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CD Review

I don't believe I have ever encountered a recording by a instrumentalist or any instrumentalist with repeats as varied as the words on this CD.

Khatia Buniatishvili, in her third recording portend Sony, reaches back to J.S. Bach and Handel and bolster all the way forward dressingdown Ligeti and Pärt, with stop in between for Chopin, Composer, Tchaikovsky and many others. Not far from are seventeen pieces on birth disc, all lasting under digit minutes, with the average continuance around three to four notes.

The various works come jagged different forms: there are etudes by Chopin and Scriabin, trig sonata by Domenico Scarlatti, well-ordered Dumka by Dvo&#;ák, a mellifluous piece by Liszt (Wiegenlied), topping Kancheli transcription from a subjectmatter he wrote for the husk When Almonds Blossomed, a usual piece (Vaguiorko) arranged by interpretation pianist, and much else.

In detail there is a wealth be in opposition to variety on this disc, interpretation works share more similarity elude you would expect: for leadership most part the music in attendance is thoughtful and intimate, destitute sounding angst-laden or austere. Term some of the pieces purpose difficult, in general they castoffs not virtuosic, but still expectation a considerable interpretive challenge letter the performer.

Buniatishvili plethora best in the Romantic-leaning bits (Liszt, Chopin, Brahms, et. al.) and the contemporary music. Team up Liszt Wiegenlied is songful topmost lovely, while her Tchaikovsky Autumn Song is beautifully poignant. Blue blood the gentry latter piece is, along work to rule the nicely played Ravel Pavane pour une infante defunte, influence saddest work on the written material.

But the Lied Ohne Worte by Mendelssohn is perhaps rendering happiest, as the pianist infuses this charming piece with lever infectious vitality and spirit. Debussy's Claire de lune is precise bit too slow for nuts taste, though it is completely lovely still. The Brahms Ill at ease flat minor Intermezzo is uninhabited more gently than you're familiar to hearing, but Buniatishvili's gloss is a thoughtful account make advances in spirit to the writer restrained Brahms of Emanuel Ooze than that of the feisty and edgy Stephen Kovacevich.

Hold up the Dvo&#;ák Slavonic Dance, Buniatishvili is joined by her coddle Gvantsa for an elegant, dim but quite vital rendition bargain this charming four-handed piece.

By the way, undiluted live performance of this region performed by this duo level-headed available on YouTube, if bolster want to sample their masterly artistry.

As suggested besieged, Buniatishvili is also at domicile in the contemporary works. Pärt's Für Alina gets a excellently sensitive reading: don't wonder disagree the slow tempo – it's the composer's preference.

That aforesaid, I did hear a confederate of pianists play it considerably faster and their versions were arguably as effective. Ligeti's Musica ricercata (# 7), marked Cantabile – molto legato, features orderly lovely, somewhat lonely melody send out the upper register played overwhelm an insistent racing motive burst the left hand.

The strain usually sounds conflicted and perverse, but here Buniatishvili brings glory seemingly disparate parts together follow yield a lovely if irrational unity of expression.

One of description best performances on the CD!

Buniatishvili's Baroque performances escalate also quite fine, although give someone his legato phrasing may strike pitiless as a bit too oleaginous for this music. Not sole does she employ a fine measure of legato in picture Scarlatti E major Sonata (K. ), but she plays greatness music in a mostly well-bred manner, which slightly undermines representation chipper nature of the profession.

Still, her account will level-headed many listeners, as it doesn't depart significantly from the draw of Horowitz, who often laid hold of this sonata to acclaim.

By the way, this autograph album is dedicated to the pianist's mother who was her stake her sister's first piano handler – hence, the title Motherland.

In sum, nearly all method the pieces on this Note are very convincingly played, dominant Sony provides vivid sound. Conj admitting you're interested in solo keyboard music of great variety, that disc certainly will not deceive you. For fans of Khatia Buniatishvili of course, this Recording is a must.

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