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Marco Zuccarini conducts the Accademia I Filarmonici
with elegance of phrasing, giving careful attention to
the nuances of intensity in sound, and to the balance
between the smaller orchestra and the leading role of
the soloist...
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Sandro Cappelletto
“ La Stampa” 25th August 2001 ( about the recording
of Italian Bassoon Concertos edited by Bongiovanni) |
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...Zuccarini encouraged a vehement response from the
strings, with lashings of warm timbre and energy...
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Clive O’ Connell
The Age, 21st February 2001 |
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...Under the direction of guest conductor Marco Zuccarini,
the orchestra displayed magnificent precision of ensemble
and some of the most persuasively beautiful interpretations
of line and colour...Verdi’s melodies ( in “The
Force of Destiny”) so beautifully crafted were performed
with great warmth and charm...Picturesque ensemble effects
with over-arching melodies abounded. The playing was controlled,
with especially delicious effect from the woodwinds (“The
Moldau” and “The Nutcracker Suite”)...
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John Leggett
The Examiner, 2nd March 2001 |
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( Debussy’s Prelude à l’après
midi d’un Faune)...under Zuccarini’s persuasive
direction, in which he shaped the performance with assurance
and authority, the orchestra achieved a realisation which
captured the elusive spirit of the music and was a constant
delight ...Again (in Ravel’s “Mother Goose”
Suite) the conductor drew from the players a response
that brought the music alive while in no way disturbing
its essential expressive qualities...
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W.L.Hoffmann
Canberra Times, 14th March 2001 |
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“…Zuccarini works for clarity and
expression and it shows in the way he communicates with
the soloist and the orchestra on every detail.this
collaboration looked good and sounded controlled and
expressive… (Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikowsky) Romantic
music in the hands of a conductor who knows how to pull
the sound from this orchestra glows and makes for a good
listening…”
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| The Mercury ,Hobart,28 Maggio 2002 |
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“…Zuccarini mantained an energetic control, calling for a
rigourous verve and distinct attack…”
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| Herald Sun, Melbourne 4
Febbraio 2002 |
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“…Zuccarini conducts with elegance of frasing,correct
attention to the intensity of the sound and the balance
betweenthe orchestra and the leading part of the soloist…” |
| La Stampa,Torino, 25 Agosto 2002 |
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| 2003 |
"... A week working with Marco Zuccarini has paid off
for the musicians, particularly in the renewed vitality
of the strings(Auckland Philarmonia)..
The New Zealand Herald 16th September 2003, William Dart
"... with Marco Zuccarini the performance of the
Orchestra da Camera di Mantova was bright,with moments
of authentic class and style and flashes of bright and
sparkling sonority..."
La Voce di Mantova 26 Marzo 2003,GMP
"An excellent concert that more should have attended,
Marco Zuccarini excuded a fluid, refined and expressive
italian performance from this veratile orchestra.The
lyricism and subtley was refreshing insightful as the
performance unfolded....Zuccarini's consumate
musicianship was revealed in the smooth, refined and
totally lirical performance of Mozart's Jupiter..."
TheNew Zealand Herald 6th Sept.2003,A.Buchanan-Smart
"... ...(Beethoven 7th symphony )sensitive and
tranparent playing...."
The Mercury 29th August 2003,E.Bailes
"...Elegance and artistry create a rare treat.
...A week working with Italian conductor Marco Zuccarini
has paid off for the musicians, particularly in the
renewed vitality of the strings..the conductor
invariably caught the sinister underlay of ( four sea
interlues by Britten) from the delicate wash of Dawn to
the terrifying clamour of the final storm....In
Shostakovich 5th Symphony Zuccarini and his players
sustained the epic architecture of the 1st movement eand
the great Largo with a sense of courage and survival..."
The New Zealand Herald 16 Sept.2003.William Dart
"..The tender grace of the 3rd Symphony ( by Brahms) was
perfrmed with concentration and attention, diging up,
also with sudden silence,the feelings of a painful heart.
...All the orchestral sections were well connected, with
beautifull solos and majestic interventions of the
brasses..."
