El lirismo controlado de Yo-Yo Ma y Kathryn Stott

By Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 27 October 2022

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“demostrando una vez más su inagotable perfeccionismo a la hora de plasmar un timbre cristalino”

Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 26 October 2022

Mendelssohn, Song without words in D major, Op.109

Traditional, Scarborough Fair

Shaw, Shenandoah

Sibelius, Var det en dröm (Was It a Dream?), Op.37 no.4

Bloch, From Jewish Life

Dvořák, Romantic pieces for violin and piano, Op.75

Wallen, Dervish

Mariano, Cristal (arr. de J. Calandrelli)

Parra, Gracias a la vida (arr. de J. Calandrelli)

Piazzolla, Libertango

Piazzolla, Soledad

Piazzolla, El gran tango

Yo-Yo Ma, Cello

Kathryn Stott, Piano

Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott soothe the soul at the Barbican

David Karlin, 2nd November

The long standing duo sound give impeccable sound and balance in a recital full of charm, whose musicianship and energy belies this being their farewell tour.

****1

Celebrating collaboration: Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott at Carnegie Hall

Susan Stempleski, 11th April

In a luminous recital, the cellist and pianist commemorate four decades of collaboration and pay tribute to Isaac Stern, the master violinist who saved Carnegie Hall from destruction.

****1

A winning evening from Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott in San Francisco

Lois Silverstein, 2nd April

Dexterity, beauty, technical prowess and mastery, most expectations were met: most expectations were met in this duo recital in Davies Symphony Hall.

****1

Joy amidst tears: Kathryn Stott and Tim Horton’s glorious Rachmaninov

Phil Parker, 19th May

Can you have too much Rachmaninov all in one go? On the basis of this tremendous Sheffield Chamber Music Festival recital, evidently not.

*****

Golden glow in Sir Andrew Davis' Sibelius 1 with the BBC Philharmonic

Rohan Shotton, 27th January

Sir Andrew Davis conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Elgar, Rachmaninov and Sibelius with pianist Kathryn Stott.

****1

A feast of phenomenal pianism

Frances Wilson, 8th October

A remarkable evening of exceptionally fine pianism and inventive programming, featuring seven of the UK's leading pianists in rich and varied repertoire.

*****

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Leonardo Mattana Ereño

Leonardo Mattana (1988) es Doctor en filosofía por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. También ha cursado estudios de piano, composición, teoría musical e historia de la música en el conservatorio de Sassari (Italia). Sus pasiones musicales son trasversales, privilegiando la música sinfónica y de cámara, pero sobre todo, buscando siempre en la experiencia estética de la música elementos de reflexión.