Andreas Staier and Alexander Melnikov play Schubert

Par Laura Furones, 24 septembre 2014

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“They breathed together, evolved together, gave each other wings”

Critique faite à Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid, le 23 septembre 2014

Schubert, Six Grandes Marches et Trios, D.819 (March in B minor)

Schubert, Quatre Ländler, D.814

Schubert, Six Polonaises, D.824 (Polonaise no. 1 in D minor)

Schubert, Deux Marches caractéristiques en ut majeur, D.886 (Characteristic march no. 1 in C major)

Schubert, Rondo en la majeur, D.951

Schubert, Andantino varié en fa mineur, D.823 no. 2

Schubert, Huit Variations sur un thème en la bémol majeur, D.813

Schubert, Fantaisie pour piano à quatre mains en fa mineur, D.940

Alexander Melnikov, Piano

Andreas Staier, 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.

***11

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.

****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

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

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Laura Furones

Laura leads a double life: musically, she is a violinist and a mezzo-soprano with a degree in musicology from La Rioja University. She works as a music journalist, critic and translator, and has extensive experience in artist management, including for international figures such as conductor Pablo Heras-Casado and pianist Javier Perianes. In parallel, she is an environmental scientist with an MSc in Conservation from University College London, and works as a senior expert at an international forest policy organisation.

Eternal impermanence: Andreas Staier and Alexander Melnikov play Schubert