Daniel Raiskin, Conductor
Reviews
Lively And Forceful
Skånska Dagbladet, 25 February 2011
The concert was framed by two popular orchestral works, Johannes Brahms' Hungarian Dances nr 1, 3 and 10 in Brahms' own orchestration and Richard Strauss' tone poem Till Eulenspiegel. The interpretations of the conductor Daniel
Raiskin were lively and forceful and the orchestra answered his intentions with the perfect sound that it is mighty of at it's best.
Lars-Erik Larsson
Worth Waiting For
Kvällsposten, 25 February 2011
It was worth waiting for a proper first performance of Jörgen Dafgård's piece Through Fire and Water, moreover in the well experienced hands of the conductor Daniel Raiskin.
Elegant
Skånska Dagbladet, 13 February 2010
..'Igor Stravinsky's ballet suite The Firebird concluded the concert. The conductor Daniel Raiskin's interpretation was elegant and airy with well-balanced dynamics and a fine timbre in the orchestra.'
Review of concert with Malmö Symphony Orchestra
'Carmen'
Rhein Zeitung, Claus Ambrosius, 17 September 2007
"'Carmen' premiere has shown us the level at which the Opera productions in Koblenz are possible when a well chosen soloists ensemble works with a skilful conductor, who enjoys an orchestras doubtless respect... An experienced orchestra conductor, Raiskin brings volumes of musical refinement to 'Carmen'. Here the entractes are turned to little treasures, moreover details are heard that so often disappear. And the singers can obviously rely on a fare partner, who does not cover them with an orchestra surge, which can often be a problem in this theatre... A Koblenz Opera evening that makes one happy!"
Tchaikovsky's "Wojwode" In Darmstadt
Frankfurter Allgemeine, 4 September 2007
'Guest conductor Daniel Raiskin, offered a captivating interpretation together with the Darmstadt State Theater...'
'Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" in Ravel's orchestration was heard last in an intensive sounding and well proportioned interpretation'.
Shining Start
Darmstädter Echo, 4 September 2007
Anyone who decides to include such a popular piece as Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition" orchestrated by Ravel in a programme can be certain of receiving applause. Daniel Raiskin, who was guest conductor in the new season's opening concert presented works by Slavic composers and was awarded with massive and prolonged applause. It was clear from the beginning that Raiskin, chief conductor of the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie Koblenz, had arched the piece in a constantly intensifying line, which culminated in the great gate of Kiev.
Here everything shone in brilliancy and glamour. It was wonderful with contrasting introvert chorale in the woodwinds. It allowed the brass together with the extended percussion section to rise all the more powerfully. The orchestra of the Staatstheater made music light heartedely, unconstrained and refreshed after their holiday. And it was definitely Raiskin who with his fascinatingly elegant left hand lead through the thicket of the orchestration, which he once in a while had to dissect to ensure a sufficient transparancy. This was also an asset to the other movements, particularly the merry dance of the chickens in their egg shells and the sharp rhythms in the martial ride of Baba Yaga, which reminded of Stravinsky's 'Sacre'.
The opening piece was a discovery: the barely known Symphonic Ballade"Wojwode" by Tchaikovsky, based on a work by Pushkin.... Raiskin was knife sharp in his conducting and sensitive to the piece's finest nuances.
Daniel Raiskin Offered The City Hall Audience Moments Of Splendour.
Die Welt, 17 July 2007
..where the orchestra under Daniel Raiskin experienced true moments of real splendour. Raiskin had chosen to conduct Brahms: Second Symphony and he made it sound lively and fresh. His flexibly relaxed body language seemed to be transferred effortlessly to the orchestra, although with his knife-sharp view on essentionals, brought precision to the extreme. If the woodwinds were allowed to shine in Brahms, the horns and clarinets had their great moments in the Oberon Ouverture. Raiskin offered the music to float lavishly, let the taut increasing accents bounce like balls for immediately again to take charge of the events.
