Melnikov's mesmerizing performance of Shostakovich’s Twenty-Four Preludes and Fugues

Par Renée Reitsma, 13 janvier 2012

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Critique faite à Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam, le 10 janvier 2012

Chostakovitch, 24 Préludes et Fugues pour piano, Op.87

Alexander Melnikov, Piano

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.

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Captivante intégrale Beethoven

Luce Zurita, 1st December

Dans le cadre de leur actualité discographique, Jean-Guihen Queyras et Alexander Melnikov donnaient l'intégrale des oeuvres pour violoncelle et piano de Beethoven lors de deux récitals consécutifs à Londres.

*****

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Renée Reitsma

Renée lives in Essex and is a PhD student in Philosophy. She loves all sorts of classical and non-classical music, but has a particular love for Dmitri Shostakovich. She is in charge of the Heavy Symphonic playlist at Dutch classical music site 24classics and blogs here.