Tag: Mikhail Pletnev
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Taneyev: At the Reading of a Psalm (Cantata No. 2), Op. 36
Best-selling Russian conductor Mikhail Pletnev writes, “[This] is an overlooked masterpiece of the Russian music literature… and I hope our disc will bring the recognition which it well deserves.” Alto is proud to release this Russian choral masterpiece, originally recorded in HD sound, to a wider audience. “Psalm 50 made a deep impression on Alexey…
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Tchaikovsky: Grand Sonata in G major and Children’s Album
“Tchaikovsky wrote the Children’s Album and the Op. 37 Sonata at the same time,b and they’re so different. It amazes me that these are so little known in UK. The Children’s Album is fantastic – a masterpiece. He wrote three volumes of piano music, and what of it is known here? … The trouble is,…
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Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces
“this masterly recital … contains playing of great poetic feeling and sensibility .. Bell-Ringing has a remarkable range of colour and dynamics … there are many (other) individual insights … nothing is routine, and there is a concentration that give these miniatures a freshness and depth that few artists can match” (Penguin Guide 3 stars)
