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5 STARS ‘Denis Matsuev can be electrifying, as parts of the present disc prove. The Rachmaninov offers one of the finest performances of the first movement available.’ ...
Denis Matsuev’s partnership with Valery Gergiev’s Mariinsky Orchestra on the orchestra’s own label has produced one of the must-have series of Russian piano concertos in recent years. This seventh offering finds the collaboration at its height with the pairing of the Second Piano Concertos by Rachmaninov (the First and Third already available) and Prokofiev (the Third previously released). ...
I can't tell you how overwhelmed I was, what shock I experienced today in the city of Lucerne, where I will perform the concert with Lucerne Orchestra, organized by the Foundation of Rachmaninoff tomorrow. I am going to play Third Piano Concerto by Sergei Vasilyevich. ...
Web site www.klassik.com published the following review on Denis Matsuev’s concert in Baden-Baden (July, 23): ...
From June, 16 to June, 20 festive events timed to the 200th anniversary of the Russian literature classic Ivan Goncharov take place in the town of Ulyanovsk. Denis Matsuev became the honourable guest of the concert on the central square on June, 18, the writer’s birthday. Denis performed Rachmaninov, piano concerto no.2. “I am delighted to meet the Ulyanovsk audience and the town itself which has changed to the best since my last visit,” – admitted the musician. ...
Bryce Morrison, "Gramophone" ...
Berlin Philharmonic has uploaded on its YouTube channel a part of the concert on December, 22, 2010 where Denis Matsuev and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra headed by Valery Gergiev play Rachmaninoff, Piano concerto no.3. The concerto is considered to be one of the most difficult compositions for the piano, and to hear it performed so successfully is a rare chance. ...
Per chi non lo conosceva ancora il pianista russo Denis Matsuev si e rivelato gran virtuoso non sollo nella brillante interpretazione di Rachmaninov, ma nei due bis a dir poco civettuoli. Un ( impercettibile) carillon di Lyadov, seguito da un violento Grieg. ...
SETTEMBRE DELL'ACCADEMIA. Russia e Italia a confronto nel quarto concerto della rassegna al Teatro Filarmonico. In Rachmaninov il solista siberiano vince la sfida interpretativa. L'orchestra diretta da Pappano ha una straordinaria duttilità September, 22, 2011 Russia e Italia a confronto, nel quarto concerto del «Settembre dell'Accademia». ...
Thomas Schacher, "Neue Zürcher Zeitung" ...
Helsingin SanomatAugust, 15, 2011The Titan of the piano, Denis Matsuev, has his poetic side.The man from Siberia with fingers of steel, Denis Matsuev, is one of today's giants of the piano. The young man's large size only helps to emphasize the effect his athletic power has.Sergei Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No.3 in D-minor grew under his hands to a magnificent orchestral glory. No matter to what heights of dynamic power and strength the Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre under Valery Gergiev rose, Matsuev always rose bravely above the thunderous tumult. ...
Tribune de GenèveJuly, 12, 2011Enthousiasmant concert symphonique de l’Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse sous la direction magistrale de Tugan Sokhiev avec en soliste l’éblouissant pianiste Denis Matsuev. Entre les deux représentations d’Aïda de Verdi, formant le premier volet opératique des 40èmes Chorégies d’Orange, l’Orchestre national de Capitole de Toulouse a donné un concert symphonique qui a enthousiasmé le public. ...
Francis Pabst, "La Provence"July, 13, 2011Phénoménal, génial, époustouflant, fascinant, magique... Phénoménal, génial, époustouflant, fascinant, magique... les mots manquent pour qualifier l'extraordinaire interprétation du 3e concerto pour piano de Rachmaninov par Denis Matsuev. Son corps d'athlète et ses mains aux... mille doigts, s'engagent tout entiers, et avec une maîtrise confondante dans l'oeuvre, foisonnante de rythmes fous, moteurs d'une passion inextinguible. ...
Ken Iisaka, "San Francisco Classical Voice"May, 15, 2011It’s difficult to be an international competition winner. Not only is it phenomenally hard to win the competition itself, it’s even harder to maintain the level of celebrity years after the competition. It seems that for every major competition winner, at least 10 competitors fade into obscurity, washed away from judges’ and audiences’ memories. ...
Susan Isaacs Nisbett, AnnArbor.com ...
Wynne Delacoma, "Chicago Classical Review" ...
Michael Tumelty, "The Herald" ...
International Reviews of Denis Matsuev's disc with Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev piano concertos
review5 STARS ‘Denis Matsuev can be electrifying, as parts of the present disc prove. The Rachmaninov offers one of the finest performances of the first movement available.’ ...
