« Coups de Cœur » de lionne : Chantilly fête Martha Argerich

By Tristan Labouret, 15 June 2021

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“Argerich joue, écoute son partenaire et explore, inventant de nouvelles solutions”

Reviewed at Grandes écuries du château de Chantilly, Chantilly on 12 June 2021

Saint-Saëns, Polonaise pour deux pianos, Op.77 (Ntokou & Marton-Argerich)

Chopin, Impromptu in G flat major, Op.51 (Kissin)

Chopin, Polonaise no. 6 in A flat major, "Heroic," Op.53 (Kissin)

Gershwin, 3 Preludes (Kissin)

Chopin, Waltz no. 7 in C sharp minor, Op.64 no.2 (Kissin)

Shostakovich, Concertino for two pianos in A minor, Op.94 (Ntokou & Argerich)

Franck, Violin Sonata in A major (Vengerov & Argerich)

Kreisler, Three Old Viennese Dances: Liebesleid (Vengerov & Argerich)

Kreisler, Three Old Viennese Dances: Schön Rosmarin (Vengerov & Argerich)

Maxim Vengerov, Violin

Evgeny Kissin, Piano

Theodosia Ntokou, Piano

Cristina Marton-Argerich, Piano

Martha Argerich, Piano

A Evgeny Kissin tour de force in Boston

Kevin Wells, 25th April

Andrey Boreyko makes an impressive debut with the Boston Symphony, where Evgeny Kissin performs in not one, but two piano concertos.

****1

Evgeny Kissin leaves a trail of happy hearts at the Barbican

Christopher Woodley, 31st March

With a spring in his step, Evgeny Kissin returns to Barbican Hall and gives well-wrought accounts of Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Schumann.

****1

Evgeny Kissin and friends explore Shostakovich at Carnegie Hall

Edward Sava-Segal, 31st May

A chamber programme of Shostakovich’s private idioms and public masks

****1

From Bach to Shostakovich, Evgeny Kissin a commanding force

Sam Jacobson, 7th May

Anchored by the piano music of Shostakovich, Evgeny Kissin’s Cleveland recital also explores works of Bach and Chopin.

****1

You Want it Darker? Evgeny Kissin’s dark-hued San Francisco recital

Michelle Assay, 20th April

Evgeny Kissin delights an overwhelmingly enthusiastic San Francisco audience with Chopin and Shostakovich, but his Bach is less convincing.

****1

Odd couple: Goerne and Kissin are mismatched in Cleveland recital

Cameron Kelsall, 14th April

A program of Schumann and Brahms fails to cohere due to fussy mannerisms and tentative playing.

**111

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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.