Tomáš Netopil nimbe de beaux élans le Stabat Mater de Dvořák

By Suzanne Lay-Canessa, 30 April 2016

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“Tomáš Netopil partage avec Dvořák ce doux mélange de colère saine et de pudeur”

Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 27 April 2016

Dvořák, Stabat Mater, Op.58

Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris

Orchestre de Paris

Tomáš Netopil, Conductor

Aga Mikolaj, Soprano

Elisabeth Kulman, Mezzo-soprano

Dmitry Korchak, Tenor

Georg Zeppenfeld, Bass

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Under its Music Director Klaus Mäkelä, the French orchestra returns to the Concertgebouw for an exhilarating concert with pianist Anna Vinnitskaya.

****1

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Salonen and the Orchestre de Paris opened the Elbphilharmonie season with a vivid journey from Strauss’s dramatic energy, through a reflective new Horn Concerto, to Sibelius’s luminous, precise grandeur.

****1

Rach 4 redefined: Mäkelä and Yunchan Lim set a new benchmark in Seoul

SangKwon Lee, 11th June

In Yunchan Lim’s hands the score to Rachmaninov's Fourth Piano Concerto emerges as a small revelation, conspicuously succeeding where so many others have floundered.

*****

Klaus Mäkelä and the Orchestre de Paris paint vivid pictures in Vienna

Mark Pullinger, 23rd February

Maurice Ravel the orchestrator takes centre stage at the Musikverein in an evening of descriptive aural painting.

****1

Khatia Buniatishvili in search of her lost fingers

Alain Lompech, 30th October

Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto turns out to be a shipwreck for the Georgian pianist, despite an admirable Orchestre de Paris and conductor (Kirill Karabits).

*1111

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Klaus Mäkelä presents fresh and dynamic takes on French masterpieces from Debussy and Berlioz, the Orchestre de Paris providing colour and vigour in Stravinsky.

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Suzanne Lay-Canessa

Docteure en littérature comparée, passionnée de langues, Suzanne a consacré sa thèse de doctorat à Jean-Sébastien Bach. Elle enseigne le français, la littérature et l’histoire de l’Opéra à l’Institute for American Universities et à Sciences Po Aix. Collaboratrice régulière du journal Zibeline, elle publie dans les rubriques Musiques, Livres, Cinéma, Spectacle vivant et Arts Visuels.

Quis est homo, qui non fleret : Tomáš Netopil nimbe de beaux élans le funèbre Stabat Mater de Dvořák