Passions erupt in Rachmaninov and Prokofiev’s Powerhouse Second Piano Concertos
Primephonic.comDenis Matsuev’s partnership with Valery Gergiev’s Mariinsky Orchestra on the orchestra’s own label has produced one of the must-have series of Russian piano concertos in recent years. This seventh offering finds the collaboration at its height with the pairing of the Second Piano Concertos by Rachmaninov (the First and Third already available) and Prokofiev (the Third previously released). ...
Rachmaninoff's piano
I can't tell you how overwhelmed I was, what shock I experienced today in the city of Lucerne, where I will perform the concert with Lucerne Orchestra, organized by the Foundation of Rachmaninoff tomorrow. I am going to play Third Piano Concerto by Sergei Vasilyevich. ...
Review from Baden-Baden
Web site www.klassik.com published the following review on Denis Matsuev’s concert in Baden-Baden (July, 23): ...
Denis Matsuev performed in Ulyanovsk
From June, 16 to June, 20 festive events timed to the 200th anniversary of the Russian literature classic Ivan Goncharov take place in the town of Ulyanovsk. Denis Matsuev became the honourable guest of the concert on the central square on June, 18, the writer’s birthday. Denis performed Rachmaninov, piano concerto no.2. “I am delighted to meet the Ulyanovsk audience and the town itself which has changed to the best since my last visit,” – admitted the musician. ...
Berlin Philharmonic has uploaded on its YouTube channel a part of the concert where Denis Matsuev plays Rachmaninov
Berlin Philharmonic has uploaded on its YouTube channel a part of the concert on December, 22, 2010 where Denis Matsuev and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra headed by Valery Gergiev play Rachmaninoff, Piano concerto no.3. The concerto is considered to be one of the most difficult compositions for the piano, and to hear it performed so successfully is a rare chance. ...
"Corriere della Sera, Roma"
Per chi non lo conosceva ancora il pianista russo Denis Matsuev si e rivelato gran virtuoso non sollo nella brillante interpretazione di Rachmaninov, ma nei due bis a dir poco civettuoli. Un ( impercettibile) carillon di Lyadov, seguito da un violento Grieg. ...
"Matsuev, la sensibilità al piano. La Santa Cecilia si esalta"
SETTEMBRE DELL'ACCADEMIA. Russia e Italia a confronto nel quarto concerto della rassegna al Teatro Filarmonico. In Rachmaninov il solista siberiano vince la sfida interpretativa. L'orchestra diretta da Pappano ha una straordinaria duttilità September, 22, 2011 Russia e Italia a confronto, nel quarto concerto del «Settembre dell'Accademia». ...
"Russische Wucht. Das Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse in Zürich"
Thomas Schacher, "Neue Zürcher Zeitung" ...
"Steel fingers played orchestrally"
Helsingin SanomatAugust, 15, 2011The Titan of the piano, Denis Matsuev, has his poetic side.The man from Siberia with fingers of steel, Denis Matsuev, is one of today's giants of the piano. The young man's large size only helps to emphasize the effect his athletic power has.Sergei Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No.3 in D-minor grew under his hands to a magnificent orchestral glory. No matter to what heights of dynamic power and strength the Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre under Valery Gergiev rose, Matsuev always rose bravely above the thunderous tumult. ...
"Choregies D'Orange 2011"
Tribune de GenèveJuly, 12, 2011Enthousiasmant concert symphonique de l’Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse sous la direction magistrale de Tugan Sokhiev avec en soliste l’éblouissant pianiste Denis Matsuev. Entre les deux représentations d’Aïda de Verdi, formant le premier volet opératique des 40èmes Chorégies d’Orange, l’Orchestre national de Capitole de Toulouse a donné un concert symphonique qui a enthousiasmé le public. ...
"Un sublime concert symphonique avec Denis Matsuev et Tugan Sokhiev"
Francis Pabst, "La Provence"July, 13, 2011Phénoménal, génial, époustouflant, fascinant, magique... Phénoménal, génial, époustouflant, fascinant, magique... les mots manquent pour qualifier l'extraordinaire interprétation du 3e concerto pour piano de Rachmaninov par Denis Matsuev. Son corps d'athlète et ses mains aux... mille doigts, s'engagent tout entiers, et avec une maîtrise confondante dans l'oeuvre, foisonnante de rythmes fous, moteurs d'une passion inextinguible. ...
"Keeping a Star Shining Bright"
Ken Iisaka, "San Francisco Classical Voice"May, 15, 2011It’s difficult to be an international competition winner. Not only is it phenomenally hard to win the competition itself, it’s even harder to maintain the level of celebrity years after the competition. It seems that for every major competition winner, at least 10 competitors fade into obscurity, washed away from judges’ and audiences’ memories. ...
"Mariinsky Orchestra, pianist Matsuev display finesse and power at Hill Auditorium"
Susan Isaacs Nisbett, AnnArbor.com ...
"Gergiev, Matsuev and Mariinsky ignite in memorable evening of Russian music"
Wynne Delacoma, "Chicago Classical Review" ...