A mineral dialogue: Bach and the Dolomites

By Nicolas Schotter, 25 July 2016

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“...the cellist let go, no longer battling the environment but becoming one with it.”

Reviewed at Rifugio Rosetta Giovanni Pedrotti, San Martino di Castrozza on 20 July 2016

Bach, Cello suite no. 3 in C major, BWV1009

Bach, Cello suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV1011

Mischa Maisky, Cello

Argerich, Maisky and the elixir of youth

Mark Pullinger, 6th February

Martha Argerich and Mischa Maisky's duo recital at Wigmore Hall turns into a trio... and offers the London audience a rare opportunity to hear the Argentinian pianist play solo.

****1

Mischa Maisky still a live wire on his Singapore return

Chang Tou Liang, 29th September

Some 37 years after his Singapore debut, the cellist revisits Saint-Saëns' First Cello Concerto with the Singapore Symphony and Han-Na Chang.

****1

A battle of the concertos at the Verbier Festival

Alexander Hall, 27th July

Age sometimes brings compensations: Mischa Maisky's total commitment to the Schumann concerto left Daniel Lozakovich out in the cold with Brahms. Meanwhile Klaus Mäkelä with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra reins back Romantic feeling in Schumann's Second Symphony.

****1

Jubilation as Mutter performs with Argerich for the first time

Zoltán Szabó, 2nd July

Martha Argerich is one of the musical miracles of our times. Like exquisite wine, she seems to gain depth and new qualities with maturity.

****1

A musical potpourri from Martha Argerich and friends in Hamburg

Edward Sava-Segal, 23rd June

Gérard Caussé and Nicholas Angelich impress in Brahms, while Mischa Maisky joins Martha Argerich in Shostakovich.

****1

Mischa Maisky shines in Tchaikovsky in Brussels

Marc Haegeman, 22nd March

Think of an exhilarating journey animated by an expert guide who lives and enjoys every moment, yet makes you believe he is discovering it with you and isn’t afraid to tease you with some daredevil steps off the beaten track.

***11

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Nicolas Schotter

Ancien élève du Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris dans les classes d'Histoire de la musique et d'Esthétique, Nicolas Schotter est ancien éditeur de la version francophone du site Bachtrack. Il continue par ailleurs ses recherches musicologiques sur l'évolution des pratiques musicales liturgiques au XXe siècle.