TwoPianists: Goldberg Variations — ETH Zurich, 2015-11-24
Concert review: TwoPianists (Nina Schumann & Luis Magalhães) playing J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations BWV 988, arranged for two pianos by Josef Rheinberger and Max Reger
All just my personal opinion
Concert review: TwoPianists (Nina Schumann & Luis Magalhães) playing J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations BWV 988, arranged for two pianos by Josef Rheinberger and Max Reger
Duo recital with Sebastian Bohren (Violin) and Benjamin Engeli (Piano) — Johannes Brahms: Sonata for violin and piano in A major, op.100; Leos Janáček: Sonata for violin and piano; Richard Strauss: Sonata for violin and piano in E♭ major, op.18
… while for the past two decades the artist is mostly pictured with an earnest, maybe “Beehovenian” / titanic, somewhat closed facial expression, in the concert (which he presented with a mostly relaxed, yet controlled body language) his face hinted at a wealth of emotions — and his playing struck me as a prime example of the “big Russian Piano School” …
Claire Huangci played the Scarlatti sonatas without interruption, and without repeats — this way, she formed a single piece where it was hard for the listener to recognize transitions from one sonata to the next. It’s an interesting idea…