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4 out of 5 stars.
Gergiev excels at Russian music from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, so to hear rarely played works delivered with authority is a treat, writes Andrew Clements
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Ian Bostridge's performance as a mother searching for her lost son will rank among the finest ever in Britten's powerful parable, writes Stephen Pritchard
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4 out of 5 stars.
Gergiev was in inspirational form and the LSO embraced his reading of Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette with skill and energy, finds Guy Dammann
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The Russian conductor Valery Gergiev's current Berlioz season has been marked by protests. Before the controversy erupted, he spoke to Ed Vulliamy about the passion he feels for the French composer's work
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London Symphony Orchestra principal conductor targeted over his backing for Putin, who has introduced anti-gay laws in Russia
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The Mariinsky Orchestra under Valery Gergiev are on blazing form in this live recording of Das Rheingold, writes Fiona Maddocks
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The National Youth Orchestra of the USA is a new venture with influential backers and some impressive musicians, writes Erica Jeal
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Apart from a chorus of Happy Birthday, the programme avoided any of the familiar Gergiev orchestral showstoppers, writes Tim Ashley
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Vladimir Putin is to attend gala concert for opening of new ballet and opera house, 10 years in development
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 4, 5 and 6 review – a provocative union on disc
4 out of 5 stars.Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra bring an intensity to great swaths of this trilogy from the 1930s, writes Andrew Clements