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Heavyweight Shostakovich from Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic
In the 50th anniversary year of Shostakovich's death, the Czech Philharmonic bring two of the composer's greatest works to ...
The Financial Times2d
Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic bring their rich sound to London — review
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Fifty years ago Semyon Bychkov, then in his early twenties and a conductor of noted promise, emigrated from ...
Making Mahler grotesque – in a good way, plus the best of March’s classical concerts
Since her retirement from the operatic stage was announced in 2017 the great American soprano Renée Fleming has had more ...
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Heavyweight Shostakovich from Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic
Before he left the Soviet Union fifty years ago, the year Shostakovich died, Bychkov had been a student of lIya Musin (a friend of the composer) at the Leningrad Conservatory and served as an ...
The Daily Telegraph3d
Making Mahler grotesque – in a good way, plus the best of March’s classical concerts
Czech Philharmonic/Semyon Bychkov/Katia and Marielle Labèque, Barbican, London ★★★★☆ A great Central European orchestra, playing two masterpieces spanning the Viennese tradition at the ...