28 Nov, 2013
Chicago Tribune, John von Rhein “Especially now, with all the hoopla surrounding the centennial of Benjamin Britten, his contemporary and fellow Englishman, William Walton, has been shoved to the margins of our concert life. But Walton, who died in 1983, seven years...
22 Nov, 2013
Spotlight – Listen – See in Concert – Reviews ‘Wagner’s operas are the closest music to Buddhism that I know,’ says Semyon Bychkov. He goes on to explain: ‘It is in a permanent state of unfolding. Yes, of course, there is a moment when it starts – but only because it...
15 Nov, 2013
In advance of conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a Remembrance Day Sunday concert of Britten’s War Requiem at London’s Royal Albert Hall, Semyon Bychkov speaks with Sinfini’s Amanda Holloway on the music and his own history with the work. Click here to read the...
15 Nov, 2013
Martin Kettle gives Semyon Bychkov four stars in The Guardian for his Remembrance Day Sunday performance of Britten’s War Requiem with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Kettle writes, “Bychkov’s conducting has a wonderful sense of line and...
12 Nov, 2013
Universal’s ‘Virtuoso’ series has just re-released Semyon Bychkov’s recording of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker with the Berliner Philharmoniker. Recorded in Berlin in 1986, The Nutcracker was one of a series of recordings that Bychkov made with the Berliner...
