Alles unter Kontrolle

By David Renke, 22 February 2016

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Reviewed at Die Residenz: Herkulessaal, Munich on 20 February 2016

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 22 in F major, Op.54

Schumann, Toccata, Op.7

Debussy, Pour le piano

Granados, Tres danzas españolas

Rachmaninov, 6 Moments musicaux, Op.16

Ivo Pogorelić, Piano

Ivo Pogorelić at the Chopin Festival in Warsaw

Jonathan Sutherland, 20th August

Ivo Pogorelić’s return to Warsaw thirty-five years after his triumphant failure in the 1980 International Chopin Piano Competition should have been an occasion for great expectations. Sadly it was more like Hard Times.

*1111

Pogorelić's triumphant recital in Istanbul

Alain Matalon, 26th March

Ivo Pogorelich returns to Istanbul with an utterly arduous programme. Mr Pogorelić may have his adversaries and his admirers, but this was a triumphant evening for piano music.

****1

A curious comeback: Ivo Pogorelich

Frances Wilson, 24th February

Ivo Pogorelić returned the London stage after an absence of 15 years in a concert comprising big, popular works of the standard repertoire, which tested the pianist’s technical and interpretative skills to the limit.

**111

Philharmonia and Pogorelich perform an all-Russian programme

Hannah Gill, 25th November

Throughout history, artists and composers have been known to cause controversy with groundbreaking new works that shocked and challenged audiences. Yet some, like Tchaikovsky (whose Piano Concerto was rejected by his mentor Rubinstein), managed to maintain the strength of their musical convictions in the face of public rejection.

Le Beethoven apathique d'Ivo Pogorelich à la Philharmonie de Paris

Pierre Michel, 9th November

Loin de proposer un panorama de l'écriture beethovénienne, le récital du pianiste a déçu par ses tempos systématiquement stagnants, son manque de cohérence et de caractère.

**111

Ivo Pogorelich à la Philharmonie : il est où le génie ?

Alain Lompech, 12th November

Le pianiste croate a proposé un récital singulier, riche en trouvailles sonores – quitte à rendre certaines œuvres méconnaissables – et avec une technique fabuleuse – bien que sur le déclin.

***11

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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.

Alles unter Kontrolle: Ivo Pogorelich bleibt in München eher zahm