Minggu, 29 September 2013

Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 & Cello Sonata


�[Bertrand] wears the piece lightly, dancing rather than carving through it, with a silvery line that can be ghostly or piercing but never gruff�her bright, neat staccato is effective even if climaxes lack heft�The BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Pascal Rophe, however, really does dance on hot coals and give the requisite blast�[the Moderato in A minor] has a haunting poetry and one can hardly imagine it better played.� --BBC Music Magazne, May 3013


 


�In the Concerto, almost all of the playing is of intense musicality and virtuosity, which this highly original work demands...I feel that Bertrand does overdo at times the 'expressive' nature of her interpretation, but this observation is brought about solely because the rest of her performance is so impressive.� --International Record Review, May 2013

�Bertrand is nothing if not a gutsy player. The close-up recording captures her every breath and every rasp of bow on string. Pascal Rophe makes sure that the BBC NOW responds in kind...If she is as good live as she sounds here, and if she is as full of insight in the rest of her repertoire, I would certainly travel a distance to hear her.� --IGramophone Magazine, June 2013

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