Description
Title: Handel Variations & 4 Ballads
Artist: Brahms / Tamarina
Label: Pentatone
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 827949067761
Genre: Classical, Classical
Release Date: 2017-11-17
Number of Discs: 1
The incomparable, soul-searching playing of the veteran Russian pianist Nelly Akopian-Tamarina is captured in a rare studio recording for PENTATONE with a luminous performance of Brahms”s towering Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel, Op. 24 and the introspective Four Ballades, Op. 10. In a distinguished tradition of playing stretching back to the great Russian school of Scriabin, Rachmaninov and Medtner through her teacher, the acclaimed virtuoso Alexander Goldenweiser, Nelly Akopian-Tamarina is an exemplar of an exquisitely crafted and poetical style of playing which is subtle, probing, deeply lyrical and utterly spellbinding. Winner of the 1963 Robert Schumann International Competition for Pianists and Singers and recipient of the coveted Robert Schumann Prize in 1974, her career was nevertheless blocked by official censorship in the Soviet Union during the 1970s such that she made her London debut only in 1983 with a programme of Schumann and Brahms. For this new release, Akopian-Tamarina approaches the programme with her customary sensitivity and poetic insights to give performances of rare subtlety and perfection. “”Classically framed romantic miniature fantasies, intricate, entwining studies in embroidery, decoration and voicing””, she writes of the Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel, “”the twenty-five variations navigate the theme to a coronation of fugal triumph, immeasurable and immortal””.
Tracks:
1.1 Aria
1.2 Variation 1
1.3 Variation 2
1.4 Variation 3. Dolce
1.5 Variation 4. Risoluto
1.6 Variation 5. Espressivo
1.7 Variation 6
1.8 Variation 7. Con Vivacità
1.9 Variation 8
1.10 Variation 9. Poco Sostenuto
1.11 Variation 10. Energico
1.12 Variation 11. Dolce
1.13 Variation 12. Soave
1.14 Variation 13. Largamente, Ma Non Più
1.15 Variation 14. Sciolto
1.16 Variation 15
1.17 Variation 16
1.18 Variation 17. Più Mosso
1.19 Variation 18. Grazioso
1.20 Variation 19. Leggiero E Vivace
1.21 Variation 20
1.22 Variation 21. Dolce
1.23 Variation 22
1.24 Variation 23. Vivace
1.25 Variation 24
1.26 Variation 25
1.27 Fuga
1.28 No. 1. Andante
1.29 No. 2. Andante Espressivo E Dolce
1.30 No. 3. Intermezzo. Allegro
1.31 No. 4. Andante Con Moto Espressivo
Audio Sample:
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