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Anyone who has heard Mikhail Pletnev’s Scarlatti knows that he […]
These Mikhail Pletnev recordings stem from Deutsche Grammophon session breaks and warm-ups, where the pianist spontaneously tossed off whole pieces for his own pleasure, from
This anthology was recorded in Villa Senar, Rachmaninov’s family home near Lucerne, on the composer’s own Steinway. The program celebrates the legendary composer/pianist in his
No question, folks: Mikhail Pletnev’s Scarlatti is all about the piano and piano playing. Would this virtuoso’s perfumed pedalings and stretched-to-the-max rubatos have curled Scarlatti’s
Purists may raise an eyebrow or two over Mikhail Pletnev’s myriad textual changes, including pronounced extremes of dynamics, voicing, and phrasing throughout Mussorgsky’s Pictures at
If you set out to record vulgar, perverse, and self-serving Mozart piano interpretations, at least be fun, or entertain, like Glenn Gould did. Unfortunately, Mikhail
Apparently a staple in Russia, the music of Taneyev exists on the fringes of the repertoire in the West, something that should be rectified–and will
Mikhail Pletnev is one of the few major pianists dedicated to exploring Tchaikovsky’s lesser-known piano music, and no one does it better. The 18 pieces
Although at first they may seem odd bedfellows, Prokofiev and Rachmaninov make a splendid pair in these absolutely superb and riveting performances of their respective
Mikhail Pletnev and Libor Pešek’s 1988 Rachmaninov disc makes a welcome reappearance at mid-price. Pešek launches the concerto with a refreshing athleticism, resisting the temptation
