This is Teodor Currentzis, the Putin collaborator, conducting Bruckner’s 9th last night in Hamburg.
The orchestra was his own Utopia pickup band.
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This week’s unexpected Billboard chart-topper is a studio retake of ‘Mea Culpa/ca ira’ from the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. It features heavy metal band Gojira and mezzo-soprano Marina Viotti. Missing from the credits on the […]
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