Perlender Diskant und klare Struktur: Vinnitskaya in Berlin

By Benedikt Zacher, 20 October 2017

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“Sie zog das Publikum vom ersten bis zum letzten Takt in den Bann der musikalischen Semantik”

Reviewed at Philharmonie: Kammermusiksaal, Berlin on 18 October 2017

Prokofiev, Piano Sonata no. 4 in C minor, Op.29

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 6: Des Pas sur la neige

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 7: Ce qu'a vu le vent d'Ouest

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 8: La Fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair)

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 2 no. 7: La Terrasse des audiences du clair de lune

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 2 no. 12: Feux d'artifice

Debussy, L'Isle joyeuse, Op.26

Chopin, 24 Préludes, Op.28

Anna Vinnitskaya, Piano

Orchestre de Paris and Mäkelä wow Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw

Max Lima, 18th March

Under its Music Director Klaus Mäkelä, the French orchestra returns to the Concertgebouw for an exhilarating concert with pianist Anna Vinnitskaya.

****1

Explosive performances from Vladimir Jurowski and the LPO

Chris Garlick, 21st January

Jurowski took a full-on approach in the first movement, grinding through the discords without shame and only pulling back in those rare moments in the score where everyone is catching their breath.

****1

Two Sergeis with Vinnitskaya and Valčuha at the Elbphilharmonie

Alexander Hall, 14th September

Rachmaninov and Prokofiev not only shared a first name. In their individual ways they helped define Russianness too. Anna Vinnitskaya, Juraj Valčuha and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester are here the exponents.

***11

A rocky chamber music reunion at the Prague Spring Festival

Frank Kuznik, 22nd May

It's been nearly two years since Daniel Müller-Schott, Emmanuel Tjeknavorian and Anna Vinnitskaya last played together, and it sounded like it in an uneven programme of Debussy, Tchaikovsky and Brahms.

***11

Russian troika bogged down in the quest for authenticity in Bruges

Marc Haegeman, 29th November

In an all-Russian programme, Jos van Immerseel and Anima Eterna Brugge show the nuts and bolts, but forget the music.

**111

Iván Fischer jumps in to deliver thrills with the Berlin Phil

Hugo Shirley, 26th September

The Hungarian conductor is a late replacement for a satisfying mixed programme in which pianist Anna Vinnitskaya makes a blistering debut.

****1

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Benedikt Zacher

Benedikt hat in München Musik und Jura studiert und dann an der LSE einen MSc in Global Market Economics erworben. Er spielt nach wie vor regelmäßig und begeistert Kammermusik, vorzugsweise als Geiger oder Bratscher im Streichquartett. Benedikt liebt jede Art klassischer Musik, und zwar besonders Kammermusik mit Streichern, Klavier, gerne auch mit Gesang, Orchesterkonzerte und schließlich die Oper.

Perlender brillanter Diskant und klare Struktur: Anna Vinnitskaya in der Berliner Philharmonie