Auf der Suche nach einem adäquaten Klang: Krystian Zimerman in Berlin

By Sebastian Urmoneit, 17 June 2019

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“Zimerman ließ die Akkorde wie Blitze in die Musik einbrechen”

Reviewed at Philharmonie: Großer Saal, Berlin on 12 June 2019

Brahms, Piano Sonata no. 3 in F minor, Op.5

Chopin, Scherzo no. 1 in B minor, Op.20

Chopin, Scherzo no. 2 in B flat minor, Op.31

Chopin, Scherzo no. 3 in C sharp minor, Op.39

Chopin, Scherzo no. 4 in E major, Op.54

Krystian Zimerman, Piano

Striking Beethoven with Krystian Zimerman in Singapore

Chang Tou Liang, 7th December

Krystian Zimerman, in the dual role of pianist and conductor, has orchestra and audience eating from his hands in Singapore.

****1

Beethoven with a velvet touch: Krystian Zimerman with the LSO

Mark Pullinger, 22nd December

Purity and clarity are hallmarks of Zimerman’s playing and there was an almost aristocratic composure to his phrasing in these splendid performances.

*****

Rattle and the LSO make their Edinburgh Festival debut together

Simon Thompson, 10th August

Rattle excels in Dvořák and Janáček, but his rehabilitation of Bernstein stalls.

****1

Bernstein 100: Big city alienation and love

John Johnston, 16th December

Cast and choir snaked and kicked their legs through the aisles of the hall – picking up audience members along the way – leading to a riotous on-stage dance.

****1

Questions answered by Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO

Chris Garlick, 30th June

Ives, Beethoven and Rachmaninov rounding off the season in full-blooded performances by the LSO conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.

****1

A revelation: Krystian Zimerman tackles Brahms with the LSO

Chris Garlick, 2nd July

What a rare and uplifting experience it is to hear a performance of such quality, depth of feeling and maturity as that given of Brahms Piano Concerto no.1 in D minor by Krystian Zimerman, the LSO and Simon Rattle.

*****

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Sebastian Urmoneit

Sebastian Urmoneit sudierte Musikwissenschaft und Philosophie in Berlin (u. a. bei Carl Dahlhaus). Ergänzendes Studium an der HdK Berlin (UdK)(u. a. bei Heinrich Poos und Hartmut Fladt), Dissertation zu Wagners „Tristan und Isolde“; Aufsätze über Schubert, Wagner, Wolf, Strauss und Brahms; Herausgabe: Joseph Haydn, Memoria, Band 11 mit Hartmut Fladt. Werkeinführungen für das Berliner Konzerthaus, das Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, die Bamberger Symphoniker, die Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, die Südwestdeutsche Konzertdirektion Erwin Russ GmbH, die Dachauer Schlosskonzerte, die Albert Konzerte GmbH in Freiburg u. a.