Passion and Poetry: Lise de la Salle at Wigmore Hall

A most appealing Romantic programme by the French pianist at Sydney's City Recital Hall, played with accurate finesse in search of emotional highlights. 

Geläufiges von Beethoven und Dvořák, wunderbare Entdeckungen von frühem Mahler und seinem Bewunderer Schnittke im Kurhaus Bad Tölz.

In a thrilling concert oscillating between lush sentiment and explosive tension, pianist Lise de la Salle and conductor Diego Matheuz lead the NSO through Rachmaninov’s emotional grandeur and Shostakovich’s wartime defiance. 

Russian-Ukrainian conductor Anna Rakitina doesn't quite land on her debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, while Lise de la Salle uncovers the lighter side of Rachmaninov. 

La pianiste triomphe dans un Concerto en fa mineur de Chopin peu orthodoxe mais néanmoins admirable, sous la direction d'une Ariane Matiakh à l'écoute de la soliste.

An unusual but inspired programme of Riisager, Gershwin and Korngold finds a very receptive audience in Singapore.