La Sicilia 11th Nov.220, Sergio Sciacca
"...in the cd with the Bottesini's concertos( and the
Rococò Variations by Tchaikowsky) full of a very
intimate athmosphere,entirely painted by a wealthy
timbric drapery of the Orchestra dei Pomeriggi Musicali
firmly conducted by Marco Zuccarini..." |
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| 2004 |
“…Glowing with the winds…Italian conductor Marco
Zuccarini presided over the three works and coaxed the
players to find new colours and textures. The most
successful work was Dvorak’s Serenade op 44…”
( Xenia Hanusiak,Herald Sun,3rd Feb.2004)
“…The orchestra has started its new year in splendid
form under Zuccarini but the Italian conductor has
always brought out the best in the players. The
Tannhauser Ouverture was unruffled in its grandeur, the
Tristan und Isolde Prelude..combined momentum with a
palette of shifting colours….Bravos for the conductor
after the Brahms First Symphony. I suspected Zuccarini’s
Brahms would be memorable….he is able to find substance
and raw emotion where many might be content with easy
lyricism
His Brahms was magnificent, full and rich in sound
without sacrificing textural finesse…”
( William Dart, The New Zealand Herald, 23rd Feb.2004)
“…well balanced the performance of the orchestra
conducted with care by Marco Zuccarini( in Serva Padrona
by Paisiello)…”
(Aldo Mattina, Giornale di Sicilia,20th April 2004)
“….Excitement and poetry….Marco Zuccarini negotiates his
way through the orchestral ranks looking like everyone’s
favourite absent-minded uncle. Once podium is achieved,
and baton in hand, the Italian is transformed into one
of the most dynamic and arresting conductors on the
Auckland Philarmonia’s books .All this come out in the
opening bars of Beethoven’ Fidelio Ouverture. Zuccarini
and the players …give a vital performance, riding over
the occasional rough patch without compromising the
excitement of it all…Beethoven’s Seven Symphony sets of
with shapely phrasing and a careful balancing of forces…Zuccarini’s
ability to differentiate texture and his tenacity in
pursuing a thematic argument are enviable…The Allegretto
..sounds anew through the narrative that Zuccarini gives
it, and the textual finessing on the finale page allows
every note to make its eloquent point…”
(William Dart, The New Zealand Herald,27th Sept.2004) |
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“…a
deeply successful performance that succeeded yet on the
instrumental aspect and even on the interpretative side(
Brahms Haydn Variations and Song of Destiny). The
odience
was enthusiastic and
particularly warm…” Mircea Stefanescu, “
Dimineata-Bucarest 23rd of February 2005
“…sweeping
and well-balanced , Zuccarini conducts with a rich
palette of dynamics supporting and integrating the
soloist ( Rachmaninov piano concerto n°2) … in
Shostakovic n°5 Zuccarini gave great brightness with a
deep analysis of the composer’s istrumentation…A real
success..”
Aldo Mattina,Il Giornale
di Sicilia,12 Aprile 2005-12-06
“…There
is a real buzz in the Town Hall….The combination of an
all Russian program with Marc Andrè Hamelin has
seemingly proved irresistible .Marco Zuccarini may have
been another drawcard, as the Italian is one of the
Auckland Philarmonia’s most reliable batonmeister…
It’s fascinating to see
the fine detail of the strings writing the opening
movement in Tchaikowsky’Nutcracker Suite. Throughout,
the orchestra takes this ballet music with rare
seriousness….Tchaikowsky’s flower waltz with a touch of
languor rather than unaffected brio..”
William
Dart, The New Zealand Herald,26th of
September 2006
“ A
night of Mozart’s magic. A few bars into the Auckland
Philarmonia’s performance of Mozart’s Magic Flute
Ouverture, it was evident that Italian conductor Marco
Zuccarini was ringing a few chages with a concert-hall
favourite. Its Adagio introduction came with an
emotionalism almost Romantic in its intensity, while the
Allegro was not all scurrying swiftness, but rather a
miracle of self-possession. (..in German DansesK.600)
Zuccarini gave each piece its character, whether Mozart
was evoking court ballroom or village inn…In Mozart’s
Linz Symphony much was magnificently made of its grand
introduction, with Zuccarini ever alert to the inner
rhythms of the score. Particularly appreciated were the
spry second movement and the Finale a whirl with rushing
semiquavers and cheeky humour…Debussy’s Prelude a
l’Apres-Midi d’un faune was a thing of ineffable
beauty….there was so much to savour from sharply etched
woodwind solos to the sweep of strings…his baton
stabbing at pointillist colours and tracing flamboyant
patterns in the air to capture the colours of the French
composer’s palette….( In Kindertotenlieder) behind the
soloist the players were fine colleagues, from moment of
transparent chamber music to trenchant trills and
tremolos for the final number” William Dart, The New
Zealand Herald,17th of October 2005
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| 2006 |
“ Brilliant orchestra: the most convincing aspect is
Marco Zuccarini,conductor”
Sandro Cappelletto “Lo Specchio” de La Stampa (Agosto
2006)
Review about the dvd of ”La Serva Padrona” by Paisiello |
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