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Seen & Heard-Int 11/02/2025 : Supreme artistry of Maisky, Argerich and Ivanov makes for rare and precious evening at Wigmore Hall
Haydn ‘Gypsy Rondo’ Piano Trio in G, violin and cello deferred sensitively to Argerich’s dominant piano role, while all the while maintaining excellent musical teamwork. Warmth, sweetness of tone and perfect balance between the three players characterised the first movement Andante and the gently undulating Poco adagio, but one’s spirits truly soared during a fast-paced and dazzlingly accomplished Rondo all’Ongarese, … Mendelssohn D minor trio - The first movement burst forth, radiant in texture and superbly paced, giving way to the second movement Andante, a heart-melting song without words. An irrepressibly whimsical Scherzo and a glittering Finale, a sprinkling of Mendelssohnian fairy dust, brought the entire audience to its feet. … Chris Sallon – Review in full

The Guardian 7/02/2025: Argerich/Maisky/Ivanov – legendary pianist brings her irrepressible brilliance to chamber music programme
…Eloquent and touching… violinist Yossif Ivanov, pianist Martha Argerich and cellist Mischa Maisky perform at London's Wigmore Hall. … Here, that old friend was the cellist Mischa Maisky, with whom Argerich has been collaborating for almost half a century, and they were joined by the violinist Yossif Ivanov. Maisky had only returned to the concert platform three weeks ago after serious illness and looked rather frail. … Yet his shaping of solos in the slow movements of both Haydn’sG major “Gypsy Rondo” piano trio and Mendelssohn’s D minor Trio was certainly eloquent, and matched beautifully to Ivanov’s equally elegant violin. They were touching too in the piano-trio arrangement of Schubert’ssong Du Bist die Ruh, which was added as an encore. Andrew Clements - Review in full

The Standard .co.uk 7/02/2025: Martha Argerich, Yossif Ivanov, and Mischa Maisky at Wigmore Hall
A masterclass - …When Argerich, Maisky and the young violinist Yossif Ivanov stepped on to the Wigmore stage last night, a collective sigh of relief was breathed by audience and hall director alike. ….With Maisky and Ivanov she brought dexterity and spirit to Haydn’s popular G major Piano Trio, HXV/25, launching the final Gypsy Rondo at a cracking pace. In the wrong hands Mendelssohn’s music can seem superficial, but there should be no danger of that in the powerful D minor Piano Trio. These players found an ideal combination of aerated fluency and darker drama in the outer movements. They brought expressive intensity to the Andante, which can sound dangerously like a pious village organist if its chromatic inflections are underplayed. And the light-footed fairy style of the Scherzo was nicely offset by the vapourish air that courses through it. Barry Millington - Review in full

Bachtrack 7/02/2025 : Argerich, Maisky and the elixir of youth
…Solo Bach opened each half. Maisky, in a white silk shirt with billowing sleeves matching his billowing white hair, launched the familiar Prélude of the First Cello Suite with energy, digging deeply into the open C string. His tone is still velvety rich, laced with lashings of vibrato. The Courante and Gigue were robust, the Menuets I and II danced boisterously, albeit with occasionally smudged intonation. At the suite’s centre, the Sarabande was given the full cantabile treatment, Maisky very much in his soulful element. …Ivanov joined Argerich and Maisky for two piano trios. In Haydn’s “Gypsy Rondo” Trio the violinist has the most to do and Ivanov’s sweet tone and neat trills were most pleasing. Mendelssohn D minor Trio -….. The first movement soared, the second was a pool of warm vibrato and the finale was the most amiable of dialogues. The highlight was the quicksilver Scherzo scampering off into thin air in Puckish style. Mark Pullinger – Review in full

The Telegraph 7/02/2025: Martha Argerich is still magnificent, plus the best of February’s classical concerts
…The human drama of these two tended to sideline the third musician on stage, the 38-year-old Belgian violinist Yossif Ivanov. Which was a shame because though he may not have the commanding personality of those two craggy eminences he’s a wonderful player, with an absolutely distinctive tone. Ivanov was the rock amidst the more stormy and sometimes wayward playing of the other players in the evening’s two great piano trios. Again things took a while to settle. The contrasts in the first movement of Haydn’s well-known 39th Piano Trio were too abrupt to reveal the music’s sublime innocence. But the slow movement took on a tender glow and the wild gypsy finale brought the house down. At the end all three came together again, for a performance of Mendelssohn’s 1st Piano Trio. It was wonderful overall, …. The audience went wild, but it wasn’t quite the end. The trio had one more treat for us: Schubert’s lovely song Du bist die Rühe, which they floated over our heads so gently time itself seemed to stop. Ivan Hewett – Review in full

