Mihai Ritivoiu at Fidelio
The poet speaks in an oasis of elegance and eloquence
Mihai Ritivoiu at Fidelio with a sumptuous feast on wings of song .
There can be no greater song that Chopin’s Barcarolle , a continuous outpouring of mellifluous beauty .Played with the refined good taste that I can still remember from ten years ago when Mihai as a student of Joan Havill at the Guildhall played another of the last works of Chopin :the Polonaise Fantasie in Richard Goode’s Masterclass. Timeless beauty and aristocratic elegance as the music was allowed to unfold so simply in the Barcarolle today . A kaleidoscope of colours with a masterly control of sound and a true paradise found before the final build up to the glorious exultation of beauty that Chopin was to pen with searing intensity and sublime ecstasy. The coda was played with the ravishing beauty and simplicity that made it one of Ravel’s most cherished passages in all of Chopin.
