Gergiev y la Mariinsky recrean Scheherazade en la Alhambra

By Ramón del Buey Cañas, 02 July 2018

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“el talento encerrado en las filas de la Mariinsky cautivó, sin exageración, en cada compás”

Reviewed at Palacio di Carlo V, Granada on 30 June 2018

Glinka, Spanish Overture no. 2, "Recollection of a Summer Night in Madrid"

Glinka, Spanish Overture no. 1, "Capriccio brillante on the Jota Aragonese"

Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio espagnol, Op.34

Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade, Op.35

Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra

Valery Gergiev, Conductor

Miraculous Russians: Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky in Florence

Elena Luporini, 11th December

Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra call in at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino for a programme of Prokofiev, Bartók and Stravinsky... and Gergiev picks up the keys to the city too.

****1

Alexandre Kantorow wows with the Mariinsky Orchestra in Antwerp

Marc Haegeman, 15th October

Think of a poet irresistibly teasing your senses by his creative use of rhythm, his unpredictable style of speech and his unfailing imagination.

****1

In Rimsky's Kitezh, Gergiev eventually weaves some Russian magic

Mark Pullinger, 8th October

In Gergiev's late, late show, Mao Fujita impresses in Tchaikovsky, but episodes from Berlioz' Roméo et Juliette are given a Shakespearean speed read.

***11

Matvey Demin’s stellar UK debut flanked by an invigorated Gergiev

Young-Jin Hur, 7th October

Gergiev, Demin, and the Mariinsky Orchestra deliver a performance full of vitality, virtuosity, and determination.

****1

Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky bring a Russian programme to Lucerne

Edward Sava-Segal, 30th August

The very talented Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov is an artist whose musicality transcends the mere virtuosic prowess.

****1

An ideal troika at Cadogan Hall

Roy Westbrook, 4th March

Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra return to Cadogan Hall for the second of their Petipa/Tchaikovsky tributes.

****1

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Ramón del Buey Cañas

Ramón del Buey Cañas (Madrid, 1993) es Personal Docente e Investigador en Formación del Departamento de Filosofía de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; miembro del equipo directivo de la Asociación de Música Electroacústica y Arte Sonoro de España y programador de Filmadrid Festival Internacional de Cine.

Gergiev y la Mariinsky recrean el hechizo de Scheherazade en la Alhambra