Crescendo Magazine 1/02/2022 : Yossif Ivanov confrontation russe en ré majeur
… On n’est ainsi pas étonné de le voir aborder le Concerto pour violon de Stravinsky dont il livre une fabuleuse interprétation. Le violoniste est très à son aise dans cette partition brillante mais sur le fil d’une ironie grinçante avec ses influences baroque et sa virtuosité étincelante. La technique est hautement assurée tout comme le second degré narratif si important pour ne pas prendre cette partition trop au sérieux et en faire ressortir toute la vigueur. L’accompagnement d'Alexei Ogrintchouk au pupitre du Brussels Philharmonic est du même niveau et ensemble, ils dialoguent au point de sembler s’amuser à rivaliser de gouaille. C’est sans contestation, l’une des plus belles versions récentes de cette partition aux côtés de celle d’Ilya Gringolts (Bis). Pierre-Jean Tribot - Article

Pizzicato 29/01/2022 : Springball und Kartoffel
Translation - Take a delicate and inspired violinist, in this case the relatively rarely recording Yossif Ivanov with his highly nuanced, agile and brilliant playing, and on the other side an orchestra that one has heard better. To make the comparison brief: Ivanov is the bouncy ball, the orchestra the fat potato. Throw them both down and you see exactly the difference you hear in the first two movements of the Tchaikovsky concerto. In the finale, the orchestra is a bit more alert, but far from what I would consider acceptable playing.
Alexei Ogrintchouk fortunately gets much more out of the orchestra in the Stravinsky concerto than Iorio does in Tchaikovsky, … The sharp immediacy of Yossif Ivanov’s tone leads to excellent characterization of the music. Remy Franck - Review in full

Diapason 27/01/2020 : Ysaÿe, le prophète
Gloire au violoniste, chef et compositeur belge, Eugène Ysaÿe, au cœur d’un hommage somptueux, rendu à Bruxelles par la crème des interprètes d’aujourd’hui et de demain
....En réunissant de brillants solistes, confirmés ou très prometteurs, autour de ses compositions, l’hommage que lui rend la Chapelle musicale Reine Elisabeth se montre à la hauteur du géant qu’il honore. Le coffret, enrichi d’un livret passionnant, marque l’aboutissement d’un projet audacieux. Il dévoile deux concertos inachevés des années 1884-1886 (du moins leur mouvements initial, Ysaÿe n’ayant pas orchestré les autres), sous la baguette experte de Jean-Jacques Kantorow. L’Allegro appassionate en mi mineur, défendu avec ardeur par Yossif Ivanov (quelle cadence !), ….Lorenzo Gatto se joint à Ivanov pour Amitié, poème pour deux violons et orchestre dans lequel Ysaÿe s’abandonne au « vaste chant des heureux souvenirs, et combien variés, d’une amitié pure ». Jean-Michel Molkhou

