Tag Archives: Rachmaninov

In Paris, Lugansky and Abduraimov reveal Rachmaninov the poet and the lover

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Rachmaninov Week-end: Kochanovsky/ Orchestre de Paris Philharmonie 1, Paris, 28th April 2019 The members of a relay team often have different strengths. For this second Orchestre de Paris leg of the Philharmonie’s Rachmaninov Weekend concerto marathon, Denis Matsuev – who … Continue reading →

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Rachmaninov gets a hammering at the hands of Denis Matsuev in Paris

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Rachmaninov Week-end: Kochanovsky/ Orchestre de Paris Philharmonie 1, Paris, 27th April 2019 “I feel like a ghost wandering in a world grown alien,” complained Sergei Rachmaninov in a 1939 interview. “I cannot cast out the old way of writing and … Continue reading →

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Poetic Rachmaninov in Seong-Jin Cho’s LSO debut

Posted on March 29, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Noseda/ London Symphony Orchestra 28th March 2019 An exploratory trumpet peeps over a wall. A bassoon hesitantly waddles into view. A cheeky clarinet offers a leering response. Within just a few bars at the start of Dmitri Shostakovich’s First Symphony, … Continue reading →

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Rachmaninov with an authentic Russian flavour at Cadogan Hall

Posted on October 5, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

Russian State Symphony Orchestra/ Petrenko **** Cadogan Hall, 4th October 2018 What’s in a title? The Russian State Symphony Orchestra isn’t exactly a familiar name to UK audiences. Their official moniker provides a clue: the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia “Evgeny … Continue reading →

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Russian flames: Nemanja Radulović and Kirill Karabits set The Anvil alight

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Mark Pullinger

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/ Karabits ***** The Anvil, Basingstoke, 19th April 2018 This Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra concert under Kirill Karabits was billed under the title “Bohemian Fire” and it certainly didn’t contravene the Trades Descriptions Act. Rachmaninov dedicated his Caprice bohémien to Anna Lodyzhenskaya, the … Continue reading →

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