From the arcane to the Arcadian: Alexei Volodin

Von Roy Westbrook, 27 Februar 2020

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“Volodin... can make the instrument roar without the sound becoming harsh”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, am 26 Februar 2020

Medtner, 8 Fairy Tales

Medtner, Fairy Tale for piano in B flat minor, Op.20 no.1

Medtner, Fairy Tale for piano in B minor, Op.20 no.2

Medtner, Fairy Tale for piano in E minor, Op.34 no. 2

Medtner, Fairy Tale for piano in A minor "Forest Spirit", Op.34 no.3

Medtner, Fairy Tale for piano in F minor "Russian Tale", Op.42 no.1

Medtner, Fairy Tale for piano in F minor, Op.26 no. 3

Medtner, Fairy Tale for piano in G sharp major, Op.42 no.3

Medtner, Fairy Tale No.4 in C sharp minor, op.35: "Blow, wind and crack your cheeks" from King Lear

Prokofjew, Piano Sonata no. 3 in A minor, Op.28

Rachmaninow, Klaviersonate Nr. 1 in d-Moll, Op.28

Alexei Volodin, Klavier

Klassik und Neo-Klassik

Rolf Kyburz, 17th January

Prokofjews Komposition entpuppt wahrer Publikumsrenner – mehr sogar als die späte Beethoven-Sonate!

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Von hinten aufgerollt

Rolf Kyburz, 17th October

Als Einleitung zum Konzert wäre diese Leistung wohl über die beiden anderen Werke vergessen gegangen. So aber wurde das Publikum mit der Erinnerung an ein kleines Glanzstück nach Hause entlassen.

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Elim Chan y la OSCyL: actuación admirable en el CAEM de Salamanca

Francisco Martínez Ramos, 23rd December

Elim Chan dirigió la Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León en una exitosa velada con obras de Clyne, Liszt y Stravinsky.

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Hearing in colour: Kochanovsky conducts ecstatic Scriabin

Mark Pullinger, 11th May

Multi-sensory music? Scriabin's Prometheus, Poem of Fire tickles the senses in an ecstatic performance under Stanislav Kochanovsky.

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An unusual Stravinsky-Mozart combo shines under Hans Graf in Singapore

Chang Tou Liang, 28th October

Rarely-heard Stravinsky piano concertos are coupled with Mozart symphonies with Hans Graf, Alexei Volodin and the Singapore Symphony.

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Titánica Sinfónica de Galicia con Volodin y Kochanovsky

Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 11th February

El pianista Alexei Volodin abordó Rachmaninoff bajo la dirección de Stanislav Kochanovsky y junto a la Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia.

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Weitere Kritiken...

Roy Westbrook

Roy Westbrook gained a diploma in music history at London University (Morley College) and was for some years the head of music day schools at Oxford University, where he also led music summer schools. After some years leading the University's business school he has returned to music teaching and writing, and recently took part in the Arts in Residence courses on Bruckner, Mahler and Bach He is co-author (with Terry Barfoot) of a history of opera, and has taught day schools on Sibelius in Oxford and elsewhere.

From the arcane to the Arcadian: Alexei Volodin's all-Russian programme at the QEH