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Tag Archives: Vasks
Passionate, ebullient Rachmaninov from Paavo Jarvi and the NHK
Paavo Järvi/ NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo Royal Festival Hall, 24th February 2020 After his self-imposed exile from Russia in 1918, Sergei Rachmaninov never conducted his Second Symphony. Perhaps it was too painful a reminder of home – there’s something so … Continue reading
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Tagged NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo, Paavo Järvi, Rachmaninov, Schumann, Sol Gabetta, Takemitsu, Vasks
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Wrath, hellfire and Soviet shadows from Orozco-Estrada and the LPO
LPO/ Andrés Orozco-Estrada *** Royal Festival Hall, 25th October 2017 Here’s a lethal Rachmaninov drinking game: down a finger of vodka at each quotation of the Dies irae. By the end of his Symphonic Dances, you’d be under the table. Rachmaninov had a strange … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrés Orozco-Estrada, István Várdai, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Vasks
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