No need to waste much time here. Pletnev’s versions of […]
The selection of Rachmaninov Preludes and Op. 3 No. 1 Elegy stem from 2010 studio sessions. If Vladimir Feltsman’s performances do not palpitate with dramatic
In his second crack at Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 Mikhail Pletnev still has not found his way through the work. The first two movements fail
From the opening sentence of the booklet notes we know
Does Pletnev even like Tchaikovsky? It doesn’t seem so. He recorded perhaps the dullest ever complete symphony cycle for DG, and now here he goes
Mikhail Pletnev really is a fine ballet conductor, far more successful at characterizing short genre pieces than at sustaining the symphonic drama of large movements
What’s not to like? The music is gorgeously tuneful and atmospheric, the orchestration amazing, the playing excellent, the sonics vibrant. Pletnev’s crisp briskness works quite
Mikhail Pletnev remains a cypher. Remember how rapturously his first major recording as a conductor, Tchaikovsky’s Sixth on Virgin, was greeted? Then he went on
At 25, pianist Francesco Tristano Schlimé carries an impressive-looking artistic resumé with credits that stretch beyond the so-called “standard rep” and into composition, new music,
Mikhail Pletnev’s Shostakovich Symphony No. 11 excels beyond the much-hyped Rostropovich version on LSO Live, which suffers from a deadening slow, heavy tread. Pletnev’s urgent