Katya Apekisheva - Grieg: Holberg Suite, Poetic Tone-Pictures & Lyric Pieces (2008)
BAND/ARTIST: Katya Apekisheva
- Title: Grieg: Holberg Suite, Poetic Tone-Pictures & Lyric Pieces
- Year Of Release: 2008
- Label: Quartz Music
- Genre: Classical Piano
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
- Total Time: 01:19:33
- Total Size: 244 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Fra Holbergs tid, Op. 40: I. Prelude
02. Fra Holbergs tid, Op. 40: II. Sarabande
03. Fra Holbergs tid, Op. 40: III. Gavotte
04. Fra Holbergs tid, Op. 40: IV. Air
05. Fra Holbergs tid, Op. 40: V. Rigaudon
06. 6 Poetic Tone-Pictures, Op. 3: No. 1, Allegro ma non troppo
07. 6 Poetic Tone-Pictures, Op. 3: No. 2, Allegro cantabile
08. 6 Poetic Tone-Pictures, Op. 3: No. 3, Con moto
09. 6 Poetic Tone-Pictures, Op. 3: No. 4, Andante con sentimento
10. 6 Poetic Tone-Pictures, Op. 3: No. 5, Allegro moderato
11. 6 Poetic Tone-Pictures, Op. 3: No. 6, Allegro scherzando
12. Lyric Pieces, Book 6, Op. 57: No. 2, Gade
13. Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: No. 6, To the Spring
14. Lyric Pieces, Book 7, Op. 62: No. 4, Brooklet
15. Lyric Pieces, Book 9, Op. 68: No. 3, At Your Feet
16. Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: No. 2, Lonely Wanderer
17. Lyric Pieces, Book 4, Op. 47: No. 4, Halling
18. Lyric Pieces, Book 4, Op. 47: No. 2, Album Leaf
19. Lyric Pieces, Book 5, Op. 54: No. 3, March of the Trolls
20. Lyric Pieces, Book 5, Op. 54: No. 5, Scherzo
21. Lyric Pieces, Book 6, Op. 57: No. 6, Homesickness
22. Lyric Pieces, Book 8, Op. 65: No. 6, Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
23. Lyric Pieces, Book 6, Op. 57: No. 1, Vanished Days
Russian pianist Katya Apekisheva is a veteran of the festival and competition circuit; Grieg Piano Music is her second CD for the English label Quartz and her first for the company as soloist. The selection is well chosen, containing Grieg's piano solo version of Holberg Suite, the Poetic Tone-Pictures, and a dozen pieces drawn from the Lyric Suites that form a good representation of that series as a whole, containing many of the best-known works therein. Apekisheva is an ideal competition-grade pianist; she gets all of the notes in where they belong, follows tempi with care, and transmits what's on the page in a literal, not a figurative, sense. As such, these recordings would be excellent for student pianists trying to learn the ropes in this literature. However, from a purely listening standpoint, this is also Apekisheva's greatest drawback. Grieg's music needs to sing, to breathe; while virtuosic elements in the music come off with precision here, slower, less difficult melodic passages are quiet, pristine, and rather lacking in poetry. One hopes for the personality of the pianist to raise Grieg's music to the realm of the exalted; the expected and score-faithful just isn't enough as Grieg cannot be eaten cold. Quartz's recording is at its best in loud passages, where the weight and power of Apekisheva's grand rings out in full display; otherwise the short reverb in the room, combined with the digital sound, adds a metallic sheen to the sound of the piano that's less than unattractive, but not to the point where its consistently bothersome.
01. Fra Holbergs tid, Op. 40: I. Prelude
02. Fra Holbergs tid, Op. 40: II. Sarabande
03. Fra Holbergs tid, Op. 40: III. Gavotte
04. Fra Holbergs tid, Op. 40: IV. Air
05. Fra Holbergs tid, Op. 40: V. Rigaudon
06. 6 Poetic Tone-Pictures, Op. 3: No. 1, Allegro ma non troppo
07. 6 Poetic Tone-Pictures, Op. 3: No. 2, Allegro cantabile
08. 6 Poetic Tone-Pictures, Op. 3: No. 3, Con moto
09. 6 Poetic Tone-Pictures, Op. 3: No. 4, Andante con sentimento
10. 6 Poetic Tone-Pictures, Op. 3: No. 5, Allegro moderato
11. 6 Poetic Tone-Pictures, Op. 3: No. 6, Allegro scherzando
12. Lyric Pieces, Book 6, Op. 57: No. 2, Gade
13. Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: No. 6, To the Spring
14. Lyric Pieces, Book 7, Op. 62: No. 4, Brooklet
15. Lyric Pieces, Book 9, Op. 68: No. 3, At Your Feet
16. Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: No. 2, Lonely Wanderer
17. Lyric Pieces, Book 4, Op. 47: No. 4, Halling
18. Lyric Pieces, Book 4, Op. 47: No. 2, Album Leaf
19. Lyric Pieces, Book 5, Op. 54: No. 3, March of the Trolls
20. Lyric Pieces, Book 5, Op. 54: No. 5, Scherzo
21. Lyric Pieces, Book 6, Op. 57: No. 6, Homesickness
22. Lyric Pieces, Book 8, Op. 65: No. 6, Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
23. Lyric Pieces, Book 6, Op. 57: No. 1, Vanished Days
Russian pianist Katya Apekisheva is a veteran of the festival and competition circuit; Grieg Piano Music is her second CD for the English label Quartz and her first for the company as soloist. The selection is well chosen, containing Grieg's piano solo version of Holberg Suite, the Poetic Tone-Pictures, and a dozen pieces drawn from the Lyric Suites that form a good representation of that series as a whole, containing many of the best-known works therein. Apekisheva is an ideal competition-grade pianist; she gets all of the notes in where they belong, follows tempi with care, and transmits what's on the page in a literal, not a figurative, sense. As such, these recordings would be excellent for student pianists trying to learn the ropes in this literature. However, from a purely listening standpoint, this is also Apekisheva's greatest drawback. Grieg's music needs to sing, to breathe; while virtuosic elements in the music come off with precision here, slower, less difficult melodic passages are quiet, pristine, and rather lacking in poetry. One hopes for the personality of the pianist to raise Grieg's music to the realm of the exalted; the expected and score-faithful just isn't enough as Grieg cannot be eaten cold. Quartz's recording is at its best in loud passages, where the weight and power of Apekisheva's grand rings out in full display; otherwise the short reverb in the room, combined with the digital sound, adds a metallic sheen to the sound of the piano that's less than unattractive, but not to the point where its consistently bothersome.
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