Munich Philharmonic: Tchaikovsky / Rachmaninoff / Rimsky-KorsakovTugan Sokhiev (conductor), Alexandre Kantorow (piano)
In the space of just a few years, French pianist Alexandre Kantorow has developed into one of the younger generation’s most exciting artistic personalities. Since his debut with the Munich Philharmonic in November 2021, his career has advanced in leaps and bounds. He now returns with Sergei Rachmaninoff’s challenging Paganini Rhapsody.
In the space of just a few years, French pianist Alexandre Kantorow has developed into one of the younger generation’s most exciting artistic personalities. Since his debut with the Munich Philharmonic in November 2021, his career has advanced in leaps and bounds. He now returns with Sergei Rachmaninoff’s challenging Paganini Rhapsody.
Kantorow’s technical prowess, which puts even some of his colleagues in awe, makes him the ideal soloist for this work, which even the piano virtuoso Rachmaninoff admitted to being nervous about performing. The magnificent polonaise that introduces Act 3 of Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin is a musical portrait of the Russian aristocracy in the 19th century. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade suite is a stroll through the oriental fairytale world of One Thousand and One Nights. Masterfully orchestrated and more than just a fantastic tale cast in music, it is a showpiece for the orchestra and its soloists.
Programme
- Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, Op 43
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, symphonic suite for orchestra in four movements, Op 35
