Russian Piano Music, Vol. 13 - Sergei Rachmaninov
Alfonso Soldano (piano)
a clear and compelling trajectory … Soldano captures the glowing grandeur of the final Maestoso with fingers of steel.
Russian Piano Music, Vol. 13 - Sergei Rachmaninov
Alfonso Soldano (piano)
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a clear and compelling trajectory … Soldano captures the glowing grandeur of the final Maestoso with fingers of steel.
About
The major work in this second album of Rachmaninov’s works in the Russian Piano series is the First Sonata, a pinnacle of high late Romanticism. Less well known are the Moments Musicaux but they too are masterful pieces. Alfonso Soldano is professor of piano performance at the Giordano Conservatory in Foggia, Italy, following similar posts at Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome and in Trani. He was a student of Ciccolini and is renowned for his virtuosity. He was awarded the International Gold Medal for ‘Best Italian Artist’ in 2013 and has won many other competitions, and is also a busy writer and transcriber. His previous recordings for Divine Art, of the music of Bortkiewicz and Castelnuovo-Tedesco, received glowing reviews. His Rachmaninov is equally magical.
Contents and tracklist
- Alfonso Soldano (piano)
- Alfonso Soldano (piano)
- Alfonso Soldano (piano)
Awards and reviews
April 2020
a clear and compelling trajectory … Soldano captures the glowing grandeur of the final Maestoso with fingers of steel.
March 2020
was both impressed and amazed … Italian pianist Alfonso Soldano is brilliant in every way - from presenting a compelling technique to displaying an intimate relationship with some of the truly dreamy passages.
