An Iron Hand and a Metronome's Rhythm

For the entire evening the conductor maintained, with an iron hand and with tremendous expression, the pulse of the composition, with faultless rhythm, like a metronome — this is rather rare. The Brahms was received without the ennui so typical of so many Late Romantic interpretations, filled with boiling ideas. In all truth, I wanted to hear it again.

Source

Gazeta Wyborcza

Date

03.2002