Balladen und Bilder

By David Renke, 14 February 2016

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Reviewed at Prinzregententheater, Munich on 13 February 2016

Chopin, Ballade no. 1 in G minor, Op.23

Chopin, Ballade no. 2 in F major, Op.38

Chopin, Ballade no. 3 in A flat major, Op.47

Chopin, Ballade no. 4 in F minor, Op.52

Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition

Behzod Abduraimov, Piano

Noseda and the NY Philharmonic play exhilarating Shostakovich Four

David Wolfson, 7th January

Gianandrea Noseda conducts the New York Philharmonic in a lovingly crafted, exhilarating rendition of Shostakovich’s gargantuan Fourth Symphony.

****1

Maurice Ravel and Dame Ethel Smyth works premiere in Singapore

Chang Tou Liang, 11th April

Maurice Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé and a prelude from Dame Ethel Smyth's opera The Wreckers are heard for the first time in Singapore.

****1

Han-Na Chang makes long-awaited conducting debut in Sydney

Zoltán Szabó, 8th May

Making her debut on the conductor’s podium, Han-Na Chang’s enthusiastic musicality makes a strong impression at the Sydney Opera House, in Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto no. 2 and Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony.

****1

Fifty shades of pianistic grey: Behzod Abduraimov at the Folly Theater

Hilary Stroh, 11th May

The Uzbek pianist returns to Kansas City for a wonderful recital including Dilorom Saidaminova’s The Walls of Ancient Bukhara.

*****

Leleux and the CBSO opt for safe and popular

Robert Gainer, 13th April

Behzod Abduraimov impresses in Rachmaninov's evergreen Second Piano Concerto.

***11

Remarkable survey of 20th-century works by the Cincinnati Symphony

Sam Jacobson, 29th October

The Cincinnati Symphony thoughtfully illuminates a diverse cross-section of 20th-century repertoire with conductor Michael Francis and pianist Behzod Abduraimov.

****1

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David Renke

David Renke, geboren in München, hat Musikwissenschaft an der Universität zu Köln studiert, wechselte dann zum Studiengang Medien und Kommunikation an die Universität Passau. Er spielt Klavier, Gitarre und ist als Sänger in verschiedenen Chören in Süddeutschland tätig. Sein Schwerpunkt liegt bei der Musik des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts.

Balladen und Bilder in Behzod Abduraimovs Münchner Recital