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Semyon Bychkov, conductor
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SEMYON BYCHKOV AWARDED BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE DISC OF THE YEAR FOR WAGNER'S OPERA LOHENGRIN
BBC Music Magazine has just announced its Disc of the Year at an Awards ceremony at Kings Place, London. Wagner's Lohengrin, performed by the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, conducted by Semyon Bychkov, won the coveted prize and the Opera Award. The Award was presented by actor Simon Callow. |
'Bychkov’s account of the Eleventh, on the other hand, was one of the most electrifying and shattering I have heard of a Shostakovich symphony in the concert hall, and the BBCSO responded to his visionary direction with playing they seem to reserve for very special conductors...Bychkov never let the tension sag and was rewarded with a tumultuous, spontaneous ovation from both audience and orchestra. What a great conductor he has become.' Sunday Times - BBC Proms (BBCSO / Shostakovich Symphony No 11)
'This is edge-of-the-seat stuff...Bychkov’s attention to detail and his apocalyptic vision set the seal on this outstanding issue, galvanising the assembled multitudes with his magisterial baton. A triumph.' The Sunday Times - Verdi Requiem (WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln and Teatro Regio)
2010 BBC Music Magazine Awards 'Disc of the Year'
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Semyon's latest release on Profil is Wagner's Lohengrin. 