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Mariss Jansons is simply the best

02.09.09
Opening with Haydn's Symphony No 100, the so-called “Military”, Mariss Jansons sculpted rhythms with absolute precision.... more

A magnum opus with Valery Gergiev

25.08.09
Valery Gergiev brought “his” band, the London Symphony Orchestra (he’s its principal conductor), to the Proms.... more

A performance of concentrated intensity from Bychkov

20.08.09
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Semyon Bychkov put in a fiercely compelling performance of Shostakovich's Eleventh Symphony at the Proms... more

Back to Ballet Black

26.02.09
Ballet Black's artistic director Cassa Pancho has put together a programme that would shame bigger troupes.... more

Triumph for viola from Emerson Quartet

18.11.08
Emerson Quartet command a loyal and excited following at Wigmore Hall. And with the changing landscape of chamber music, their stock is ever rising.... more

Boris Godunov is just good enough

11.11.08
This ENO production of Boris Godunov seems a worthy affair rather than a triumph, says Barry Millington.... more

Bloc vote winner in Overture

03.11.08
The scale of choreographer Royston Maldoom's ambition is extraordinary and it's matched only by the children's success in Overture.... more

Opening Ceremony is fit for a king

02.10.08
No need for balloons or fanfares. The new Kings Place provides its own architectural drama in Opening Ceremony.... more

Lion is tamed with Haitink

10.09.08
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Bernard Haitink proved there's a good deal to be said for unlikely marriages.... more

Insights into old masters at Proms

04.09.08
A mark of great performances is that they enable one to see things in a new light. The Berlin Philharmonic offered two such revelations.... more

The concert craze has only just begun

19.03.08
Daniel Barenboim sold out the Festival Hall eight times over with his Beethoven piano cycle. With demand for classical music at an all-time high, it's no wonder London is gaining two new halls.... more

A vehement and polished account

06.03.08
If some conductors throw themselves over the precipice dragging their players with them, Vladimir Jurowski is not one.... more

A promising ensemble

24.12.07
The Dominant Quartet is a very personable all-female ensemble, establishing itself as one of the most promising of the younger generation.... more

A full-frontal attack

21.11.07
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos gave the players and singers of the Philharmonia their heads in an uncompromising performance.... more

An epic journey from slum to Shostakovich

20.08.07
This year's Proms continued with performances from the Youth Orchestra of Venezuela and the Birmingham Symphony Chorus.... more

Youth on fine Proms form

06.08.07
Saturday's Prom, spirited into energetic life by Mark Elder, showed the 150-odd teenagers of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain on fine form.... more

Quartet display intensity

12.07.07
The Brodsky Quartet, with guest leader Mia Cooper, played with nobility and intensity and held the audience in silent concentration... more

Lessons by a virtuoso

20.02.07
A large, young crowd was at Wigmore Hall for an object lesson in how to make the viola sing.... more

Uplifting night from gifted Ballet Black

01.02.07
Ballet Black has a band of supporters who will turn out and cheer even when its performance drops below perfection.... more

A Chorus of approval

06.12.06
Flitting between St Petersburg, Cardiff and the Barbican, the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra and Chorus are seemingly inexhaustible, says Barry Millington.... more

Macbeth the magnificent

02.10.06
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk is high octane opera with brass ablaze and a titanic orchestra at full tilt.... more

Soviet suffering, intensely realised

14.09.06
Valery Gergiev and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra started slowly with Mozart but built up to something spectacular with an intensely realised performance of Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony.... more

Personal meets political in searing anguish

08.09.06
Daniele Gatti and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's performance of Shostokovich's 10th Symphony at the Albert Hall was perfectly judged, combining patience with explosive energy.... more

Russian repertoire lacks real passion

06.09.06
We've had ample opportunity this year to hear Russian music played by Russians. Last night was the turn of a Korean cellist, Welsh orchestra and Japanese conductor, and it wasn't quite the same.... more

Messages delivered with finesse

30.08.06
Fluent and fluid, the Orchestre National de France, under the direction of Kurt Masur, achieved something quite remarkable at the Albert Hall last night.... more

Critic's Choice: Classical

29.08.06
Kurt Masur can be trusted to deliver Hans Werner Henze's opera with all the ferocity it demands when he conducts the Orchestre National de France at the Proms tonight.... more

Ensemble whip up musical Viagra

23.08.06
Take one elite European youth orchestra, add a dashing young conductor and you have the perfect raw materials for two scores throbbing with sexual intensity.... more

Gergiev dazzles as the Proms erupt

21.08.06
Not everything was perfect, but as Valery Gergiev conducted the London Symphony Orchestra at the Albert Hall on Friday he confirmed himself as the world's most exhilerating conductor.... more

Youth redeems itself

14.08.06
Shostakovich's gargantuan Fourth Symphony was the showpiece finale of Saturday's Prom by the European Union Youth Orchestra and was played with bravura and electrifying virtuosity... more

Cracking the classical code

01.08.06
Classical review: The BBC Philharmonic has a solid grounding in Russian music and, in Vassily Sinaisky, it has a principal guest conductor who can be relied on to make Shostakovich work. In the case of the composer's Eighth Symphony, that is no mean achievement.... more

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