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Berlin Philharmonic/Petrenko (Berliner Philharmoniker)
Kirill Petrenko’s first recording with his new orchestra has plenty to admire but taken as a whole feels rather underpowered

For a conductor of his experience and rising international profile, Kirill Petrenko is represented very sparsely on disc – a few recordings of the music of Josef Suk, a couple of operas and supporting roles in some concertos and recordings of operatic excerpts, together with one of the works in the Berlin Philharmonic’s 2017 John Adams compilation.

That, though, is likely to change as his career with the Berlin orchestra gets under way – he takes over officially as its chief conductor in August.