight thrown together as equal partners in the recital room. But when … Continue reading
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Tagged Gautier Capuçon, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Lisa Batiashvili, Mendelssohn, Ravel, Shostakovich
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Mediterranean heat: a scorching Daphnis et Chloé from Altinoglu and the LSO
Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Ravel: LSO/Altinoglu **** Barbican Hall, 23rd March 2017 It’s over twenty years since I last saw Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé danced by the Royal Ballet, yet every step of Sir Frederick Ashton’s choreography is imprinted on my memory: Stuart … Continue reading
Puppet master: Dutoit conjures superb playing from the RPO in Petrushka
Respighi/Dvořák/Stravinsky: RPO/Dutoit **** Royal Festival Hall, 29th March 2016 Something quite remarkable happens to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra when Charles Dutoit stands before it. A band which can sound – and look – disengaged is suddenly transformed when its Principal Conductor galvanises … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Dutoit, Dvořák, Gautier Capuçon, Respighi, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Stravinsky
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