If the microphones had been set a bit closer so more musical detail had emerged and less hall ambience had intruded, this might have been one of the finest piano recitals released in 2009. As it is, however, this disc by Jura Margulis will have to stand as one of the best played, best interpreted, best programmed recitals of piano music of the year, but one with disappointing sound. Margulis' previous disc of piano transcriptions showed that he has a tremendous technique, a big but nuanced tone, and a virtuoso's charisma. ...
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If the microphones had been set a bit closer so more musical detail had emerged and less hall ambience had intruded, this might have been one of the finest piano recitals released in 2009. As it is, however, this disc by Jura Margulis will have to stand as one of the best played, best interpreted, best programmed recitals of piano music of the year, but one with disappointing sound. Margulis' previous disc of piano transcriptions showed that he has a tremendous technique, a big but nuanced tone, and a virtuoso's charisma. While that program was a potpourri of terrifically difficult transcriptions, this repertoire is tightly focused on the hardest of hardcore Austro-Germanic piano music -- Bach's G minor English Suite, Beethoven's C minor Variations, Brahms' Paganini Variations, and Berg's Sonata -- cunningly programmed in reverse chronological order. In every work, the Russian-born, German-raised, and American-trained pianist turns in readings of immense power and intensity, plumbing Bach's spiritual...
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