Weinberg Trumpet Concerto and Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

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Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 and Weinberg Trumpet Concerto concert. Performed 2019 with Andris Nelsons conducting the Gewandhausorchester Leipzing at the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig. Features trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger. Also includes Mussorgsky “Dawn of the Moscow River” from the opera Khovanshchina. Directed for TV by Ute Feudel; produced by Paul Smaczny. Released 2020, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA

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