Yervant1 Posted March 25, 2007 Report Share Posted March 25, 2007 Nottingham Evening Post, UK March 21, 2007 Wednesday He made cello sing and dance Beethoven and Rachmaninov were both keyboard players. Beethoven's Sonata in A major for cello and piano has features in common with his Fourth Piano Concerto. And Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata, opus 19, recalls his Piano Concerto No. 2. But the cello writing in each work is of a high order, and it had in the young Armenian soloist Alexander Chaushian a player who united passion with elegance. Versatile pianist Anthony Hewitt displayed the deftest of touches in Beethoven, especially in the rhythmic scherzo. The early Rachmaninov piece drew from him a suitably romantic weight of tone, and a fluidity of pulse in keeping with the rhapsodic statement. Chaushian seemed to make his instrument sing and dance. His phrasing and dynamics were a delight. He opened the concert - the final in Nottingham Music Society's season - with the prelude and dances of Bach's Fifth Cello Suite. Their baroque splendour was realised with conviction. http://www.ngrartists.com/artists/chaushian_a.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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