Isserlis and Melnikov bring Russian intensity to Wigmore Hall

Por Mark Thomas, 22 febrero 2018

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“the sardonic bite and bounce of the finale was dished out as witty tongue-in-cheek sniping”

Crítica hecha desde Wigmore Hall, Londres el 21 febrero 2018

Shostakovich, Sonata para violonchelo en re menor, op. 40

Pletnev, Cello Sonata

Kissin, Cello Sonata

Rajmáninov, Sonata para violonchelo en sol menor, Op.19

Scriabin, Romance in A minor for horn and piano, WoO 21 (arr. for cello)

Steven Isserlis, Violonchelo

Alexander Melnikov, Piano

Bach sheds light in an impressively dark outing from the ACO

Nick Boston, 21st March

Energetic commitment from the ACO at the Barbican, with precision and edge from Alexander Melnikov and Jeroen Berwaerts in an evening of darkness and light.

****1

Energetic Scottish Symphony lifts a weighty evening with the LPO

Nick Boston, 20th January

Ponomarchuk and the LPO raise the spirits in Felix Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony after an underwhelming first half at the Brighton Dome.

***11

Schumann clivant : Isabelle Faust & co à la Philharmonie

Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut, 7th November

Retour sur une approche radicale – qui passe certainement mieux au disque que dans une salle qui ne lui est pas taillée sur mesure – dans laquelle on aura pu apprécier l'excellence des interprètes.

***11

Aimez-vous Rachmaninov? Alexander Melnikov at Musikfest Berlin

Elena Luporini, 27th August

Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov is joined on stage at the Philharmonie by Alexander Rudin, Nadezhda Pavlova and Olga Pashchenko to give the audience a taste of Rachmaninov's chamber repertoire.

****1

Mixed performances in Ligeti and Mozart from Les Siècles

David Truslove, 20th August

Three concertos and a symphony made for an unusual but generous programme, but Les Siècles illustrate that versatility can come with mixed blessings.

***11

Stimmakrobatin vs. Klavierlöwe: Claron McFadden und Alexander Melnikov

Michael Klier, 22nd December

McFaddens ergreifend schöne Melodieführung und Melnikovs schimmernde Klavierfarben machten den Konzertabend zu einem unvergesslichen Hörerlebnis.

*****

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Mark Thomas

A lifelong devotee of classical music, Mark caught the bug after listening to The Planets, The Rite of Spring and Beethoven’s Fifth when he was knee-high to a grasshopper. He has degrees in non-musical subjects and currently works as a Chartered Governance Professional, but these have proved to be mere distractions from the wonders of sonatas, concertos and symphonies. He has been reviewing for Bachtrack since 2016, plays viola and violin (very shakily) and used to sing a bit (even more shakily).

Steven Isserlis and Alexander Melnikov bring Russian intensity to Wigmore Hall