in Piano International (Mar, 2015)
Barry Douglas’ conspectus of Brahms solo piano works continues with this well- recorded and well-chosen programme. The Op 39 Waltzes offer plenty of opportunities for the pianist to reveal his or her interior side, and Douglas shows himself as sensitive (the gentle sway of No 4, for example) as well as more outgoing (No 13). The Theme with Variations is better known in its version for string sextet; Douglas gives a strong, muscular reading that fits well with the organ-like gestures and burnished, bass-rich writing. If the three Intermezzos do not quite fit the late Brahmsian mode, the youthful Op 2 Sonata finds Douglas on excellent form, standing tall in the …
Debussy: Preludes II – Maurizio Pollini
Préludes – Book 2
1. Brouillards
2. Feuilles mortes
3. La puerta del vino
4. Les fées sont d’exquises danseuses
5. Bruyères
6. General Lavine – eccentric
7. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
8. Ondine
9. Hommage à S. Pickwick, Esq., P.P.M.P.C.
10. Canope
11. Les tierces alternées
12. Feux d’artifice
En blanc et noir
1. Avec emportement (for 2 pianos)
2. Lent. Sombre (for 2 pianos)
3. Scherzando (for 2 pianos)
Maurizio Pollini
21,90€
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