The Goldilocks approach to Russian masterworks

Von Alexander Hall, 31 Oktober 2018

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“the boisterousness was measured, the bars of the cage tapped but never seriously rattled”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Festival Hall, London, am 30 Oktober 2018

Schostakowitsch, Violinkonzert Nr. 1 in a-Moll, Op.77 oder Op.99

Rachmaninow, Symphonie Nr. 2 in e-Moll, Op.27

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Lionel Bringuier, Musikalische Leitung

Valeriy Sokolov, Violine

Menschliche Schönheit und Perfektion: das RPO zu Gast in München

Benedikt Zacher, 4th February

Das englische Orchester bietet mit seinem Chefdirigenten Vasily Petrenko und Julia Fischer einen „perfekten” Abend in der Isarphilharmonie.

*****

Revolutionär unorthodox: Vasily Petrenko mit dem RPO zu Gast in Köln

David Renke, 16th May

Vasily Petrenko, Anne-Sophie Mutter und das Royal Philharmonic Orchestra gastierte nin Köln mit Werken von Bernstein, Previn und Rachmaninow. Neben einem Spektakel der Klangfarben hallt das Konzert aber auch aus einem anderen Grund nach.

*****

Korngold and Mahler from Ray Chen, Vasily Petrenko and the RPO

Roy Westbrook, 12th May

Few violin concertos soar from the first bar as Erich Korngold’s does, especially as in Ray Chen's high-wire account at the Royal Albert Hall.

****1

Turangalîla underwhelms at the Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Roy Westbrook, 23rd April

Serious music ill-matched by filmic limitations as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra tackles Messiaen’s epic “symphony” as part of the Southbank’s cross-genre festival.

**111

Edusei’s Beethoven and Rangwanasha’s Strauss thrill at Cadogan Hall

Christopher Woodley, 26th February

Kevin John Edusei, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra celebrate the joys of a life well-lived – rounded off to the sounds of larks ascending.

****1

Petrenko’s searing Shostakovich overshadows Grosvenor’s Beethoven

Nick Boston, 3rd February

Stylish Beethoven from Benjamin Grosvenor and dramatic Ustvolskaya from Yuriy Yurchuk, but Petrenko and the RPO’s blistering Shostakovich steals the show.

****1

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Alexander Hall

Alexander Hall divides his time between London and Hamburg, where he had a career in academic administration and teaching. He reviews for Bachtrack and Opera Today, and has also reviewed for Classical Source. A connoisseur of the great orchestras of the world, his musical memories stretch back to Karajan/Berlin Phil, Mravinsky/Leningrad Phil, Bernstein/Vienna Phil, and he has seen most of the great conductors from the past, including Böhm, Klemperer, Kubelik, Ormandy and Szell.

The Goldilocks approach to Russian masterworks from Bringuier, Sokolov and the RPO