Grand Romantic statements from Gergiev at the Enescu Festival

By Edward Sava-Segal, 08 September 2021

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“with beautifully judged tempos and balanced textures, Gergiev minimised any longueurs”

Reviewed at Palace Hall (Sala Palatului), Bucharest on 6 September 2021

Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35

Bach, Violin partita no. 3 in E major, BWV1006 (Loure)

Bruckner, Symphony no. 6 in A major, WAB 106

Leonidas Kavakos, Violin

Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

Valery Gergiev, Conductor

At home in Hamburg: Munich Philharmonic at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 6th February

Lahav Shani offers fresh perspectives on Debussy, Mozart and Schoenberg, favouring structural clarity and youthful energy over traditional late-Romantic weight and atmospheric suggestion.

***11

Zubin Mehta brings the Munich Philharmonic to Carnegie Hall for Brahms

Edward Sava-Segal, 3rd February

Yefim Bronfman reunites with his old collaborator for Brahms' First Piano Concerto, reinforcing the qualities that exemplify him as a great chamber music player.

****1

A proficient but flawed opening at Dvořák’s Prague

Frank Kuznik, 8th September

Myung-whun Chung and Pablo Ferrández shine separately, but never quite get on the same page.

***11

Child's play: Crumb and Strauss make unconventional bedfellows

Matthew Rye, 12th November

Zubin Mehta brought together works by George Crumb and Richard Strauss in his latest concert as the Munich Philharmonic's honorary conductor.

****1

Technicolor Shostakovich and Brahms from the Munich Philharmonic

Laurence Vittes, 3rd September

A full frontal assault by Valery Gergiev on Brahms' First Symphony and Shostakovich's First Cello Concerto in explosive performances.

****1

Distinctive Wagner and Brahms from Nelsons and the Munich Philharmonic

Zoltán Szabó, 15th May

In the outstanding acoustics of the Philharmonie im Gasteig, the occasion proved both orchestra and conductor as exceptional interpreters.

*****

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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.

Grand Romantic statements from Gergiev and the Munich Philharmonic at the Enescu Festival