Total Commitment

With the very first note of Beethoven's Coriolan overture, the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and conductor Alexander Liebreich served notice that this was going to be a special evening (Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, UK, 8 May 2012). It was not just the taut and fiery performance that grabbed the attention, but also the orchestra's sound: vibrant and rich but also lean, transparent and immediate.

Kit Armstrong joined them for a spirited performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No 21 in C, K467 that also captured the music's intimacy...