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The playing of Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker is beguiling in its blend of reserve and bravura, tender restraint and intoxicating spirit.
The opening phrases of the Mendelssohn Concerto in E minor as she plays them are intimately demure rather than bombastic, making the climaxes all the more vehement and logical.
The interpreter is never content with a mere passive, unfulfilled or empty piano; nor does she ever offer an uncontrolled fortissimo.
Certain moments in Max Bruch's Scottish Fantasy sound so convincing, one could be persuaded that they are even much more beautiful than Bruch's popular Concerto in G minor. |
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 Joachim Kaiser |
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