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	Seen & Heard-Int 11/02/2025 : Supreme artistry of Maisky, Argerich and Ivanov makes for rare and precious evening at Wigmore Hall Haydn ‘Gypsy Rondo’ Piano Trio in G, violin and cello deferred sensitively to Argerich’s dominant piano role, while all the while maintaining excellent musical teamwork. Warmth, sweetness of tone and perfect balance between the three players characterised the first movement Andante and the gently undulating Poco adagio, but one’s spirits truly soared during a fast-paced and dazzlingly accomplished Rondo all’Ongarese, … Mendelssohn D minor trio - The first movement burst forth, radiant in texture and superbly paced, giving way to the second movement Andante, a heart-melting song without words. An irrepressibly whimsical Scherzo and a glittering Finale, a sprinkling of Mendelssohnian fairy dust, brought the entire audience to its feet. … Chris Sallon – Review in full The Guardian 7/02/2025: Argerich/Maisky/Ivanov – legendary pianist brings her irrepressible brilliance to chamber music programme …Eloquent and touching… violinist Yossif Ivanov, pianist Martha Argerich and cellist Mischa Maisky perform at London's Wigmore Hall. … Here, that old friend was the cellist Mischa Maisky, with whom Argerich has been collaborating for almost half a century, and they were joined by the violinist Yossif Ivanov. Maisky had only returned to the concert platform three weeks ago after serious illness and looked rather frail. … Yet his shaping of solos in the slow movements of both Haydn’sG major “Gypsy Rondo” piano trio and Mendelssohn’s D minor Trio was certainly eloquent, and matched beautifully to Ivanov’s equally elegant violin. They were touching too in the piano-trio arrangement of Schubert’ssong Du Bist die Ruh, which was added as an encore. Andrew Clements - Review in full The Standard .co.uk 7/02/2025: Martha Argerich, Yossif Ivanov, and Mischa Maisky at Wigmore Hall A masterclass - …When Argerich, Maisky and the young violinist Yossif Ivanov stepped on to the Wigmore stage last night, a collective sigh of relief was breathed by audience and hall director alike. ….With Maisky and Ivanov she brought dexterity and spirit to Haydn’s popular G major Piano Trio, HXV/25, launching the final Gypsy Rondo at a cracking pace. In the wrong hands Mendelssohn’s music can seem superficial, but there should be no danger of that in the powerful D minor Piano Trio. These players found an ideal combination of aerated fluency and darker drama in the outer movements. They brought expressive intensity to the Andante, which can sound dangerously like a pious village organist if its chromatic inflections are underplayed. And the light-footed fairy style of the Scherzo was nicely offset by the vapourish air that courses through it. Barry Millington - Review in full Bachtrack 7/02/2025 : Argerich, Maisky and the elixir of youth …Solo Bach opened each half. Maisky, in a white silk shirt with billowing sleeves matching his billowing white hair, launched the familiar Prélude of the First Cello Suite with energy, digging deeply into the open C string. His tone is still velvety rich, laced with lashings of vibrato. The Courante and Gigue were robust, the Menuets I and II danced boisterously, albeit with occasionally smudged intonation. At the suite’s centre, the Sarabande was given the full cantabile treatment, Maisky very much in his soulful element. …Ivanov joined Argerich and Maisky for two piano trios. In Haydn’s “Gypsy Rondo” Trio the violinist has the most to do and Ivanov’s sweet tone and neat trills were most pleasing. Mendelssohn D minor Trio -….. The first movement soared, the second was a pool of warm vibrato and the finale was the most amiable of dialogues. The highlight was the quicksilver Scherzo scampering off into thin air in Puckish style. Mark Pullinger – Review in full The Telegraph 7/02/2025: Martha Argerich is still magnificent, plus the best of February’s classical concerts …The human drama of these two tended to sideline the third musician on stage, the 38-year-old Belgian violinist Yossif Ivanov. Which was a shame because though he may not have the commanding personality of those two craggy eminences he’s a wonderful player, with an absolutely distinctive tone. Ivanov was the rock amidst the more stormy and sometimes wayward playing of the other players in the evening’s two great piano trios. Again things took a while to settle. The contrasts in the first movement of Haydn’s well-known 39th Piano Trio were too abrupt to reveal the music’s sublime innocence. But the slow movement took on a tender glow and the wild gypsy finale brought the house down. At the end all three came together again, for a performance of Mendelssohn’s 1st Piano Trio. It was wonderful overall, …. The audience went wild, but it wasn’t quite the end. The trio had one more treat for us: Schubert’s lovely song Du bist die Rühe, which they floated over our heads so gently time itself seemed to stop. Ivan Hewett – Review in full Crescendo Magazine 1/02/2022 : Yossif Ivanov confrontation russe en ré majeur … On n’est ainsi pas étonné de le voir aborder le Concerto pour violon de Stravinsky dont il livre une fabuleuse interprétation. Le violoniste est très à son aise dans cette partition brillante mais sur le fil d’une ironie grinçante avec ses influences baroque et sa virtuosité étincelante. La technique est hautement assurée tout comme le second degré narratif si important pour ne pas prendre cette partition trop au sérieux et en faire ressortir toute la vigueur. L’accompagnement d'Alexei Ogrintchouk au pupitre du Brussels Philharmonic est du même niveau et ensemble, ils dialoguent au point de sembler s’amuser à rivaliser de gouaille. C’est sans contestation, l’une des plus belles versions récentes de cette partition aux côtés de celle d’Ilya Gringolts (Bis). Pierre-Jean Tribot - Article Pizzicato 29/01/2022 : Springball und Kartoffel Translation - Take a delicate and inspired violinist, in this case the relatively rarely recording Yossif Ivanov with his highly nuanced, agile and brilliant playing, and on the other side an orchestra that one has heard better. To make the comparison brief: Ivanov is the bouncy ball, the orchestra the fat potato. Throw them both down and you see exactly the difference you hear in the first two movements of the Tchaikovsky concerto. In the finale, the orchestra is a bit more alert, but far from what I would consider acceptable playing. Alexei Ogrintchouk fortunately gets much more out of the orchestra in the Stravinsky concerto than Iorio does in Tchaikovsky, … The sharp immediacy of Yossif Ivanov’s tone leads to excellent characterization of the music. Remy Franck - Review in full Diapason 27/01/2020 : Ysaÿe, le prophète Gloire au violoniste, chef et compositeur belge, Eugène Ysaÿe, au cœur d’un hommage somptueux, rendu à Bruxelles par la crème des interprètes d’aujourd’hui et de demain ....En réunissant de brillants solistes, confirmés ou très prometteurs, autour de ses compositions, l’hommage que lui rend la Chapelle musicale Reine Elisabeth se montre à la hauteur du géant qu’il honore. Le coffret, enrichi d’un livret passionnant, marque l’aboutissement d’un projet audacieux. Il dévoile deux concertos inachevés des années 1884-1886 (du moins leur mouvements initial, Ysaÿe n’ayant pas orchestré les autres), sous la baguette experte de Jean-Jacques Kantorow. L’Allegro appassionate en mi mineur, défendu avec ardeur par Yossif Ivanov (quelle cadence !), ….Lorenzo Gatto se joint à Ivanov pour Amitié, poème pour deux violons et orchestre dans lequel Ysaÿe s’abandonne au « vaste chant des heureux souvenirs, et combien variés, d’une amitié pure ». Jean-Michel Molkhou top