“During his concert in Mannheim’s Reiss Museum Jeffrey Marcus showed absolutely no interest in the superficial flash of Haydn. He developed the deeper dimensions of the F Minor Variations…..A wonderfully sublime interpretation, which bestowed an intensive intrusion to the most intimate pianissimo”
“Jeffrey Marcus crowned his all in all overpowering evening in the “Haus des Bürgers” in Ramstein with a performance of Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise to long applause. He interpreted the piece very impressively, playing with meditative stillness and with delicately playful elegance.”
“With fireworks of an entirely different genre, the Three Movements from Petrouchka by Igor Stravinsky, Marcus released his dazzled audience. Playing with a dreamlike, ‘matter of fact’ poise which required all of him, body and soul, he demonstrated throughout the evening the highest musical ideals.”
“…….In Chopin’s Prelude (Opus 28 no. 15) the way the highest melody note of the piece (a few bars before the end) was struck and the way the simple unaccompanied line descended in perfect legato, could not have been played more beautifully on a violin.”
“……..Haydn’s Sonata in E flat major (Hob. XVI 49) opened the program. ….Absolute clarity, very lively tempi, great dynamic variety , deliberate shadings even in accompaniment parts; distinct, at times humorous accents: Marcus proved to be a master pianist right at the beginning of the evening.”
“The evening’s high point was the performance by the pianist Jeffrey Marcus of Franz Schubert’s Sonata in B flat, D. 960.” - Benefit concert to support the rebuilding of the Frauenkirche in Dresden, Germany.
“What was notable already at the beginning of the Schubert sonata and confirmed during the course of the evening as a lasting general impression: this pianist did not play himself, but instead with each work introduced his audience into a new musical realm.”
“……..and again rock solid technique in Rachmaninoff’s Chopin Variations at the end.”
“What caught the ear – above and beyond Mr. Marcus’ technical self possession – was the excellent grasp of how music moves from one point in time to the next. The great Schubert Sonata in A (D. 959) had a very effective sense of line and tension, and it tread gracefully the border between Schubert’s Classical roots and his Romantic heart.”
“Mr. Marcus is an exceptionally sound musician and worthy of our notice.”