Mendelssohn - Variations sérieuses in D minor Op. 54
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Instrumental » Piano Solos
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The Mendelssohn Variations come over as truly 'sérieuses', on a par with anything by his friend Schumann, thanks to Hough's vivid characterisation and dramatic flair. And if the 'Arietta' of... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2009, Disc of the Month
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Lisiecki sparkles and shines…The chamber-like sonorities and intricate interplay – surely the result of this being a conductor-less ensemble – are an endless delight…The small forces also ensure... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Assorted Program
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Pashchenko’s playing in the Dussek is imaginative and haunting, Mendelssohn’s variations offer the chance to show her playing at its most accomplished and she has the measure of the Beethoven... — More…
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Levanon is undaunted by Liszt’s Sonata, giving a performance of heroic sweep. A powerful player, the 18-year-old is nimble and articulate in the virtuoso passages, dramatic with the rhetorical... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Young Talent
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As always, Shelley makes light of the music’s technical difficulties, and plays with innate musicianship throughout. It’s possible to feel that there’s a touch more poetry and drama to be found... — More…
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Peaceful Piano Moods
Ola Gjeilo (piano), Van-Anh Nguyen (piano), Music Lab Collective (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Lambert, Stephan Moccio (piano), Joep Beving (piano), Alice Sara Ott (piano), Christian Badzura (synthesizer programming),...
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This great artist was notoriously nervous, but these last recordings, of favourite works by Chopin and Mendelssohn, capture perfectly a Romantic atmosphere which was shortly to disappear, and... — More…
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Alfred Brendel: 1968-2001
RecommendedPreviously Unpublished Live and Radio Performances
Alfred Brendel (piano)
It would be foolish of a reviewer either to celebrate the oddness of these performances, or berate them for being perverse. They are the product of a searching and unquestionably 'interesting'... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2017, Also Recommended
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Latry’s characteristic integrity and virtuosic verve illuminate everything he touches – particularly in the lascivious glissando that ends his own arrangement of Falla’s Ritual Fire Dance…when... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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