Christian Zacharias, plus classique que romantique !

By Thomas Muller, 04 November 2015

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“Les trilles légers et effleurés, jamais agressifs, toujours dans le flux”

Reviewed at Victoria Hall, Geneva on 2 November 2015

Scarlatti, Keyboard Sonata in E major, K162

Scarlatti, Sonate pour piano en ut mineur K226

Scarlatti, Sonate pour piano en mi bémol majeur K193

Scarlatti, Keyboard sonata in F minor K183

Scarlatti, Keyboard sonata in F minor K386

Ravel, Sonatine in F sharp major

Soler, Sonate pour piano n°87 en sol mineur

Soler, Keyboard Sonata no. 84 in D Major

Soler, Sonate pour piano n°24 en ré mineur

Soler, Piano sonata no. 88

Christian Zacharias, Piano

Montgomery première shines among the classics

Rebecca Lentjes, 27th October

During Jessie Montgomery's Records from a Vanishing City, musical styles from avant-garde jazz to Angolan lullabies quarreled and overlapped, keeping our ears pricked for the duration of the piece.

***11

Mozart disappoints, but Rameau and Bizet compensate

David Pinedo, 25th July

It was an evening for showing off. The Basel Chamber Orchestra (being Bartoli and Scholl’s frequent partners) performed Bizet and Rameau, plus a Mozart concerto with conductor Christian Zacharias directing from the piano.

***11

Scottish Chamber Orchestra with Christian Zacharias

Alan Coady, 21st December

Alan Coady reviews Christian Zacharias and the Scottish Chamber in Mozart, Haydn, Ravel & Poulenc at Edinburgh's Queen's Hall.

****1

Unfinished Business: The Bamberg Symphony at Lincoln Center, Part Two

Bachtrack reviewer, 21st May

After an impressive Sunday afternoon of Webern, Schubert, and Brahms, the Bamberg Symphony outdid themselves Monday evening in repertoire by Beethoven and Ives, and another Schubert symphony. Christian Zacharias again joined Maestro Jonathan Nott, this time for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no. 4.

****1

Vienna New and Old: The Bamberg Symphony at Lincoln Center

Bachtrack reviewer, 20th May

The Bamberg Symphony played the first of their two concerts at Lincoln Center on Sunday. The program had something of a Viennese bent, with works by Anton Webern (of the Second Viennese School), Schubert (the first of the great Romantics to call the city home), and Brahms (who lived there most of his life).

****1

Les tours de magie de Christian Zacharias à La Roque d'Anthéron

Alain Lompech, 18th August

Après Haydn et Schubert interprétés avec une simplicité et un naturel émouvants, le pianiste allemand a époustouflé en associant de manière étonnante mais ô combien convaincante Couperin et Poulenc.

*****

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Thomas Muller

Podologue spécialisé en Education Thérapeutique du Patient et Diabétologie, chanteur, administrateur de choeur, fondateur d'orchestre et ancien hautboïste amateur, Thomas est passionné de musique et particulièrement vocale. Toujours sensible aux timbres des orchestres et de la capacité des musiciens de développer un chant musical qui provoque chez l'auditeur une émotion vraie, en dehors de tout intellectualisme.