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Le Piano Symphonique festival review – high drama with Argerich and friends

Evgeny Kissin, Beatrice Rana, Yunchan Lim and more dazzled at this flourishing young festival, but the week belonged to the great Martha Argerich

The Guardian - UK

Nikolai Lugansky review – lots of notes, lots of noise, but precious little poetry

However brilliantly he negotiates extreme technical challenges, the pianist’s maximum-velocity playing remains oddly monochrome

The Guardian - UK

WEDO/Barenboim review – optimism and despondency as visionary conductor returns to London

Making their second visit to the capital this year, a frail Daniel Barenboim and his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra played sun-drenched Mendelssohn and stately Brahms with command and beauty

The Guardian - UK

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Mendelssohn: Piano Trios album review – celebrity soloists are a balanced delight

Two of the most celebrated trios in the repertory have power but also subtlety in Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis and Jeremy Denk’s ego-free performances

The Guardian - UK

OAE/Schiff review – Mendelssohn deep dive is charged with energy and colour

Two of Mendelssohn’s symphonies plus his second piano concerto were almost too much of a good thing, but not when played with such delicacy and spirit

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s quartet Disney World!’ Getting to grips with world’s biggest string quartet festival

This year’s String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam saw big names and rising stars play 113 works from Beethoven to Larcher, plus masterclasses, a DJ – and free biscuits. Can you have too much of a good thing?

The Guardian - UK

Classical home listening: Sinfonia of London’s Ravel, Berkeley, Pounds: Lieder ohne Worte from Igor Levit

John Wilson and his peerless orchestra’s latest marries the familiar and the scarcely known. And Mendelssohn’s romantic miniatures speak volumes for the star pianist

The Guardian - UK

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Elijah review – LSO and Pappano make it big, bold and beautiful

Antonio Pappano conducted the London Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and an excellent lineup of soloists in this superbly detailed and rousing performance

The Guardian - UK

West-Eastern Divan Ensemble review – sublime playing full of joie de vivre

Mutual respect and conviviality were the watchwords in this scintillating performance from Michael Barenboim’s Israeli-Arab chamber group

The Guardian - UK

Farrenc: Symphonies 1-3; Overtures review – music of energy and verve from sidelined composer

Laurence Equilbey and her orchestra champion compatriot Louise Farrenc’s orchestral works, revealing energy and verve to rival her 19th-century peers

The Guardian - UK

RBSO to host 'immersive' Mendelssohn concerto

The Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra will perform a total immersion Mendelssohn concert with German duo brothers Niklas Liepe (violin) and Nils Liepe (piano) in the Main Hall of Thailand Cultural Centre, Ratchadaphisek Road, on Friday at 7.30pm.

Bangkok Post

The important music played during the Queen's lying in state procession

During the procession, music was played by both the band of the Scots Guard and the band of the Grenadier Guards

Manchester Evening News

Mendelssohn: The String Quintets review – profound and energetic chamber music

Bringing attention to a neglected aspect of the composer’s work, this recording shows these quintets are one of his finest achievements, full of lyricism and power

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