Steinberg does justice to Schumann’s Transfiguration
A fundamental contribution to the balance is given by the conductor’s ability. […] This has been confirmed by the excellent performance of maestro Pinchas Steinberg, who has successfully conducted the large masses: the attentive and disciplined Philharmonic Orchestra, Choir and Children’s Choir of the Teatro alla Scala.
Under his firm and accurate hand the three parts of the Scenes have proved that their original unit isn’t impossible to achieve, but that Schumann succeeded in great measure in transforming Goethe’s genius in music.
Very much appreciated was Steinberg’s ductility in the “accompaniments”: this is where a real conductor distinguishes oneself.
Translated from GIOVANNI GAVAZZENI, IL GIORNALE, 10 FEBRUARY 2010