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La sorcellerie pianistique d'Alexandre Kantorow et le luxueux SUV des Münchner à la Philharmonie

Alexandre Kantorow et les Münchner Philharmoniker à la Philharmonie
© Antoine Benoit-Godet / Cheeese
Tugan Sokhiev et les Münchner Philharmoniker à la Philharmonie
© Antoine Benoit-Godet / Cheeese
Tugan Sokhiev et les Münchner Philharmoniker à la Philharmonie
© Antoine Benoit-Godet / Cheeese
By Alain Lompech, 04 November 2024
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“Sokhiev pilote un SUV, (...) pas la sportive aux accélérations fulgurantes attendue”
Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 2 November 2024
Programme
Glinka, Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture
Rachmaninov, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor for piano and orchestra, Op.43
Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade, Op.35
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Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Tugan Sokhiev, Conductor
Alexandre Kantorow, Piano
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Alexandre KantorowMikhail Ivanovich GlinkaMunich Philharmonic OrchestraNikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-KorsakovRhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor for piano and orchestra, Op.43Ruslan and Lyudmila: OvertureScheherazade, Op.35Sergei RachmaninovTugan Sokhiev
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Alain Lompech
Alain Lompech
Pendant trente ans, Alain Lompech, né en 1954, a été critique musical et journaliste au Monde de la musique puis au Monde, dont il a été chef des pages « Art et Spectacles » puis chef d'édition, tout en tenant la chronique « Jardins » du quotidien. Il a produit de nombreuses émissions sur France Musique, station dont il a été le directeur adjoint et chef des programmes, et où il est l'un des membres réguliers de « La Tribune des critiques de disques ». Il publie chaque mois des critiques de disques dans le mensuel Diapason. Alain Lompech a publié le premier volume des Grands pianistes du XXe siècle, chez Buchet-Chastel, et travaille à la rédaction du deuxième volume.