Live At The Mariinsky – George Li

Haydn Piano Sonata h-moll H16 No. 32
Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 b-moll op. 35
Rachmaninov Corelli-Variationen op. 42
Liszt Consolation No. 3 Des-Dur; Ungarische Rhapsodie No. 2 cis-moll

George Li

Format: 1 CD
Release date: 6/10/2017
Barcode: 0190295812942 Categories: , ,

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   in Piano International (Mar, 2018)
This 2016 recital is clearly a display vehicle for George Li, yet curiously there is no biography for him (he won Silver Medal in the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition).

Li’s Haydn is stylish but muscular, with no apology for the choice of modern piano, the finale of the Sonata in B minor HOBXVI:32 perfectly judged in both velocity and staccato. Yet it is his Chopin Sonata No 2 that first points towards his stature: this is a performance of muscularity and technical perfection married to lyricism. Tempos flow perfectly, the Scherzo dances devilishly and the funeral march rises naturally to its climax.

Great repertoire choice in Rachmaninov’s Corelli Variations. The crystalline …

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