Richard Goode emphasises structure and colour in Caramoor recital

By Edward Sava-Segal, 27 June 2021

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“he quietly explored every musical idea, every nuance”

Reviewed at Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts: Venetian Theater, Katonah on 25 June 2021

Bach, Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV828

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 28 in A major, Op.101

Schumann, Papillons, Op.2

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 2 no. 1: Brouillards

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 2 no. 3: La Puerta del Vino

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 2 no. 8: Ondine

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

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 11: La Danse de Puck

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 5: Les Collines d'Anacapri

Richard Goode, Piano

Seeking inner peace: Richard Goode plays Beethoven at Caramoor

Edward Sava-Segal, 2nd August

For Richard Goode, returning to Beethoven’s last piano sonatas is not an extraordinary event, but rather a form of periodic devotion.

****1

Eva Ollikainen makes musical worlds collide in Manchester

Leighton Jones, 14th October

Richard Goode delivers a gentile performance of a Mozart piano concerto, whilst Anne Thorvaldsdottir’s dark Archora is given an impressive performance.

****1

Lost worlds: Silvestrov and Sibelius with Saraste and the LPO

Alexander Hall, 16th March

Two powerful symphonic statements by a Ukrainian and a Finnish composer flanking a calm and courtly concerto by Mozart: Jukka-Pekka Saraste and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, together with the American pianist Richard Goode.

***11

Mikko Franck scores a successful Cleveland debut

Sam Jacobson, 7th December

Mikko Franck’s Cleveland debut showed the conductor in fine form with a recent work of Julian Anderson, a Brahms symphony, and a Mozart piano concerto with Richard Goode.

***11

Storm, stress and tension: Vladimir Jurowski and the LPO

Elisabeth Schwarz, 30th September

Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra brought romantic storms with Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 20 in D minor and Bruckner's Fifth to the Royal Festival Hall.

***11

Richard Goode's journey through late Beethoven

David Pinedo, 15th March

Richard Goode returned to Amsterdam with a wonderful performance of Beethoven's final piano sonatas refreshingly performed with six bagatelles from the same period.

****1

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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.