A colorful travelogue from Roberto Plano in Cleveland recital

By Sam Jacobson, 09 June 2019

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“a technical legerdemain that was utterly hypnotic”

Reviewed at Cleveland Institute of Music: Kulas Hall, Cleveland on 8 June 2019

Respighi, Notturno

Liszt, Années de pèlerinage, Deuxième année, Italie: Sposalizio, S 161 no. 1

Tárrega, Recuerdos de la Alhambra (trans. Plano)

Villa-Lobos, Ciclo Brasileiro no. 2: Impressões seresteiras

Ginastera, Milonga "Canción del árbol del olvido", Op.3

Ginastera, Suite des danzas criollas, Op.15

Brahms, Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34

Roberto Plano, Piano

Omni Quartet

A special relationship renewed: Leonard Slatkin returns to Prague

Frank Kuznik, 16th April

Leonard Slatkin returns to the Prague Symphony Orchestra with one of his own pieces, a Schubert tribute that steals the show.

****1

Tarmo Peltokoski conducts the Hallé in Mahler and Vaughan Williams

Leighton Jones, 16th April

Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder provide an apt, if somewhat unexpected, partner to Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony in Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall.

****1

Kinan Azmeh offers a sampling of delights with St Luke’s

No’a L. bat Miri, 15th April

As part of St Luke’s ‘Visionary Sounds’ series, Kinan Azmeh joined the chamber ensemble to play a variety of his own compositions.

****1

Carlo Rizzi brings Respighi’s Rome to Birmingham

Robert Gainer, 15th April

Carlos Rizzi believes that Puccini’s orchestrations are good enough to stand alone, without their vocal lines, but can the drama compete with the romance of Respighi?

****1

Tharaud and Queyras celebrate 30 years together in Paris

David Karlin, 14th April

Crisp and elegant cello and piano playing is more successful in French and early repertoire than in Brahms.

****1

Poetry and precision: Seong-Jin Cho returns to Carnegie Hall

Susan Stempleski, 12th April

A little over a year after his marathon all-Ravel recital at the Hall, the Korean pianist returns with an exquisitely performed program of Bach, Schoenberg, Robert Schumann and Chopin.

*****

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Sam Jacobson

Sam Jacobson has been writing for Bachtrack since 2015 and is currently in Pittsburgh, having previously lived throughout the Midwest. A keen traveler, he endeavors to see all the great orchestras and opera houses across the US and abroad. Outside of music, he works as a software engineer. He also maintains a blog which can be read here.