Prokofiev - Four Etudes, Op. 2
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Instrumental » Piano Solos
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Formidably played and well recorded, it will alert even the most seasoned listener to the conflicting elements of Prokofiev's always "difficult", prickly and volatile nature...[Raekallio] plays... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2011, Re-issue of the Month
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Valentin Malinin Piano Laureate Recital - 2021 Winner Jaén Prize International Piano Competition
Valentin Malinin (piano), Bretón String Quartet
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He has an innate affinity with the three composers presented here. — More…
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His powerful technique motors through Prokofiev’s four miniatures with tremendous confidence, relishing their naughty-boy dissonances, and he treats the Lisztian flourishes that occasionally... — More…
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Böhmová has much fun with [the Etudes], for both sets are really spirited releases of creative energy rather than anything more serious...Böhmová also responds with great subtlety to Stravinsky's... — More…
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Piano Recital: DongKyu Kim
First Prize, 2010 San Marino International Piano Competition
DongKyu Kim (piano)
I’d wager there is room for this album in any Prokofiev collection...and the fact that it’s so well-played and well-recorded makes it all the more valuable. — More…
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Prokofiev - Piano Sonatas & Ballet Arrangements
Michel Béroff (piano), Boris Giltburg (piano), Roustem Saitkoulov (piano), Vladimir Ovchinikov (piano), Navah Perlman (piano)
After Michel Beroff's brutal and unloving performances of five sonatas, in a brash 1978 recording, the younger generation redeem matters. Saitkoulov's version of the Four Etudes, Op. 2 is outstanding. — More…
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