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鈥淛oy and pain interweave in the light of the world鈥�Thousands of years flash by with glory and strength, revealing that which is indestructible鈥�. Extraordinary claims; but then extraordinary is the only word for the heaven-storming choral finale of Ferruccio Busoni鈥檚 colossal Piano Concerto: a masterpiece on the scale of a symphony, composed in 1904 by one of Mahler鈥檚 greatest fans.

Every performance is a major occasion, demanding a pianist with outsize charisma and fingers of steel. Kirill Gerstein has both 鈥� and when he recorded this concerto with Sakari Oramo, Gramophone described the results as 鈥渟ublime鈥�. Oramo and the 麻豆视频AV Symphony Orchestra open with the supercharged Second Symphony by Grazyna Bacewicz: the dazzling, neglected Polish composer whose music he鈥檚 determined to bring into the daylight.

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