All Paavo-Järvi articles
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ReviewFestival review: Pärnu Music Festival 2020
Andrew Mellor attends the performances at Pärnu Concert Hall, Estonia, from 16-23 July
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FocusBuilding a string sound from scratch at the Estonian Festival Orchestra
In the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado established an ensemble with its own sound character in just a few years. How can an orchestra, and its signature string section, form a distinctive sound in such little time? Paavo Järvi’s orchestra project at the Pärnu Music Festival in Estonia offers some ...
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ReviewBruch: Violin Concerto no.1 in G minor. Lalo: Symphonie espagnole. Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen
The Strad Issue: March 2016Description: Evergreens enhanced by Capuçon’s purity and uncanny accompanimentMusicians: Renaud Capuçon (violin) Orchestre de Paris/Paavo JärviComposer: Bruch; Lalo; SarasateIn an opulently engineered recording with a generous amount of reverberation, Renaud Capuçon and Paavo Järvi ensure that the Lalo swashes its buckler with plenty ...
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ReviewProkofiev: Violin Concerto no.2 in G minor op.63, Sonata in C major for two violins op.56, Solo Violin Sonata in D major op.115
The Strad Issue: November 2015Description: Spontaneous-sounding live Prokofiev whets the appetite for moreMusicians: Viktoria Mullova, Tedi Papavrami (violin) Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra/Paavo JärviComposer: ProkofievThese live recordings derive from concerts taped by Hessian Radio in Frankfurt over the past three years, and if one would never guess the ...