WDR SO/Bychkov | Classical review

Royal Albert Hall, LondonWith the exception of the Berlin Philharmonic, the world's greatest orchestras are conspicuous by their absence from this year's Proms. There is still, though, an impressive lineup of high-class, if less glamorous, visiting bands, and the first of those on parade was the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne under their chief conductor, Semyon Bychkov.Their programme was framed by Wagner and Richard Strauss, signature composers during Bychkov's regime. The prelude to the first ...

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