Special offer. Marc Ponthus plays Schumann
Marc Ponthus (piano)
Ponthus often favours faster and freer tempos than one commonly finds from Schumann practitioners…Sometimes the results convince, while other times I sense Ponthus relying on the musicological...
Special offer. Marc Ponthus plays Schumann
Marc Ponthus (piano)
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Ponthus often favours faster and freer tempos than one commonly finds from Schumann practitioners…Sometimes the results convince, while other times I sense Ponthus relying on the musicological...
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Virtuoso pianist Marc Ponthus's new recording for Bridge Records consists of three of Robert Schumann's key masterpieces: Kinderszenen, Op. 15, Kreisleriana, Op. 16, and Fantasie in C, Op. 17. Ponthus's last recording for Bridge was the 'Complete Music for Piano (BRIDGE 9456A/B) of the late Pierre Boulez. Ponthus's Boulez recording received glowing reviews, and was Gramophone magazine's 'Editor's Choice'.
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- Marc Ponthus (piano)
- Marc Ponthus (piano)
- Marc Ponthus (piano)
Awards and reviews
August 2019
Ponthus often favours faster and freer tempos than one commonly finds from Schumann practitioners…Sometimes the results convince, while other times I sense Ponthus relying on the musicological tail to wag the musical dog, so to speak…However one responds to these performances (and my jury is still out), a genuine impulse informs Ponthus’s sense of inquiry and seriousness of purpose.
