CD encores may reveal musical surge (9)

I believe the answer is:

crescendo

(Other definitions for crescendo that I've seen before include "Building up of sound" , "Increasing noise" , "Gradual increase in loudness, musically" , "Rising noise" , "(Of music) gradually increasing in loudness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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