Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3Evgeny Kissin
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EMI Classics
Reviews
"Dating form the composer's abrasive youth, just before the First World War, the concerto toys infuriatingly with atonality in the sese that it plants "wrong" intervals on the ear but scurries back to tonal chastity before the petting gets serious."
"This is an absorbing record, absolutely indispensable."
Norman Lebrecht, Evening Standard
April 2009
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"It is a work that Evgeny Kissin has long had in his repertoire, and and on this fine recording he deploys his indomitable technique, muscle and dexterity to give a dazzling interpretation." […]
"The sparks of humour that the music emits are also pointed up in performances of virtuosity and spirit."
Geoffrey Norris , The Daily Telegraph 4 STARS ****
May 2009
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"Kissin has much of what Prokofiev's piano concertos need: percussive attack, springing clarity and the power to clobber an orchestra dead." [...]
Geoff Brown , The Times
May 2009
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"dazzling performances by Evgeny Kissin, which also reveal this pianist’s increasing maturity as a musician. He finds the deeper inner inspiration of the music in the second concerto as well as the amazing virtuosity. The better-known third concerto combines wit and poetry and here Kissin, wonderfully accompanied by Ashkenazy and the orchestra, strikes a perfect balance between the elements."
The Sunday Telegraph
June 2009
