Christian Zacharias may have a modest reputation in the United States, but this 2004 reissue may shed a little light on why he is regarded in Europe as an innovative and sometimes provocative figure. Zacharias' interpretations are refreshing because he has an acute awareness of detail and he researches a work's historical context to make it true ...
This CD of Mozart works used in hit films, presumably released in conjunction with the Mozart 250th birthday hoopla, actually stands out from among EMI's reduce-reuse-and-recycle CD releases as a compilation that's both enjoyable and useful. The value of the collection lies in its scope and in its quality of being current -- all the films whose ...
For all that they are periodically being re-discovered, Schumann's chamber works perpetually hang in the outer edges of the standard repertoire. Apparently, no matter how excellent, how empathetic, and how virtuosic the performances are, Schumann's chamber works resist the embrace of the standard repertoire. This is, of course, the standard ...
Christian Zacharias is a gifted German pianist who is too much a musician to remain "just" a pianist. While his playing as a soloist has always been superlative, his performances as a part of a chamber ensemble have also always been superb, and he has even conducted, having been appointed principal guest conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony. In ...
Controversy often surrounds Christian Zacharias because his unorthodox but carefully researched interpretations of the Classical and Romantic repertoire break traditional taboos and sometimes sound shocking to jaded ears. True to form, Zacharias brings his scholarly insights and originality to the Baroque sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti, and ...
Will listeners raised on virtuoso performances of Mozart's piano concertos be able to make room in the hearts for Christian Zacharias' recordings with the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne? It depends on how willing they are to forego the pleasures of virtuosity for the pleasures music-making. This is not to say that Zacharias isn't a virtuoso ...
As fine and as persuasive a pair of Dvorák chamber music performances as has ever been put on a single disc, this 2004 recording of the glorious Piano Quintet in A major and the transcendent String Quintet in E flat major by the Leipziger Streichquartett with pianist Christian Zacharias would be a welcome addition to any shelf, even one already ...
Controversy often surrounds Christian Zacharias because his unorthodox but carefully researched interpretations of the Classical and Romantic repertoire break traditional taboos and sometimes sound shocking to jaded ears. True to form, Zacharias brings his scholarly insights and originality to the Baroque sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti and performs ...
This superb recording stands out from the crowd of reinterpretations of the three masterful piano sonatas from the end of Schubert's life. It is part of a group that contains many of them -- the group that attempts to strip away the veneer of innocence from Schubert and rediscover him as an intense, inward, rather experimental figure awed by ...
There's little more satisfying than a pianist with a naturally magnificent and warm sound and a record label that has the good sense to stay out of its way. Such is the case with the MDG Gold label, which apparently recognizes that orchestras and soloists have been working out issues of balance and sound quality centuries longer than recording ...
This superb recording stands out from the crowd of reinterpretations of the three masterful piano sonatas from the end of Schubert's life. It is part of a group that contains many of them -- the group that attempts to strip away the veneer of innocence from Schubert and rediscover him as an intense, inward, rather experimental figure awed by ...
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