Barenboim face à Beethoven : sous les coups de la Hammerklavier

By Tristan Labouret, 08 January 2019

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“Barenboim entre dans les cordes sans détour, frappant un motif principal incisif”

Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 6 January 2019

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 1 in F minor, Op.2 no.1

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 18 in E flat major "Hunt", Op.31 no.3

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 29 in B flat major "Hammerklavier", Op.106

Daniel Barenboim, Piano

Joy and hope from Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Chris Garlick, 4th November

The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra are on fire with the joy of music-making to the delight of a very sympathetic and enthusiastic audience at London's Southbank Centre.

*****

Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan return to the BBC Proms

Asher Rubenstein, 11th August

Marking 25 years of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim returns to the Proms with violin legend Anne-Sophie Mutter.

***11

Clumsy Liszt, listless Berlioz from Barenboim and the Staatskapelle

Mark Pullinger, 7th March

Some conductors get better with age, ripening like fine wines, but age wearies others. Daniel Barenboim’s decline is difficult to bear.

Don Giovanni laughs off his own death at Staatsoper Berlin

Zenaida des Aubris, 10th April

Finishing up their Mozart-Da Ponte trilogy with Don Giovanni, Daniel Barenboim and Vincent Huguet rely on mild punchlines and dignified tempi

***11

West-Eastern Divan Orchestra shows its stars at the Salzburg Festival

Alexander Hall, 13th August

Daniel Barenboim offered an unusually Germanic take on César Franck, while section leaders Michael Barenboim and Kian Soltani pulled double duty as soloists in Brahms' Double Concerto.

****1

Daniel Barenboim steps in to conduct Brahms at Berlin Philharmonie

Edward Sava-Segal, 24th April

Replacing Mikko Franck at short notice, Barenboim joins Yefim Bronfman for a revised, all-Brahms programme.

****1

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Tristan Labouret

Musicologue diplômé du CNSMD de Paris, Tristan Labouret collabore avec de nombreux artistes et institutions musicales (Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, festivals de musique de chambre de Deauville, Just Classik Festival…), menant des activités de médiation à destination de tous les publics. Ex-altiste toujours passionné par les répertoires chambristes et symphoniques, il occupe depuis 2018 le poste de rédacteur en chef de la partie francophone de Bachtrack.