With a balanced and diverse program executed with technical brilliance and expressive intensity, this disc of Russian piano music played by pianist Benjamin Moser is a delight from start to finish. The program takes works by well-known composers like Rachmaninov and Prokofiev, along with works by less well-known composers like Scriabin and Medtner, then mixes together familiar works like four of Rachmaninov's preludes with less familiar works like his Etudes Tableaux, and the result is a continually surprising and always ...
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With a balanced and diverse program executed with technical brilliance and expressive intensity, this disc of Russian piano music played by pianist Benjamin Moser is a delight from start to finish. The program takes works by well-known composers like Rachmaninov and Prokofiev, along with works by less well-known composers like Scriabin and Medtner, then mixes together familiar works like four of Rachmaninov's preludes with less familiar works like his Etudes Tableaux, and the result is a continually surprising and always satisfying collection. More importantly, Moser's performances are uniformly first-class. The young German pianist has a gargantuan technique that can handle anything from the delicate filigree of Rachmaninov's sultry G sharp minor Prelude to the muscular calisthenics of Prokofiev's hurtling Precipitato from his Seventh Sonata. But he also has a soul that shines through in every piece, an absolute necessity in Russian music. Few readings of Scriabin's overheated Fantasy in B minor have...
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Alexander Scriabin; Nikolay Medtner; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky; Sergey Prokofiev; Sergey Rachmaninov. New. New in new packaging. USA Orders only! Brand New product! please allow delivery times of 3-7 business days within the USA. US orders only please.
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