Live, Video: Kritiken zu klassischen Konzerten, Opern, Ballett und Tanz finden | Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 in c-Moll, Op.18

Das Konzert zur Saisoneröffnung unter der Leitung von Oksana Lyniv bietet hohe Qualität und machte neugierig auf die kommenden Konzerte und Opernproduktionen.

Yuri Temirkanov und die St. Petersburger Philharmoniker umrahmen Rachmaninows Zweites Klavierkonzert mit farbenfrohen Leckerbissen aus dem russischen Repertoire.

Mit dem Zweiten Klavierkonzert und den Symphonischen Tänzen beschließen die Münchner Philharmoniker und Daniil Trifonov ihren Rachmaninow-Zyklus.

Fabio Luisi manövrierte seine Philharmonia Zürich durch Tschaikowsky und bot mit ihr eine hervorragende Begleitering für Ivo Pogorelichs Rachmaninow-Interpretation. 

L'ennuyeuse Symphonie n° 2 de Saint-Saëns n'a pas contribué au succès de ce concert de rentrée à Radio France, animé seulement par l'arrivée du pianiste britannique. 

JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic take an exotic journey into the orientalist world of Florent Schmitt, while Konrad Skolarski thrills in Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto.

A most idiosyncratic version of Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto from Khatia Buniatishvili along with a notable performance of Sibelius' Second Symphony from the RPO, touring the United States under Mark Wigglesworth. 

La Orquesta Filarmónica Nacional de Rusia muestra su potencia en un concierto en el que la pasión imperó sobre la precisión.

After an enjoyable but safe Rachmaninov Piano Concerto no. 2, Altinoglu celebrates his birthday by rendering each of Pictures at an Exhibition in extravagant orchestral Technicolor.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin has resisted specialist identification, but his finesse with Strauss suggests he's Austro-Germanic at heart.

Vasily Petrenko opens his penultimate season with RLPO in raucous style.

The very talented Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov is an artist whose musicality transcends the mere virtuosic prowess.

Rarement présent sur les scènes françaises, l'Australian Youth Orchestra fait une démonstration de cohésion symphonique dans un programme 100% russe. Interprétation subtile du Concerto pour piano n° 2 de Rachmaninov par Jan Lisiecki.

Barry Douglas, in his home town, gives an excellent reading of a piece central to his repertoire,while Olari Elts puts the Ulster Orchestra through their paces in a highly colourful Petrushka.

In the second concert in the Orchestre de Paris' Rachmaninov Weekend, Nikolai Lugansky and Behzod Abduraimov take up the piano concerto baton... with greater success than Saturday's programme.

Gianandrea Noseda's Shostakovich symphony cycle with the London Symphony Orchestra took us right back to the composer's student days, with the punchy First. 

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

Romance and drama fill the air as Elim Chan takes to the podium for the RSNO's Valentine's Concert.

Alondra de la Parra breathes new life into Russian classics

On reaching the second instalment of his Brahms cycle, Vasily Petrenko brings a fresh breath of alpine air to Liverpool, while George Li impresses in Rachmaninov’s ever popular Second Piano Concerto.

La sonorité royale, sans métal, pleine, dense, rayonnante de Nicolaï Lugansky se déploie sans entraves. Et dès qu'il chante à découvert, on admire la plasticité de ses phrasés

A solid season opener for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, with Kirill Gerstein playing Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto.

A un final de temporada de la Sinfónica de Galicia decididamente protagonizado por el piano solista se sumó la presencia de una leyenda viva del piano, Ivo Pogorelić, y que ofreció una peculiar interpretación llena de licencias del Concierto núm. 2 de Rachmaninov.

Robert Treviño conducts the LPO in tension-filled accounts of Rachmaninov and Mahler. 

A night to remember: an exciting Rachmaninov Piano Concerto no. 2 from Gryaznov and a passionate Brahms Symphony no. 1.

Chinese-American pianist George Li is now all of 22 years old, and continues to accumulate awards for his remarkable playing, but could he find anything interesting to say about this particular warhorse? 

I suspect that we seek out many of the world’s great soloists beacuse we know what we will get, but we might well seek out Buniatishvili because we don’t.

Vivid playing thrills at the Proms, but fell short of engrossing storytelling.

Denis Kozhukhin provided flowing intensity in Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto while Yuri Temirkanov crafted a polished Shostakovich 5 with the Philharmonia.

An earthy – if slow – Pictures at an Exhibition from Yuri Simonov and the Moscow Philharmonic in Basingstoke is like a musical step back in time. 

Stravinsky and Arvo Pärt’s modernism trumps Rachmaninov’s romanticism with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. 

Lahav Shani leads a lavish All-Russian affair that took a while to gel on its third outing in a week in Manchester.

Lisitsa es un fenómeno de masas que debe gran parte de su éxito no sólo a su talento y a su laboriosidad, sino a su proyección en diversas redes.

Finnish pianist Juhani Lagerspetz impresses in Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto. 

Steven Osborne consults the audience on the choice of encore following a fine performance of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto no. 2, part of an all Russian programme which the CBSO played with zealous committment.

Quand l'orchestre s'élague... le répertoire suit ! C'est en quelque sorte le credo de cette soirée, dédiée à de grandes œuvres pour orchestre arrangées pour orchestre de chambre.

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Vasiliy Petrenko make a guest visit to Sage Gateshead, bringing their contributions by Ravel and Rachmaninov to this year's concert theme of Dance.

Outre un Royal Philarmonic Orchestra London pléthorique, on aura retenu les délices pianistiques d’un Daniil Trifonov superlatif, et surtout un Chrales Dutoit qui nous livre Un Sacre du Printemps magistral d’énergie primale et de musicalité : des concerts qui vous revigorent pour longtemps !

Le Concerto pour piano n° 2 de Rachmaninov et la 5e symphonie de Tchaïkovsky réunis sous la baguette de Michael Schønwandt à la tête de l'Orchestre National Montpellier Languedoc Roussillon et sous les doigts prodigieux d'Alxander Gavrylyuk.

La grande musique russe était au programme de l'OPS, en compagnie de la chef chinoise Xian Zhang et du pianiste Alexander Gavrylyuk.

Vasily Petrenko conducted the Oslo Philharmonic in a magnificent evening of Grieg, Mahler and Rachmaninov with Simon Trpčeski

Robert Spano, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and soloists perfrom Shostakovich's Symphony no. 14. 

Neither Rachmaninov's music nor the precision and perfection of the performance lose any of their power, vigor, brilliance and magic with a change from the traditional concert perspective.

I’m not sure where Sinbad was sailing to in the St Petersburg Philharmonic’s Prom last night, but he sure wanted to get there in a hurry. A frenetic – and thrilling – performance of Scheherazade displayed great impetuosity. 

La pianista georgiana destaca en el atractivo doble programa para el final de temporada de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León.

Erratic tempi and unclear textures marr an otherwise engaging opportunity to hear a rarer Rachmaninov work alongside his evervescent Piano Concerto no. 2.

Fluttering fingers and jabbing a toothpick baton, it’s difficult see how an orchestra can follow the beat – any beat – indicated by Valery Gergiev. 

In an uneven concert, Alexander Gavrylyuk outshone everyone with his part in Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto, casting a shadow over a fragmented RCO led by Michael Schønwandt in Sibelius and Nielsen.