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Prom 58: Orchestre de Paris/Mäkelä review – electrifying music-making from an elite team

A Parisian-flavoured programme of narrative works by Debussy, Stravinsky and Berlioz was played with precision and panache, full of relishable and memorable moments

The Guardian - UK

Prom 38: Gabetta/BBCSO/Lu review – Francisco Coll premiere roams deliriously wide

The composer’s Cello Concerto, written for and performed by Sol Gabetta, was perfectly precise in conductor Tianyi Lu’s hands, despite its dizzying technical demands on soloist and orchestra

The Guardian - UK

Oedipus Rex review – an unmissable and inclusive update of Stravinsky

There was wonderfully precise singing and magnificently dramatic orchestral work, but the promenading community chorus, featuring local NHS workers, may have been the crowning glory of this bold Scottish Opera staging

The Guardian - UK

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The 6 most exciting high-end hi-fi products of 2024 so far

£20k speakers, £10k amps and more delighted our reviewers, but only six performed well enough to make this list...

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Mark Brown: Here's my biggest picks for this year's Fringe

IT’S that time of year again, when many a well-heeled Edinburgher departs for three-and-a-half weeks in Provence, renting out their home for the…

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The Rake’s Progress review – stripped back staging foregrounds the sadness

The black humour was missing from Antony McDonald’s new production of Stravinsky’s neoclassical opera. But Rosie Aldridge’s Baba the Turk, especially, and a strong young cast made for a memorable evening.

The Guardian - UK

LSO/Adès review – Adès’s violin concerto beguiles in Mutter’s silvery sound

The UK premiere of the composer’s concerto written for Anne-Sophie Mutter was placed alongside two of Stravinsky’s ballet scores in this musically rich and vivid concert

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Stravinsky: Petrushka; Debussy: Jeux; Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un Faune album review – flat and muted

Despite first-rate playing, the young conductor with the orchestral world at his feet fails to deliver the drama behind the vivid gestures

The Guardian - UK

Naim NSS 333

Naim’s NSS 333 music streamer weaves a powerful sonic spell.

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The week in classical: LSO/ Rattle; The Rake’s Progress; The Flying Dutchman; Elena Urioste and Tom Poster – review

Dread runs through John Adams’s pulsating new ‘short symphony’; Stravinsky’s Rake has plenty of company at ETO; Bryn Terfel returns as the mythical Dutchman; and two lockdown favourites bring the house down

The Guardian - UK

The Rake's Progress at Hackney Empire review: a hectic revival that has ransacked the dressing-up box

Beyond the jumble of ideas, this is a thoughtful production of Stravinski’s opera

Evening Standard

The Rake’s Progress review – stylisation tips towards surrealism in ETO’s staging of Stravinsky parable

Polly Graham’s new staging benefits from consistently fine singing as the indolent Tom Rakewell and the demonic Nick Shadow clash

The Guardian - UK

Giselle; Les Noces: The Departure review – the shock of the old

English National Ballet dance Mary Skeaping’s 70s reworking of the classic ballet with loving care, while Stravinsky’s revolutionary Les Noces holds its own in an ambitious reworking

The Guardian - UK

“Even though I go off on a tangent sometimes, I think he appreciates the melodic aspect I bring to the John Hackett Band”: Guitarist Nick Fletcher indulges himself on solo instrumental Quadrivium

Jazz rocker explores modes, plaintive tones and mysticism on his album, featuring old bandmate Dave Bainbridge

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The Guardian - UK

Les Noces – The Departure review: absorbingly renewed marriage bonds

On a catwalk-like stage, the ambitious New Movement Collective celebrate Stravinsky’s peasant wedding with a twist, adding fresh musical compositions to ramp up the atmosphere

The Guardian - UK

Stravinsky: Violin Concerto album review – neoclassical Stravinsky with style and substance

The Apollo ballet and the Violin concerto are the lead works in this collection recorded by conductor Andrew Davis and violinist James Ehnes

The Hindu

Double Scotch, Amazing Attraction, Stravinsky and Ultimate Striker shine

Explore Riaz Babu's horses exercising in Bengaluru with Double Scotch, Amazing Attraction, Stravinsky & Ultimate Striker shining.

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BSO/Karabits/Kim review – new name, new look and new sound heralds bright future for Bristol

What was formerly Colston Hall reopened with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Kirill Karabits on blazing form

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Berg: Wozzeck; Stravinsky: Capriccio album review – commemorating an ardent champion of European music

Recordings from the 40s, made available for the first time, feature postwar stars Heinrich Nillius and Suzanne Danco, their voices techincally impressive to this day

The Hindu

Victoria Punch, Stravinsky, Champions Way and Michigan Melody excel

Victoria Punch, Stravinsky, Champions Way and Michigan Melody excelled when the horses were exercised in Bengaluru on Thursday morning (Nov 9)

The Hindu

Art Gallery, Art Of Romance and Fast Pace shine

Art Gallery, Art Of Romance & Fast Pace shone in exercise at Bengaluru. Kalamitsi, Invincible, Dreamfield, Air Display, Nevada Gold, Ultimate Chance, Domina, Granpar, Jersey King, Anzac Parade, Phoenomenon, Wonder Woman, English Bay, Stravinsky, Victoria Punch all moved well. Fast Pace showed attractive movement.

The Hindu

Shubankar, Touch Of Grey, Mighty Zo, Elveden and River Of Gold shine

Shubankar, Touch Of Grey, Mighty Zo, Elveden & River Of Gold shone in exercise. Outer sand: 600m: Del Mar 42, Elfin Knight 44.5. 1000m: Elveden 1-13.5, Phoenix Surprise 1-16.5, 2-y-o's 1-15 & 1-16.5. 1200m: Victoria Punch, Sunlit Path 1-31.5, Mighty Zo 1-25, Shubankar 1-28. 1400m: Aldgate 1-46, Anadale 1-45, Ruling…

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Stravinsky pleases

Stravinsky pleased when the horses were exercised in Bengaluru on Wednesday morning (Oct 11).

The Guardian - UK

English National Ballet: Our Voices review – an apocalyptic maelstrom of movement

Dancers in flight exist in a different realm in an absorbing Les Noces, reimagined as a sequel to The Rite of Spring, in this triple bill from a company really pushing themselves

The Guardian - UK

‘Why don’t we know more of her? It’s upsetting’: dance genius Bronislava Nijinska

Created 100 years ago, Nijinska’s ballet Les Noces is a feminist masterpiece. Andrea Miller, who has choreographed a new version using Stravinsky’s music and art by Phyllida Barlow, hails a trailblazer

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