Browse: Kapustin (composer)

Sitting across the gap between classical and jazz, Kapustin’s Concerto for Piano and Violin is largely bluesy in feel, while the Fourth Piano Concerto almost has a touch of rock about it. In... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This is not the first recording [of Concerto No. 5], though the only other version – performed by Masahiro Kawakami (on Exton) – is hard to purchase outside Japan. In any case, this new recording... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2023, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

…Kapustin's… a Russian (b1937) who's had the bright idea of combining classical forms with a jazz idiom. …the music is full of virtuosity which Marc-André Hamelin handles effortlessly. He also... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2004, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Hamelin's amazing technique and clarity of sound means that the music sounds as spontaneous as it can, though there's still a lingering doubt that it's all just a bit too knowing and clever. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

a heady 68 minutes of music giving the impression – if you were listening blind – of a well-drilled jazz trio improvising on some favourite numbers of their own. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2022 More…

Kapustin’s joyful, American swing was as defiant an expression of individuality as Schnittke’s coruscating late Romanticism...Leaving aside moments of cliché, the intimate interplay between rhythm... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2020, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…