Feltsman; Vladimir

Feltsman’s French Suites Dance Off The Page

Jed Distler

In a 1993 master class that I attended, Vladimir Feltsman critiqued a young pianist’s performance of a Bach Partita for underselling the music’s dance origins.

Vladimir Feltsman’s Rachmaninov Tribute

Jed Distler

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

Beethoven: Piano sonatas/Feltsman

Jed Distler

It’s good that Nimbus has been licensing material from the American MusicMasters catalogue to reissue. However, in this particular case they’ve given us the wrong

Mussorgsky: Pictures etc./Feltsman

Jed Distler

If you can play the notes of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition accurately, honor his phrasings and dynamics, maintain steady tempos, and keep the energy

J.S. Bach: Partitas, Inventions/Feltsman

Jed Distler

Vladimir Feltsman truly understands the dance origins that inform each movement of Bach’s partitas, as you can tell from his buoyant tempos for the Courantes

Chopin Nocturnes/Feltsman

Jed Distler

Vladimir Feltsman dispels the notion of Chopin’s Nocturnes as musical portraits of dreamy landscapes by his ardent, at times aggressive projection of the composer’s operatically