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Special offer. Visions
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara Stefanovich (piano)
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
Few, if any, duos are better equipped to take on this mantle than Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich.Aimard’s exceptionally close association with Messiaen and Loriod goes back to...
Special offer. Visions
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara Stefanovich (piano)
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Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
Few, if any, duos are better equipped to take on this mantle than Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich.Aimard’s exceptionally close association with Messiaen and Loriod goes back to...
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Visions offers Tamara Stefanovich and Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s return to Pentatone, presenting a programme revolving around Messiaen’s intoxicating Visions de l‘amen for two pianos. This centrepiece is surrounded by Enescu’s Carillon nocturne, Knussen’s Prayer Bell Sketch and Clock IV from Birtwistle’s Harrison’s Clocks. The works performed all share a fascination for the sound of bells, and Stefanovich and Aimard invite the listener on a mesmerizing acoustic journey. Tamara Stefanovich is captivating audiences worldwide with a broad repertoire ranging from Bach to contemporary composers, and made her Pentatone debut with the critically-acclaimed album Influences (2019). Widely acclaimed as a key figure in the music of our time and as a uniquely significant interpreter of piano repertoire from every age, Pierre-Laurent Aimard enjoys an internationally celebrated career. His exclusive engagement to Pentatone has led to a complete recording of Messiaen’s Catalogue d’oiseaux (2018) and a recording of Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata and Eroica Variations (2021).
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Awards and reviews
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BBC Music MagazineDecember 2022Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2022
December 2022
Few, if any, duos are better equipped to take on this mantle than Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich.Aimard’s exceptionally close association with Messiaen and Loriod goes back to his youth when he studied with both of them...Stefanovich is also thoroughly immersed in Visions and, unusually, they have alternated parts in their numerous performances.
December 2022
These seasoned musicians play both the acoustics and their pianos...the joyful asymmetric phrases throughout ‘Amen des étoiles, de la planète à l’anneau’ have plenty of room to both dance and breathe, in contrast with the Argerich/Rabinovitch traversal’s neo-Prokofievian drive.