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FONO FORUM "Empfehlungen des Monats"
July 2024“Pianistically, Larderet leaves nothing to be desired anyway (the sound is also brilliant and absolutely transparent) and his performances are characterised by crystal-clear chords and sober, plausible horizontal structuring. Larderet’s unpretentiously unobtrusive approach is particularly well suited to the roughened ambiguity of the Valses nobles et sentimentales, and the Miroirs finally become a real adventure for the listener here. A captivating start to an impressive endeavour”
Fono Forum Magazine "Empfehlungen des Monats" - Recommendation of the month - Award (Germany)
5 stars Music & 5 stars Sound
July 2024 issue
Christoph Schlüren -
PIANIST Magazin - Cover & interview
May 2024PIANIST Magazin - German speaking edition (DE - AT - SW - LU)
Vincent Larderet on the cover
N°2 / 2024 issue
Extensive 4 pages interview
Eric Schoones -
Gramophone
May 2024"Here is the first of four planned discs devoted to Ravel’s piano works that promises to be painstakingly comprehensive (…) Pianist Vincent Larderet states that he has prepared his recordings from the personal scores annotated by Vlado Perlemuter during his collaboration with the composer. (...) he maintains dynamic levels across the music’s three staves in perfect perpective (…) It somehow recalls the square-toed style and concentrated integrity that the older Wilhelm Kempff brought to his Brahms recordings. (...) one must respect the honesty, the forethought and the hard work that these recordings convey."
Gramophone Magazine (UK) - May 2024 issue
Review featuring a studio - session photo
Jed Distler -
Northwest Reverb
April 2024"If you close your eyes and listen to the sounds emanating from the keyboard during Ravel’s Piano Concerto for Left Hand, you’d swear that there must be ten digits roaming over the keyboard. But in the hands of a virtuosic pianist like Vincent Larderet, listeners become mesmerized by the full array of sound that five fingers can make. (...) A standing ovation brought Larderet back to center stage, and he responded with terrific encore, Scriabin’s Prelude and Nocturne for the Left Hand. The first part had a delicate, yet melancholic sentiment, and the second was more rhapsodic with a lovely melody that made me think of Rachmaninoff. It was all exquisitely played by Larderet, and that generated another standing ovation from the audience."
Northwest Reverb (USA)
"Ravel’s Piano Concerto for Left Hand with Vincent Larderet excels in the Vancouver Symphony concert"
James Bash -
Pianist Magazine - Interview
April 2024"After I won the Brest International Piano Competition under the honorary chairman of Vlado Perlemuter, I was privileged to study his annotated scores which he made during his collaboration with Ravel in 1927. They have been an infinitely precious resource for me, revealing all sorts of secrets of interpretation: his markings are very detailed and pertain to musical expression as well as to aspects such as tempi, pedalling, phrasing and tonal colors. They highlight the sophistication of the Ravelian style and the aesthetic purity demanded by the composer in which any form of affectation was taboo. They are deserving of being considered authentic Urtexts, and the copious errors perpetrated in published editions have also been corrected."
Pianist Magazine (UK)
N°137 - April/ May 2024 issue
Interview
Erica Worth -
ConcertoNet
March 2024"How to characterize Vincent Larderet’s artistic endeavors? Answer: 'Unabashed patience'. Each of the passages is self-contained, neatly packaged, tightly encapsulated with genuine authenticity...the richness is deep and viscous. (...) What’s realized here is M. Larderet’s worthy souvenance and spirited emotion...the human breath stops for a moment to digest. (...) M. Larderet helps to re‑illuminate those hidden feelings deep inside Ravel’s mind."
ConcertoNet.com (USA)
Christie Grimstad -
Cadences Magazine
January 2023"The greatest current scriabinian, Vincent Larderet distinguished himself by an olympian vision of the Master"
Cadences Magazine (France) - Jan./Feb. 2023 issue
Michel Fleury -
GRAMOPHONE
December 2022"Expansive and full-bodied readings [...] alluring phrasings and ravishing high-register tracery [...] Larderet gives his fervent all in the Second Sonata [...] excellent production values also deserve mention and praise"
Gramophone Magazine (UK) - Issue 12 / 2022
Jed Distler -
INTERNATIONAL PIANO - COVER & INTERVIEW
September 2022International Piano Magazine (UK)
Vincent Larderet on the cover
October 2022 issue
Exclusive 4 pages interview
Michael Church -
International PIANO - INTERVIEW
May 2021International Piano Magazine (UK)
Extensive "One to watch" 2 pages ITW
Michael Johnson
Twilight tone
“It is essential to go beyond the notes on the page, he says, and to ‘master the stylistic shadings of the period’ “ -
Neue Musikzeitung
April 2021"Larderet makes every chord shine in all its complexity, compellingly builds up the small sound dramas, gives the large pieces that aura of sublime violence that does not let go of the listener until the end; and thus captivates for 87 minutes with the only interruption of the CD change. And incidentally, adding to all the poetry, he turns out to be one of the best pianists of our time.”
