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Jean-Efflan Bacouzet performs Grieg's Piano Concerto with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Edward Gardner , who also perform highlights from "Peer Gynt".
Nemanja Radulovic performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, with the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, under Sascha Goetzel
This performance is a game of balance; Piemontesi sounds cautious not to overshadow the orchestra sometimes, this especially evident in the first Concerto in the album, №26 (“Coronation”).
