Berlin Staatskapelle/Barenboim | Classical review

Royal Festival Hall, LondonAfter the huge success of Daniel Barenboim's cycle of the Beethoven piano sonatas two years ago, his return for the five piano concertos was the natural sequel. Yet while it was natural he would be keen to play and conduct with the Berlin Staatskapelle, the orchestra he has made his own as music director of the Staatsoper, what was perhaps less predictable was that he would insist on also having orchestral music by Schoenberg.But Barenboim has long been an ardent Schoe...

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