Virtuosic command and intimate focus

Por Nick Boston, 05 octubre 2016

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“never allowing the virtuosic showmanship to overpower”

Crítica hecha desde Smith Square Hall, Londres el 4 octubre 2016

Mozart, Sonata para piano núm. 13 en si bemol mayor, "Linz", K333 (K315c)

Chopin, Sonata para piano núm. 2 en si bemol menor 'Marcha fúnebre', op. 35

Scriabin, Piano Sonata no. 2 "Sonata Fantasy" in G sharp minor, Op.19

Granados, Goyescas: Los Requiebros (The Compliments)

Granados, Goyescas: El fandango de candil

Liszt, Rhapsodie espagnole, S 254

Moskowski, Étude de Virtuosité in A flat major, Op.72 no. 11

Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano

El des(a)tino en cinco notas

Jorge Baeza Stanicic, 27th April

No hay que perderse la oportunidad de escuchar un programa como este a una gran orquesta, y menos aún si viene acompañado de dos jóvenes figuras que ya son grandes por méritos propios: Benjamin Grosvenor y Krzysztof Urbanski.

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Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Grosvenor y Roth: una vitalidad expectante

Ramón del Buey Cañas, 8th February

François-Xavier Roth auspiciado por primera vez por Ibermúsica se presentó al frente de la Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, les acompañó el pianista Benjamin Grosvenor en el segundo concierto de Beethoven, el programa se completó con Livre de courdes de Boulez y el Concierto para orquesta de Bartók.

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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.

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Sinfonia of London makes international debut at the Concertgebouw

Clare Varney, 25th November

British pianist Ben Grosvenor joins the Sinfonia of London in Amsterdam for Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto showcasing the very best of British talent

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Benjamin Grosvenor plays Pictures at an Exhibition at the Southbank

Roy Westbrook, 24th October

Benjamin Grosvenor tackles pianistic beasts by Chopin, Ravel and Mussorgsky in his Queen Elizabeth Hall recital.

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Nail-biting Shostakovich from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Dominic Lowe, 15th August

Before a searing performance of Shostakovich's Thirteenth from Ryan Bancroft and his Welsh forces, Benjamin Grosvenor delivers a terrific performance of Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major.

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Nick Boston

Nick has an MA in Music, specialising in performance and repertoire. His particular passions are choral music, chamber music and opera, with a particular interest in early music. He sings in a number of choirs in the south east of England, plays the piano and occasionally dusts off the violin. He writes about music here.

Virtuosic command and intimate focus from Benjamin Grosvenor