Italian Holiday for Louis Lortie at Cadogan Hall

Von Frances Wilson, 23 August 2016

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“introspective, suggesting Venice out of season, misty and shadowy”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Cadogan Hall, London, am 22 August 2016

Rossini, Soirées musicales: La regata veneziana (notturno); La danza (tarantella) (arr. Liszt)

Poulenc, Napoli, FP 40

Fauré, Barcarolle No. 5 in F sharp minor, Op. 66

Fauré, Barcarolle no. 7 in D minor, Op.90

Liszt, Venezia e Napoli, S 162

Louis Lortie, Klavier

Chopin and Franck reframed with elegance and insight in Dublin

Andrew Larkin, 20th March

In Dublin, Jean-Luc Tingaud and Louis Lortie bring clarity and purpose to two composers often ill at ease with the orchestra.

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Louis Lortie rend hommage à Gabriel Fauré Salle Gaveau

Alain Lompech, 12th March

Au seuil de l'année du centenaire de la mort de Fauré, le pianiste canadien a livré un récital exceptionnel, aussi riche en sonorités que naturel dans la conduite du discours.

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Louis Lortie en héraut des vingt-quatre Études de Chopin

Alain Lompech, 7th November

Exécuter en une soirée les deux cahiers des Études du compositeur est un exploit physique et psychique ! Salle Gaveau, Louis Lortie triomphe des nombreux défis de la partition.

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Louis Lortie saves the day in Philadelphia

Cameron Kelsall, 11th February

The French-Canadian pianist replaced an ailing Rudolf Buchbinder, kicking off the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society's first complete Beethoven piano sonata cycle.

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Louis Lortie shines in uneven program of Schubert and Mahler

Linda Holt, 18th October

Louis Lortie amazes in the Schubert-Liszt Wanderer Fantasy, while The Philadelphia Orchestra under Nézet-Séguin struggles but ultimately triumphs with Mahler's Fifth.

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Lortie plays Liszt's complete Années de pèlerinage

Roy Westbrook, 28th April

The several empty seats were probably a comment on the current reputation of the composer more than that of the pianist. Both deserved a full house.

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Frances Wilson

A keen concert-goer, Frances is a pianist, piano teacher and blogger on pianism, music and culture.

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