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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 [Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Nelsons] Blu-ray ...
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This Blu-ray is a companion piece to a recently reviewed concert series given by Latvian maestro Andris Nelsons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra at the Lucerne Festival Hall in September 2011. It features two fillers, the Overture to Wagner's ...


 
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5; Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade [Royal ...
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The C Major crew creates a more forward sound than I have heard from Accentus in a recently reviewed BD of the Brucker Fifth Symphony (Claudio Abbado/Lucerne Festival Orchestra). The piano tone and dynamics are simply gorgeous; you get to hear every ...


 
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Claudio Abbado awarded classical honour
BBC News
Abbado was presented with the conductor prize for his concerts with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall last year. Pollini picked up the instrumentalist award for his Pollini Project, also held at the London venue.
Royal Philharmonic Society honours Claudio Abbado, Maurizio PolliniThe Guardian (blog)

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Wall Street Journal
Summer Magic
Wall Street Journal
At the Lucerne Festival (Aug. 8-Sept. 15; lucernefestival.ch), I fancy hearing the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra's concert of four of my personal favorites, conducted by Daniele Gatti, with Frank Peter Zimmermann playing the Berg violin concerto, ...


 
Mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung set to perform with Washington Concert Opera
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... Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra, Berliner Staatskapelle, Sao Paulo Symphony, and the Concertgebouworkest. She has also appeared in the prestigious festivals of Ravinia, Tanglewood, Aspen, Cincinnati, Saito Kinen, Edinburgh, Salzburg, and Lucerne.

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Take a musical ride from Paris to Prague with Houston Symphony's "Totally Mozart"
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She also performed her signature role in concert at the Lucerne Festival and in productions at the Wiener Staatsoper and the Gran Teatro del Liceu. Also at the Wiener Staatsoper this season, she makes her role debut as Adina in Otto Schenk's production ...

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Making Music: Jörg Widmann
Carnegie Hall Blog (blog)
Mr. Widmann has served as composer-in-residence of the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, The Cleveland Orchestra, Cologne Philharmonic, Vienna Konzerthaus, Salzburg Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, West Cork Music Festival, and Lucerne ...