Bachtrack logo
What's on
All eventsConcertsOperaDanceKids eventsMasterclassesCompetitionsFestivals
Reviews
All reviewsConcert reviewsOpera reviewsDance reviews
Articles
All articlesFeaturesInterviewsOpinionPlaylists
News
Video
Video homeAll videoStreamed eventsConcertsOperaDanceKids eventsMasterclassesPublishers
Site
About usContact usLink to usConditions of useCookiesPrivacy
Young artists
Travel
EventsReviewsArticlesVideo

Leonidas Kavakos, Gautier Capuçon et Nikolaï Lugansky dans l'intégrale des Trios de Brahms : le tout triomphe de la partie

By Julien Hanck, 09 June 2016
Loading, please wait...
See full listing
“Le tout triomphe de la partie, uni par l’acoustique dans une perception rayonnante”
Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 7 June 2016
Programme
Brahms, Piano Trio no. 3 in C minor, Op.101
Brahms, Piano Trio no. 2 in C major, Op.87
Brahms, Piano Trio no. 1 in B major, Op.8
Performers
Nikolai Lugansky, Piano
Leonidas Kavakos, Violin
Gautier Capuçon, Cello
More Concert reviews
Rhetoric over romance in Nikolai Lugansky's Chopin in Seoul
SangKwon Lee, 12th February
Ludovic Morlot conducts the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra in three classics from the Romantic era: Berlioz, Chopin and Schumann. 
***11
A superb end-of-season jamboree for the Philharmonia
Christopher Woodley, 11th June
Nikolai Lugansky's barnstorming performance of Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto is the centrepiece of the Philharmonia's end-of-season concert.
*****
Injecting new life into iconic Rachmaninov and Elgar
Nick Boston, 29th October
The RPO, in great form under Petrenko, deliver exciting Auerbach and propulsive Elgar, with Lugansky shining bright in Rachmaninov. 

****1
Singing vocal lines plus phenomenal power in Lugansky's Rachmaninov
Nick Boston, 20th March
Nikolai Lugansky demonstrates variety and depth, with lyrical melodies, ringing bells and crazy virtuosity in a captivating all-Rachmaninov recital at Wigmore Hall. 
*****
The stillness of a volcano: Nikolai Lugansky in Rome recital
Elena Luporini, 16th March
Challenged with a demanding programme of Beethoven, Franck and Rachmaninov, the Russian pianist gave proof of his personal, telluric approach to intense repertoire.
****1
Chausson the surprise standout in Sokhiev's Berlin Phil concert
Phillip Nones, 25th September
Rimsky-Korsakov and Rachmaninov may be bread-and-butter repertoire for pianist Nikolai Lugansky and conductor Tugan Sokhiev, but the stellar presentation at this Berlin Philharmonic concert was Chausson's Symphony in B flat major.
****1
More reviews...
Read reviews of
Gautier CapuçonJohannes BrahmsLeonidas KavakosNikolai LuganskyPiano Trio no. 1 in B major, Op.8Piano Trio no. 2 in C major, Op.87Piano Trio no. 3 in C minor, Op.101
Related articles
Loading image...
Cosmopolitan code-switching: Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony 2025–26
Loading image...
Making music humanly: Gautier Capuçon
Loading image...
Dvořák in the bloodstream: Joshua Bell in Rome
Loading image...
Classics at the crossroads: Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra’s autumn season
Julien Hanck
Julien Hanck
Âgé de vingt-trois ans, Julien Hanck suit un parcours atypique. Ce n’est qu’après ses classes préparatoires en mathématiques au lycée Louis-le-Grand qu’il se tourne entièrement vers la musique. Parallèlement à ses études d'ingénieur à l'ESPCI et à son activité au sein de l'association "Le Cercle des Mélomanes" dont il est le fondateur, il joue régulièrement en soliste et en musique de chambre. Pianiste invité des Déconcertants, et désormais directeur artistique de l'ensemble, il assure à Paris la recréation française du Concerto pour piano et cordes d’Alfred Schnittke. Julien collabore également avec Diapason magazine, Jeanine Roze Production, et France Musique, pour lequel il a été producteur de l'émission "été classique" au mois de juillet.