Anna Vinnitskaya from Claas Abert on Vimeo.
Tchikovsky’s Piano Concert is heard at the beginning of this clip. “Scherzo-like interlude in the middle of the second movement is a song, “Il fau s’amuser, danser et rire,” from the repertoire of Désirée Artôt, a superb Belgian soprano whom Tchaikovsky courted briefly in the winter of 1868-69. Vinnitsukaya said ”Singing is most important for me” in the clip. I was in front of her and heard her singing in Boston. The review says “There’s a rhapsodic freedom to her playing that’s never self-indulgent“
She played her Appassionato as "a seething, eruptive outburst of an inner monologue" by Rachmaninoff Étude-tableau in E-flat Minor Op. 39, No. 5 for the encore, that was what I heard Babayan playing two days ago in his recital in New York. "Babayan's playing rejects the cliché of the late romantic gesture", Le Figaro has praised his “unequaled touch, perfectly harmonious phrasing, and breathtaking virtuosity.”
Yes, Babayan was, but I filled up with Vinnitsukaya’s passion with no reason at Boston.
11.4.2023
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Joana Mallwitz, conductor
Anna Vinnitskaya, piano
KODÁLY Dances of Galánta
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
SCHUBERT Symphony in C, The Great
