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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Études-Tableaux, Op. 33
Boris Giltburg (piano)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Carlos Miguel Prieto
Giltburg paces the concerto’s solo opening crescendo beautifully…In terms of sheer pianism, the ensuing saga is frequently breathtaking. It’s not only the fleetness of the fingerwork, utter... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2017, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Solo Recording - piano (20th/21st-century music)
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You just know this is going to be good, one of those where you can just sit back and listen with unalloyed pleasure to music, artist and instrument...Certainly the best solo piano album to come... —
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A collection of miniature piano rarities and transcriptions put together to fascinating effect. —
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It's a world in which Idil Biret is completely at home. —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Pizarro is at his most expansive in the Sonata, delivering many passages of wonderfully reflecctive playing, especially in the central slow movement…[he] conjures up some marvellously rich sonorities…[and]... —
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Transcriptions
Works transcribed for piano by Serge Rachmaninov
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Vovka Ashkenazy (piano), Dody Ashkenazy (piano) & Alastair Mackie (trumpet)
The Bach Partita movements and the Mendelssohn Scherzo are exuberantly executed with wonderfully shaded phrasing and clear voicing. —
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