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Robert Cohen: In black and white
"Magnificent"
Gramophone
"It is easy to hear what all the fuss is about. He plays like a God".
New York Stereo Review
"The
ideal partner for a composer is an interpreter who not only plays
what's indicated, but also discovers what is meant... Such a musician
one normally finds in a composer's dreams. Only a few of them one finds
in reality, and providing one has the privilege to work with such a
magician one experiences that composing makes sense. One of these big,
rare and lucky chances of mine and my cello Concerto's life is Robert
Cohen".
HK Gruber on their recent collaboration released by BIS just before Christmas.
"An individual, and an exceptionally gifted one".
Washington Post
"Robert Cohen has a feeling for Elgar...which raises him to the level of the greatest".
Diapason. France
"Lovers of fine string playing should drop everything".
The Guardian
"The musicianship of Robert Cohen has got the same almost scary magical presence of Jacqueline Du Pré at her best".
Helsinki Sanomat
HAYDN to HAYDN
Robert Cohen conducts & directs Orquesta Sinfónica de Murcia
Cello Concerto in D, Symphony No.45
Cello Concerto in C
The Fabulous
Robert Cohen. The two concertos served to demonstrate Robert Cohen’s
fantastic interpretative superiority. The whole programme had an
interpretation of the highest quality, thanks to the skill of the
British cellist. The magnificent art of Cohen gave ideal impetus to the
stimulating and disciplined performance in a repertoire which for him,
held no secrets. He was able to play on a point of maximum virtuosity
and from a personal and emotional level in which elegance, conjuring,
style and brilliance came together in such a heartfelt way that the
applause was interminable. The artist received this applause and
acknowledged his accompanists with a gesture of humility, which
elevated even more the tone of magnificence of this consummate
performer.
La Sociadad
COHEN in TOKYO
Suntory Hall, Tokyo.The Sapporo Symphony Orchestra with conductor Tadaaki Otaka
Elgar cello concerto.
Cohen had recorded this concerto as 19-year-old and
this recording sold alone in Great Britain 250.000 copies.... the
passionate playing of Cohen healed the ears. One could feel the
self-confidence of a soloist who had such experience with this piece.
He created a unity with the orchestra and his cello sang with full
emotion.... Cohen invited the audience to enter the meditative,
Requiem-like world of Elgar, full of deep sadness.
Yoshiko Ikuma, music journalist
Hokkaido Shinbun
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