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Brahms’ Last Concert review – OAE and Emelyanychev take audience back to 1897

This recreation of the final concert that the composer attended – only weeks before his death aged 63 – featured his fourth symphony, Dvorak’s Cello Concerto and Haydn’s symphony no 73.

The Guardian - UK

La Clemenza di Tito review – Emelyanychev and SCO spark magic with enthralling Mozart

With a luxury cast bringing anguish, believability and vocal perfection to Mozart’s opera of love and divided loyalty, this concert performance was flawless

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: BBCSO Total Immersion: Pierre Boulez; RLPO/ Hindoyan: Mahler Symphony No 3; Joyce DiDonato and Maxim Emelyanychev – review

An invigorating all-day tribute to the maverick French composer-conductor felt like the end of an era. Plus, heartfelt Mahler and a star mezzo’s Winterreise

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Winterreise by Joyce DiDonato and Maxim Emelyanychev at Wigmore Hall

5/5 Schubert’s song cycle is interpreted in powerful style by Joyce DiDonato, accompanied by Maxim Emelyanychev

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DiDonato/Emelyanychev review – ingenious artistry brings Schubert’s bleak Winterreise to life

Joyce DiDonato’s theatrical skills enabled her to feminise the cycle in a particularly original way, before Strauss’s Morgen! gave us all hope

The Guardian - UK

OAE/Emelyanychev review – Grieg with guts but Sibelius stutters somewhat

The period instrument orchestra’s late 19th and early 20th-century programme showcased its agility and velvety warmth but more precision – in terms of the instruments used – would be welcome

The Guardian - UK

Jephte/Dido and Aeneas review – magnificent DiDonato brings understated passion to Purcell

Joyce DiDonato probed Dido’s desire and anguish with characteristic subtlety, while the Pomo d’Oro Choir were superb in Carissimi’s Jephte

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The week in classical: Prom 19: SCO/ Emelyanychev; Prom 22: BBC NOW/ Bancroft; Prom 24: BSO/ Karabits – review

A Victorian warhorse springs into life under the baton of Maxim Emelyanychev; Isata Kanneh-Mason makes fiendish Prokofiev look easy; and German horn virtuoso Felix Klieser sets an example to all

The Guardian - UK

Classical home listening: Il Pomo d’Oro and Emelyanychev play Mozart; Magnificat 3 from Cambridge

Maxim Emelyanychev and co launch their Mozart series with the first and last symphonies. And more evening canticles from the choir of St John’s College and Andrew Nethsingha

The Guardian - UK

OAE/Emelyanychev review – Camille Saint-Saëns interpreted with tautness and clarity

Emelyanychev sheds fresh light on the familiar, while superb solos culminate with an extraordinarily moving performance that seems to make time stand still

The Guardian - UK

The Magic Flute review – well-behaved revival needs more of Mozart’s anarchic spirit

There are strong performances, particularly from Gyula Orendt’s Papageno and Sarah Dufresne’s Papagena, but the fun is damped down in David McVicar’s 2003 staging that imposes coherence on the pantomimic plot

The Guardian - UK

SCO/Emelyanychev/Benedetti review – MacMillan’s violin concerto discomfits and intrigues

James MacMillan’s evocative Second Violin Concerto was premiered by Nicola Benedetti and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in a committed and accomplished performance

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