Soirées russes à Genève : Lionel Cottet et l’Orchestre National de Russie

By Thomas Muller, 21 March 2016

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“Une foison d’atmosphères, de la plus militaire à la plus intime.”

Reviewed at Victoria Hall, Geneva on 17 March 2016

Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture

Tchaikovsky, Variations on a Rococo Theme in A major, for cello and orchestra, Op.33

Glazunov, The Seasons

Russian National Orchestra

Mikhail Pletnev, Conductor

Lionel Cottet, Cello

A Rachmaninov evening with the Russian National Orchestra

Edward Sava-Segal, 20th February

A marvelous musician, Mikhail Pletnev, conveyed a fresh perspective on the inner works of Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto.

****1

RNO and Andreescu impress at Enescu Festival

Aksel Tollåli, 5th September

Following some rhythmically challenged Ginastera, Horia Andreescu and the Russian National Orchestra impress with confidently played MacMillan and Tchaikovsky.

***11

RNO and Pletnev disappoint in Enescu and Prokofiev

Aksel Tollåli, 4th September

The muscular piano playing of Nikolai Lugansky could not save the Russian National Orchestra’s shoddy Enescu and Prokofiev.

**111

A remarkable Tchaikovsky Polish in Warsaw

Jonathan Sutherland, 17th August

Although nominally a Polish Festival celebrating the music of Frédéric Chopin, there was lots of Tchaikovsky on offer at this year’s event. Leading the foreign charge was the Russian National Orchestra under the direction of their mercurial maestro Mikhail Pletnev.

***11

Joshua Bell and Hélène Grimaud raise the roof at Festival del Sole

Brenden Guy, 22nd July

The Napa Valley is famous for its picturesque countryside, stunning weather and fine wine. With the ambitious Festival del Sole concluding their seventh season on Sunday night with a concert featuring two titans of classical music - Joshua Bell and Hélène Grimaud – they proved that “wine country” has even more to offer the Northern California region than that which makes them one of the premier de

***11

Natürlich inspiriert: Lugansky und Pletnev in Luzern

Rolf Kyburz, 30th November

Rachmaninows Drittes Klavierkonzert war bei Nikolai Lugansky in seiner natürlichen Musikalität phänomenal, und mit Skrjabins Zweiter Symphonie erlaubte das Russische Nationalorchester unter Mikhail Pletnev die Begegnung mit selten aufgeführter Spätromantik.

***11

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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.

Soirées russes au Victoria Hall de Genève : L’Orchestre National de Russie a donné une leçon de slavitude romantique sous la direction de Mikhail Pletnev !