Conductors do make a difference with orchestras. We were reminded of this once again when Stanislav Kochanovsky stood before the Belgian National Orchestra.
The elegantly precise Stanislav Kochanovsky returned to the NTR ZaterdagMatinee to lead the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic.
When a maestro with the astonishing command of Stanislav Kochanovsky is at the helm of an orchestra, the full wonders that a conductor can inspire come into focus.
Stanislav Kochanovsky and the Paris strings set up the most gorgeous pillow of sound.
A young, rising star of the Russian conducting world, and the presentation of three premieres, along with a well-known repertory item.
Stanislav Kochanovsky made up for with a refined music palette reminiscent of the great German conductors of the past like Eugene Jochum or Otto Klemperer.
The Philharmonia responded to Kochanovsky with some of their finest playing [...] one has to acknowledge the strength and consistency of Kochanovsky’s vision of Shostakovich.
The occasion brought young Russian conductor Stanislav Kochanovsky to London for the first time. He has been making waves around Europe and beyond, and we now heard just why.
Kochanovsky was at his best, though, in giving the ‘Leningrad’ shape, grandeur and ambiguity without imposing an overtly illustrative story-line, and it was this breadth that in the end guaranteed the impact of this superb performance.
Kochanovsky’s very strong pulse, his paramount concern for phrasing and dynamic proportionality, the choice for the affect instead of the effect, the rightly sharp but well-dosed contrast between exuberance and intimacy