Rechercher des critiques de musique classique, opéra et ballet | Scheherazade, Op. 35

À tous les mélomanes qui se plaignent de toujours entendre les mêmes œuvres poncives en récital, il faudrait souffler très fort : Florian Noack. Car avec quelle joie gourmande on a écouté vendredi dernier le jeune pianiste belge dans ses propres transcriptions ! 

Pour sa trente et unième édition, le Festival de Radio France illumine dès sa soirée d’ouverture avec un programme luxuriant : les deux Shéhérazade de Rimski-Korsakov et de Ravel ainsi qu’Aladdin du compositeur danois Carl Nielsen. 

Au programme de ce soir, de la musique russe tournée sur son propre passé, et s’inscrivant dans la grande lignée de ce qui l’a précédée. Au programme : Rubin, Medtner et Rimsky-Korsakov.

L'orchestre National Montpellier Languedoc Roussillon et le brillantissime clarinettiste Martin Fröst nous proposent de mettre en regard la musique américaine et la musique russe d'époques et d'esthétiques très différentes. 

Neben Prokofjews Erstem Violinkonzert glitzerte das Orchestre National de France unter Lionel Bringuier in Debussy und Rimsky-Korsakow.

El magnífico Emmanuel Pahud era el atractivo principal de una velada que incluía el Concierto para flauta de Khachaturian además de Scheherazade de Rimsky-Korsakov.

Showcases of pure virtuosity by Denis Matsuev and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, under Leonard Slatkin, in performances of both Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade at Ravinia.

Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto is every inch the warhorse asScheherazade, yet with Ott there was never a sense of routine.

Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall was plunged into luscious sunshine with music from across the Tropics. The first half was filled with the sounds of Latin America before a nautical Arabian tour.

Zubin Mehta and the Berlin Philharmonic have an extraordinary relationship lasting over five decades. In three performances in the Philharmonie, Mehta paired a piece from the core of his romantic repertoire with a new percussion concerto.

An evening of different musical flavours, but none, as yet, are quite distinctive on the palate.

La Orquesta Filarmónica de Oslo, con el laureado Vasily Petrenko a la batuta, en Madrid, un concierto remarcable en el que el solista, Simon Trpčeski, demostró una técnica y claridad pianística abrumadora.

Jakub Hrůša and Simon Trpčeski with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra impress at Lincoln Center with a programme of works from Central and Eastern Europe. 

A globally-connected journey of exoticism: Yu Long delivers with Scheherazade.

Gustavo Gimeno conducts a program anchored by Scheherazade as well as a cello concerto by Ginastera, featuring Cleveland Orchestra principal Mark Kosower.

Gergiev y la Orquesta del Teatro Mariinsky reviven de manera excelsa el vínculo entre la gran tradición musical rusa y el folclore español durante su primera intervención en el Festival de Granada. 

Robert Spano led the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra closed out its regular season with a thrilling Scheherezade.

Ein technisch perfektes Tonhalle-Orchester unter Lionel Bringuier fesselt mit Honegger und einem umwerfenden Klavierkonzert Brittens.

Simon Trpčeski tackles a solo piano arrangement of Rimsky-Korsakov's orchestral masterpiece along with gentler Grieg and Mendelssohn. 

The latest concert in the LPO's “Changing Faces: Stravinsky’s Journeys” series focussed on storytelling of the symphonic kind. 

Thomas Søndergård's Scheherezade is overactive, but their concerto soloist is one of the family

La Filarmónica de San Petersburgo se presentó de la mano de Ibermúsica, ambos mantienen una relación de ya 46 años que únicamente se explica al socaire de la preocupación por ofrecer música (especialmente la que comparte denominación de origen) con el mayor cuidado y al más alto nivel.

After hearing three exhilarating and razor-sharp Philharmonia concerts this season under Esa-Pekka Salonen and Jakub Hrůša, this performance with regular guest conductor Yuri Temirkanov felt decidedly “Old School”.

Under the indefatigable Valery Gergiev, the Mariinsky Orchestra took to the Cadogan Hall stage for the first of two colourful programmes pairing Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov with his pupil, Igor Stravinsky.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by James Gaffigan, with two stellar soprano soloists, deliver a maritime-themed programme of pieces by Korngold, Anders Hillborg and Rimsky-Korsakov.

