Alexei Lubimov
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If CPE’s music represents a synthesis of old and new, the piano exhibits similar qualities with a palette that can resemble a fortepiano squaring up to a clavichord with attitude…Lubimov owns... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2017, Editor's Choice
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Debussy's use of pianistic colour is absolutely central to this tremendous set from Alexi Lubimov. He uses the characterful sonorities of two pianos from close to Debussy's time...not claiming... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Instrumental Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2012, Disc of the month
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Cantante e tranquillo
András Keller, Zsófia Környei (violin), Zoltán Gál (viola), Judit Szabó (cello), János Pilz (violin - 3, 5, 6, 7, 8), Ottó Kertész (cello - 3, 7), Alexei Lubimov (piano - track 5)
Keller Quartett
it's all expertly played, even if the Bach is more Romantic in its use of vibrato than might be expected nowadays. —
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Arvo Pärt - Musica Selecta
A Sequence By Manfred Eicher
Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Gidon Kremer (violin), Vladimir Mendelssohn (viola), Alexander Malter (piano), Keith Jarrett (piano), Vox Clamantis, Saulius Sondeckis (violin/conductor), Latvian Radio Choir, Swedish Radio Choir, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Alexei Lubimov (piano), Lynne Dawson...
For this excellent two-CD compendium, the producer Manfred Eicher has selected pieces from the recordings he has made over the past 30 years. It’s a perfect introduction to Pärt’s work, ranging... —
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the anti-Putin Russian pianist, long a friend of the Ukrainian composer, has recorded a pristine album of his meditative solo piano miniatures, with pieces inspired by figures from Purcell to... —
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…This is altogether a beautiful recital by a master-pianist and while there's no shortage of fine recordings of these famous pieces, there has been none in my experience to equal Lubimov on... —
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Building A Library, October 2023, Period Instrument Choice - D935
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Pärt: Lamentate
Alexei Lubimov (piano)
SWR Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart & The Hilliard Ensemble, Andrey Boreyko
After a subterranean rumble, a sorrowful fanfare makes way for an ascent of the solo piano keyboard, and a shuddering orchestral climax that sets the tolling of alarm bells against a Mahlerian... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2005, Editor's Choice
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Those who consider John Cage to be the king of chaos, ruling over a world of disconnected, random events, may be surprised by this wonderful CD...The recording presents great clarity and detail... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2013, Choral & Song Choice
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Valentin Silvestrov: Forgotten Word I Wished to Say
Alexei Lubimov (piano), Viktoriia Vitrenko (soprano)
Alexei Lubimov’s poised performances always bring clarity and balance to Silvestrov’s music, enabling this carefully crafted and proportioned post-tonal style to simply speak for itself. —
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