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Читайте русскую версию здесь. The long-awaited induction of Valery Gergiev, head of the St Petersburg Mariinsky Theater, as director of the Bolshoi Theater is good reason to reassess his body of work.
The Sixth is the outlier among Beethoven’s symphonies, rural and rustic where the others are driven and dramatic. Richard Osborne makes a selection of the best versions from a rich recorded history
Germany awakes today to the expectation that Christian Thielemann will be installed as general music director of Berlin's state opera. The position is prestigious, numbering Richard Strauss, Erich Kleiber and Herbert von Karajan among its occupants and the power is visible, with Germany's rulers a mere bus-ride away. Thielemann will be acutely aware of the