The Russian Piano Tradition
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Yakov Flier was a distinguished pupil of Igumnov, and on this disc plays consistently better than his teacher. The Kabalevsky 24 Preludes have phenomenal élan, and everything is fresh, even... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2008, Re-issue of the Month
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Rachmaninov Piano Concertos
Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Yakov Zak (piano), Lev Oborin (piano)
USSR RTV Large Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Radio Orchestra, USSR State Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling, Kyrill Kondrashin, Alexander Gauk, Konstantin Ivanov
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Music for Two Pianos - Emil Gilels & Yakov Zak
Emil Gilels & Yakov Zak (piano)
USSR State Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin
…Gilels teams up with fellow Neuhaus pupil Yakov Zak to provide a dazzling display of ensemble work. —
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Yudina's expressively confident Beethoven is stimulating, meriting extensive appreciation. —
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Tatiana Nikolayeva - The Goldenweiser School
Tatiana Nikolayeva (piano)
USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Nikolai Anosov, Kyrill Kondrashin
Nikolayeva's rubato in the Concerto's central Andante is as natural as breathing and throughout the Fantasia she inflects Tchaikovsky's sumptuously decorated melodies with a warmth and breadth... —
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Viktor Merzhanov finds in Liszt's Paganini Etudes a jaunty, playful vein...his Scriabin is incandescent. —
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What superb if unobtrusive technique in Chopin's F minor Etude from Op 25, what grace and sparkle in the Scherzo from Beethoven's Op 2 No 2 Sonata! —
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Goldenweiser's greatest student, Grigory Ginzburg (1904-61), clearly resembles his teacher in some ways: his tone is solid, his technical craft everywhere apparent, and his identification with... —
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Igumnov founded an important tradition of Russian pianism, but he didn't record much himself, and the quality of sound on this carefully prepared disc is mainly poor. He seems to have been... —
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