Schumann & Mozart: Sophie Pacini

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This debut reveals a sympathetic tone and an independent spirit which particularly suit the Schumann. Tempos are well-judged, with room for Pacini to explore the work's lyrical meditations. Certain... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2012, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 9th Jan 2012
Catalogue No: ONYX4088
Label: Onyx
Length: 60 minutes

Mozart: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54

Work length29:58

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$6.30

Sophie Pacini
Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz
Radoslaw Szulc

I. Allegro affettuoso

Track length14:18

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$2.80

II. Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso

Track length5:22

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$1.40

III. Allegro vivace

Track length10:18

$1.50

$2.10

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K271 "Jeunehomme"

Work length30:38

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$6.30

Sophie Pacini
Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz
Radoslaw Szulc

I. Allegro

Track length10:27

$1.50

$2.10

II. Andantino

Track length10:51

$1.50

$2.10

III. Rondo: Presto

Track length9:20

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$2.10

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In 2011 Pacini won the Prix Marguerite Dütschler of the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad. Born in Munich in 1991, her father an Italian professor of literature and her mother a German physician, Sophie Pacini began to play the piano comparatively late, at the age of six. However, her outstanding talent was recognised quickly: she made her debut with Haydn’s D major Piano Concerto in 2000. In 2002, aged 11, she became a student of Karl-Heinz Kämmerling at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. In 2004 she was admitted to the Mozarteum’s institute for highly talented musicians, where she studied not only the piano but also improvisation, aural theory, harmonics, composition and conducting. Since 2007 she has been studying in Pavel Gililov’s master class.

In 2010 Pacini auditioned for Martha Argerich and, after the Liszt Sonata, Argerich approached her, kissed her on the cheek and said: ‘You are very good. Do you know that?’ Since then their friendship has grown. Argerich recommended Sophie to Fou T’song and invited her to take part in the Progetto Martha Argerich in Lugano. They arrange to meet whenever possible. Martha Argerich and Sophie Pacini worked together on the preparation for this, her debut recording of an Argerich favourite – the Schumann concerto, and also on Mozart’s first great piano concerto, known as ‘Jeunehomme’. Named after a French keyboard player who was in Salzburg over the winter of 1776–7, nothing is known of her today, except that the 21-year-old Mozart wrote this remarkable concerto for her.

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August 2012

This debut reveals a sympathetic tone and an independent spirit which particularly suit the Schumann. Tempos are well-judged, with room for Pacini to explore the work's lyrical meditations. Certain issues between pianist and orchestra could have worked better...But Pacini is promising indeed, and one to watch for the future.

June 2012

Pacini (b1991) is a protegee of Martha Argerich and it shows...There's a similar air of in-the-moment rhapsodising and no fear of giving the performance a boot up the backside if she catches her accompanists napping...Pacini clearly has something to say in this music and the technique to do so. What is lacking, perhaps, is ability to take the long view and tie up all the works' episodes into a unified whole.

Schumann & Mozart: Sophie Pacini

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