Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bronfman, Michael Tilson Thomas, Royal Festival Hall
When Schoenberg made his steroidal orchestration of Brahms’ G minor Piano Quartet he saw and heard what many don’t – that Brahms was more of a radical than the music world was ready to acknowledge, that he…
Prom 75: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Haitink, Royal Albert Hall – Review ****
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra can play Haydn’s last symphony – No 104 “London” – in its sleep but that is not, I hasten to add, the impression one wants to take away from any performance of it…