Neue Musikzeitung (Germany) - April 2021 issue
Christoph Schlüren -
Fanfare Magazine
March 2021“Once more, Larderet projects forceful tritones, tolling bells, so as to invoke a grim procession subtle in its invocation of Tristan’s “longing” motif (Liszt's La lugubre gondola). […] This broad but through-composed piece (Ballade N°2) allows Larderet to display bravura technique and a real panoply of keyboard color, chromatic, in cascades of broken octaves or plummeting and rising scales. […] Larderet injects the requisite girth, tautness, and sensitivity into this tribute to the heroic spirit with an ardor and technical panache we like from Horowitz and Cziffra, admirable company, indeed.”
Fanfare Magazine (USA) N° 44:4 - Mar/Apr 2021 issue
Gary Lemco -
Facts & Arts - Interview
January 2021Facts & Arts (UK)
Interview with Vincent Larderet – arresting freshness brings Liszt back to life
Michael Johnson
Larderet analyses his musical foundations, his development as an artist. I asked him how true it is that French teachings are resistant to outside ideas. “Absolutely true,” he said. “French music education is very narrow. I suffered in my younger years from these constrictions. I chose another way and have never regretted it.” In amongst “other ways” he included gaining recognition through international piano competitions and concerts. -
Télérama 3 f
January 2021"Perfectly at ease in this contrasted universe, Vincent Larderet, depending on the pieces, demonstrates the endurance of a marathon runner or the precision of a miniaturist. Devoid of effects (but not of brilliance), never brutal, his approach is elegant, rigorous, concerned with balance and nuance."
Télérama fff Award N°3707 (France)
Sophie Bourdais -
Panet Hugill - Interview
January 2021Planet Hugill (UK - London) - referenced in the 'Top 50 Classical Music Blogs'
Extensive edifying Interview
Robert Hugill
"The performer is a mirror who should serve the text and the composer: French pianist Vincent Larderet discusses his approach in the light of his recent Liszt recital Between Light & Darkness" -
RTS Espace 2 - Interview
January 2021Radio RTS Espace 2 (Switzerland)
About the LISZT 2CD Set Between Light & Darkness
Interview by Julian Sykes available for Replay starting 1h19min -
International Piano
January 2021“Larderet impressed with his previous release […], but this recital takes things to the next level. His melding of the intellectual with the visceral is rare.”
International Piano magazine (UK) - January / February 2021 issue
Colin Clarke -
Klassik Heute "Empfehlung"
December 2020"He not only has absolute control over his instrument and all parameters of piano playing, but also a mental, or rather poetic-philosophical, penetration of the works and their content that I have never encountered in this form with Liszt. [...] First and foremost, however, it is with a tremendous emotional urgency that electrifies me about Larderet's well-thought-out Liszt interpretation. Between virtuosity and spirituality, between asceticism and pathos, an inner tremor that is tense and just controllable pervades his game; and that's why his Liszt recording is deeply personal for me, so incomparable and simply recommendable.”
Klassik Heute "Empfehlung" (Germany) - December 30th, 2020
Christof Jetzschke -
Musical Life
November 2020“[…] Vincent Larderet is considered to be one of the most eminent pianists of our time. The very concept of the program from the works of Franz Liszt convinces us that Larderet […] is a deep thinker and philosopher.”
“Larderet, quite justifiably, once again throws off the artificial shackles of the 'anti-impressionist' and gives free rein to his strongest sides - the ability to 'paint music', playing with timbres, contrasts of dynamic nuances, the deep and full-blooded sound of the instrument.[…]
This is not a piano, not an organ, or even an orchestra, but a chorus of human voices. It seems that such a 'special effect' could only be achieved with a very personal experience. And again, one has to wonder where a young man like Larderet has a life experience that allows him to penetrate into such abysses?"
Musical Life Magazine (Russia) N°11 - Nov. 2020 issue
Maria Zalesskaya -
MusicWeb International
October 2020"Larderet unleashes some powerful passion and drama [...] In each of the works, Larderet achieves some wonderful sonorities and effects. [...] This is a programme that has been carefully and intelligently constructed and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed its contrasting elements. It’s been beautifully recorded and offers the listener much to enjoy." [LISZT Between Light & Darkness 2 CD Set]
MusicWeb International (UK)
Stephen Greenbank