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    Jul 24, 2020 4 minutes
    Reviewed by Peter Quantrill, Warwick Thompson and Erica Worth

    BENJAMIN GROSVENOR

    Chopin Piano Concertos Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Elim Chan

    Decca 485 0365

    It’s a cliché to dismiss Chopin’s orchestral writing as rather basic and uninspired: but, while it’s true he was no Berlioz, he does more than treat the ensemble as a mere background for the keyboard, and the young Hong Kongese conductor Elim Chan throws herself into his soundworld with great éclat. She pumps up the brass, lets the woodwind soloists shine, and keeps things crisp and springy. There’s a real sense of communication and empathy between her and Benjamin Grosvenor,

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