Rachmaninov & Ravel: Piano Works

Refulgent Rachmaninov from a brilliant Dutch pianist. He roots Ravel's Sonatine in classical poise and presents a warm, technicoloured account of Miroirs. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 12th Dec 2011
Catalogue No: KTC1432
Label: Etcetera

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Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28

Hannes Minnaar (piano)

Ravel: Sonatine

Hannes Minnaar (piano)

Ravel: Miroirs, M.43

Hannes Minnaar (piano)

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Boreletti Buitoni artist, Hannes Minnaar studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory and made his international debut as a solo pianist at the Gewandhaus, Leipzig. He has a busy concert schedule performing with Dutch and Flemish Orchestras, but also performs with his own Van Baerle Trio. He was recently described as “A name to watch” by the Observer.

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January 2012

Refulgent Rachmaninov from a brilliant Dutch pianist. He roots Ravel's Sonatine in classical poise and presents a warm, technicoloured account of Miroirs.

December 2011

For his debut CD [Minnaar] displays further attributes as a convincing tonal colourist and ardent Romantic. I was much taken with the sound world Minnaar creates for the Ravel, abetted by the recording - neither too intrusively close up nor too resonantly distant...'Oiseaux tristes' is particularly fine, while the digital challenges of 'Alborada' are deftly addressed...He's a natural talent with a bold streak.

February 2012

This is indeed an astonishing debut: the young Dutch pianist Hannes Minnaar
manages the prodigious feat of making Rachmaninov’s First Piano Sonata sound
not a second too long… Minnaar is faultless in pacing the outer movements to attain coherence of the whole, and the strongest possible sense of direction.

20th November 2011

Minnaar's virtuosity needs no comment: we expect that. His musical intelligence, sense of line and structure, delicacy, subtlety of texture and discipline set him apart. His Ravel is muscular and sparkling, his Rachmaninov glowing, meticulous and fervent.

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