Superb in Chopin... and more: Rafał Blechacz at Wigmore Hall

Von Roy Westbrook, 23 Januar 2019

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“which Rafał Blechacz executed like a craftsman creating a chain of pearls”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Wigmore Hall, London, am 21 Januar 2019

Mozart, Rondo für Klavier a-Moll, K511

Mozart, Klaviersonate in a-Moll, KV310 (KV300d)

Beethoven, Klaviersonate Nr. 28 A-Dur, Op. 101

Schumann, Klaviersonate in g-Moll, Op.22

Chopin, Four Mazurkas, Op.24

Chopin, Polonaise no. 6 in A flat major, "Heroic," Op.53

Rafał Blechacz, Klavier

Le raffinement et les surprises de Rafał Blechacz au TCE

Alain Lompech, 13th June

L'ancien impétrant du Concours Chopin de Varsovie a donné un récital Beethoven-Schubert-Chopin captivant et frustrant, se montrant capable de franches réussites comme de fautes inexplicables.

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Yearning and longing: Gražinytė-Tyla and Blechacz at the Concertgebouw

Clare Varney, 20th January

Rafał Blechacz returned to the Concertgebouw to perform Chopin’s Second Piano Concerto with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo.

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La Joven Orquesta de Canarias en Tenerife: una feliz realidad

Francisco Martínez Ramos, 4th July

La Joven Orquesta de Canarias da buena cuenta de su excelente capacidad bajo la batuta de Víctor Pablo Pérez.

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Iván Fischer works his Mendelssohn magic in Lucerne

Sarah Batschelet, 31st March

The Lucerne Festival Orchestra excels in a concert of works by youthful composers, with Rafał Blechacz playing Chopin.

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Le joli piano de Rafał Blechacz dans un bien curieux récital

Alain Lompech, 15th March

Dans un programme Chopin-Debussy-Mozart-Szymanowski agencé curieusement, le musicien polonais échoue à convaincre malgré des qualités pianistiques indubitables.

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Grandeur et mystère du romantisme : Rafał Blechacz et l’OPMC

Manon Decroix, 5th December

Le pianiste et l'orchestre monégasque placé sous la direction de Stanislav Kochanovsky ont su brillamment rendre les multiples facettes du romantisme dans un programme qui allait de Weber à Rachmaninov.

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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.