Alexandra Dariescu
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Even if the piecemeal programme never really gives Dariescu a chance to say anything profound, she brings her customary poise and polish as she shares these personal postcards from her world. —
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Dariescu communicates [the Boulanger’s] brooding atmosphere, imaginative register deployment and shattering climactic descending passages in octaves…Fauré’s Op. 103 Preludes further demonstrate... —
Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Solo Music
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Awards:
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year
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The perfect Christmas disc for tiny humans. A narrator tells the story of the Nutcracker over Dariescu’s sensitive playing. A really thoughtful set of illustrated programme notes, too. —
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a demanding programme - both technically and musically challenging, and well recorded by a history of virtuosos. It's a risky strategy for a debut disc, but overall it pays off. She is clearly... —
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Prelude to Playtime
Amanda Lee Falkenberg, Julian Bliss (clarinet), Ailish Tynan (soprano), Christopher Glynn (piano), Stephanie Gonley (violin), Emmanuel Despax (piano), Alexandra Dariescu (piano), Philharmonic Orchestra, Claire Jones (harp), William Bennett (flute), Alessio Bax (piano), Chrispian Steele-Perkins, English...
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Dariescu has plenty of power and agility, but she deplys them strictly for the sake of the music rather than for her own glory. Above all she knows how to shape lines by means of tactical withdrawal... —
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Clara Schumann and Edvard Grieg Piano Concertos
Alexandra Dariescu (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Tianyi Lu
There’s an authority and natural ease to her performance [of the Grieg], matched by some lovely playing from the Philharmonia. —
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There's much superb playing to enjoy: she is particularly good at creating atmosphere through her sound, which is cushioned, refined and beautifully balanced...the richness of Chopin's fleeting... —
