Tag: Murray McLachlan
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Myaskovsky: Complete Piano Sonatas
“McLachlan writes of the “enormous tactile pleasure” for the performer…his playing is both authoritative and persuasive … these sonatas are of interest and substance” (Penguin Guide of disc 2 when issued alone). “the (sonatas) are valuable for rounding out the picture of the Russian late-romantic tradition, and the brief intersections with early Prokofiev (No.I) and…
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Myaskovsky: Piano Sonatas Nos. 4 & 5 Sonatine Op. 57; Prelude Op. 58
“the playing – intelligent and competent as before……the Fourth Sonata is at least, by my reckoning, easily the finest of the six….capturing the idealistic fervour of the early Soviet era in an idiom coloured by Scriabin, Prokofiev…..this is precisely the kind of enterprise that young artists and small companies should be encouraged to pursue.” -Gramophone…
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Khachaturian Piano Music
“Toccata is a frequent concert encore…. At 80 minutes, this CD offers all of (Khachaturian’s) piano music with (two minor) exceptions….Sonatina very touching as are the Ten Children’s Pieces….Murray McLachlan…is a persuasive guide” -Penguin Guide
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Kabalevsky: 24 Preludes, Sonata No.3, Sonatina
Dmitri Kabalevsky was one of the Soviet Union’s greatest musical figures; a popular composer, whose music for children is particularly popular, and a prolific composer of piano music and chamber music, whose champions included no less a figure than Vladimir Horowitz. Pianist Murray McLachlan plays Kabalevsky’s brash, entertaining Preludes and two of his acclaimed major…
