Chopin: Sonata No. 2/4 Scherzos

Chopin: Sonata No. 2/4 Scherzos
- TRPCESKI SIMON
- MUSICA CLASICA
- INTERNATIONAL
- MUSIC
Add Simon Trpceski to the recent surge of young virtuoso pianists. Born in 1979, he studied in Skopie, the capital of his native Macedonia, won prizes in Italy, the Czech Republic and England, and is already embarked on a flourishing international career. This is his third CD; the other two feature Russian music in one all-Rachmaninov and one mixed program. These five Chopin compositions give him ample opportunity to display his technical prowess and facility. He lets his hands act as equal partners, tossing off glittering, exhilarating runs and cascades at hair-raising speeds; his tone is beautiful, capable of delicate, singing lyricism and crashing chords, and he combines a fiery temperament with poetic sensibility. In the Sonata, the Funeral March is extremely slow, stately and solemn, the Finale and Scherzo are exciting but too fast for clarity, the Trio is dreamy but excessively free. The four Scherzos make somewhat strange bedfellows. Written years apart, they can hardly have been conceived as a group to be performed together. All are basically fast, virtuosic, dramatic and aggressive, with the turbulent impetuosity set off by oases of calm. Only the last one has the capriciousness, elfin lightness and charm of a true Scherzo. Trpceski brings out the changes of character and the contrasts in texture and mood both between and within the Scherzos almost too starkly; the dynamics often become exaggerated, the expression effusive. But the playing is invariably splendid. --Edith Eisler
Country USA
Brand EMI
Manufacturer EMI Classics
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 094637558621
ReleaseDate 2007-03-06
UnitCount 1
Format Import
UPCs 094637558621
EANs 0094637558621

Country	USA
Brand	EMI
Manufacturer	EMI Classics
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	094637558621
ReleaseDate	2007-03-06
UnitCount	1
Format	Import
UPCs	094637558621
EANs	0094637558621

Chopin: Sonata No. 2/4 Scherzos

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