Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra reviews
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture, etc
Oslo Philharmonic/Vasily Petrenko (Lawo)
R Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko (Lawo Classics)
R Strauss: Don Quixote; Don Juan, etc
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko, et al (Lawo Classics)
Vasily Petrenko gives voice to Strauss’s tone poems
'Don Quixote emerges as one of the richest orchestral scores ever composed, the ultimate opera for orchestra'
A worthy tribute to the longstanding genius of Kaija Saariaho
‘The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra are on fine form as they embrace Kaija Saariaho’s unique soundscape in this collection of works spanning the last 25 years’
Vasily Petrenko is the 'ideal interpreter' of Scriabin's Symphony No. 2
In many respects, Vasily Petrenko is the ideal interpreter for this ripe overheated music with its strong echoes of Liszt, Wagner and Tchaikovsky. He knows instinctively how to sustain momentum, particularly in the Second Symphony’s more repetitive sequential passages. He also ensures that Scriabin’s propensity for unleashing constant surges in sound in the faster-paced movements does not become self-defeating, and that the biggest climaxes of all really have the greatest impact.