Debussy - Preludes Book 2, La Mer (transcr. 2 pianos)
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Label: Harmonia Mundi
Cat No: HMM902302
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 29th June 2018
Contents
Artists
Alexander Melnikov (piano)Olga Pashchenko (piano)
Works
La Mer (piano duo)Preludes (12), Book 2
Artists
Alexander Melnikov (piano)Olga Pashchenko (piano)
About
Alexander Melnikov is among those pianists increasingly committed to playing the works of the past on the instruments on which they came into being (or could have done so) and so it is on a ‘period’ piano (an Érard piano) that he breathes new life into Book II of the Préludes but also, with the help of Olga Pashchenko, the extraordinary transcription of La Mer by the composer himself.
Reviews
In recent years Melnikov has been showcasing his own collection of pianos from various times and locations, in both concerts and recordings. His Érard dates from around 1885 and was restored in 2014 (take a bow, Markus Fischinger). The range of colour and attack he conjures from it is nothing short of breathtaking... In some climactic moments in La mer the Érard cannot deliver the full brassiness of its modern equivalents. But there are many more passages that are jaw-droppingly beautiful, and I can truly say that the duet version has never so completely made me forget about the orchestra (bravo to Olga Pashchenko here, too). ... To say that Melnikov matches Lubimov for imaginative flair would be high enough praise. But in point of fact he is in a league above. We’ll be lucky if the Debussy centenary throws up any release as distinguished as this one. David Fanning
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