Orientalische Sujets spielen in der Musikgeschichte schon seit dem Barock eine Rolle. Die Münchner Symphoniker präsentierten die Orientbegeisterung der Komponisten in einem spannenden Programm im Münchner Brunnenhof.

The Orchestre Pasdeloup contributes tales to the Philharmonie's Mille et une Nuits festival of music inspired by the Orient. 

Paul Jacobs bring Rouse's Organ Concerto to DC.

Lalo's sunny slice of Seville formed the centrepiece of a programme by the BSO and James Gaffigan that completely lived up to its seductive “Exotic Spice” billing.

Irish mezzo soprano Rachel Kelly joins the Ulster Orchestra in an evening of richly coloured orchestration and exotic flavour, conducted by Jac van Steen. 

Thrilling Franck, good clean fun in Rimsky-Korsakov and an impressive Berliner Philharmoniker debut from Nikolai Lugansky in Rachmaninov's Paganini Rhapsody.

La OSN nos ofreció un programa con cierto aire oriental. Como primer número tuvimos The WAVE impressions, concierto para marimba y orquesta de Keiko Abe, compositora y marimbista japonesa, y en la segunda parte la muy conocida suite orquestal Scheherazade de Rimski-Korsakov.

Eine brillante Komposition bot sich dem Publikum im Opernhaus, von Carlo Grante und dem Orchester in Bestform souverän gespielt.

The Istanbulite audience of symphonic music made a huge step forward in their sound worlds thanks to BIPO and the piano duo Ufuk & Bahar Dördüncü.

Susanna Mälkki had another memorable outing with the CSO in coloristic works of Debussy and Rimsky-Korsakov along with a Bartók violin concerto commanded by Gil Shaham.

Orchestral fairy tales and a Rachmaninov concerto make for satisfying fare at Symphony Hall, Birmingham.  

Fazil Say zog das Düsseldorfer Publikum mit seinem emotionsgeladenen Spiel in den Bann.

Harriet Krijgh and Gustavo Gimeno excel in their Liverpool debuts, and the RLPO earn a rapturous reception for a ravishing Scheherazade, destined to remain long in the memory. 

La Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla celebra su vigésimo quinto aniversario con una programación que se inspira en los sonidos del Mediterráneo y su segundo concierto de la temporada, Impresiones árabes, incluyó el concierto "El egipcio" de Sain-Saëns.

Sir Mark Elder conducts the Hallé in Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov with Sunwook Kim and Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade.

I’m not sure where Sinbad was sailing to in the St Petersburg Philharmonic’s Prom last night, but he sure wanted to get there in a hurry. A frenetic – and thrilling – performance of Scheherazade displayed great impetuosity. 

A double bill at the Birgitta Festival staged Scheherazade and the Polovtsian Dances, both performed in costumes and on sets based on the original designs dating from around 1910.

Dirigent Salvador Mas Conde verlangte im Spiegelsaal von Schloss Herrenchiemsee den Musikern der Klangverwaltung alles ab - und offenbart die Schönheit der russischen Romantik in all ihren Facetten.

Sergey Katchatryan brilliert im Violinkonzert des Jubilars Sibelius, doch die Münchner Philharmoniker stehen ihm in Virtuosität und Farbenreichtum in nichts nach.

This was a concert that provided the opportunity for so many individual musicians to shine and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s shone brightly, showcasing its truly amazing talent. 

Thanks to wild talent of soloist and conductor, a strikingly new take on some familiar work and a standout concert in Houston Symphony's season so far.

Much-loved favourites wrapped around an assured early Beethoven piano concerto with Elisabeth Leonskaja.

Sinuous and seductive, wily and beguiling, Scheherazade can prove a handful for many conductors. Do you try to tame her capricious moods or succumb to her will? Kirill Karabits allowed Clio Gould and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to relate the tale at their own pace. 

Stately fun and stormy exoticism: Maxim Vengerov appears as soloist and conductor in a programme of Beethoven and Rimsky-Korsakov at the Barbican.

There is more common than meets the eye to the three works on the programme by the St Louis Symphony Orchestra in the Powell Hall on Saturday night. The rhythmic diversity in each challenges the unity of the orchestra to the extreme.