Mozart, Beethoven & Brahms - Variations | Linn CKD682

Mozart, Beethoven & Brahms - Variations

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Label: Linn

Cat No: CKD682

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 11th March 2022

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Following his ‘glorious’ Shostakovich concertos recording which was named a BBC Music Magazine Concerto Choice, Simon Trpčeski releases his first solo piano album for Linn. Hailed for his powerful virtuosity, deeply expressive approach and charismatic stage presence, the pianist has recorded five sets of variations by Mozart, Brahms and Beethoven.

In addition to Mozart’s simple, elegant Variations on ‘Salve tu, Domine’, and his practically unknown Variations on ‘Come un agnello’, the recital includes Brahms’s multi-layered, highly romantic Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, op.9, plus Beethoven’s Variations on a Russian Dance, whose classical style belies the composer’s quintessential fierceness. Beethoven’s substantial Variations on an Original Theme in C minor, whose eight-bar theme based on a descending chromatic bass sets off a whirlwind of uninterrupted variations, draws the recital to a close. The wide range of emotions expressed in these variations showcase Trpčeski’s own extraordinary range.

Reviews

Simon Trpčeski’s new Linn recording of masters of the variation is likely to inspire admiration and astonishment in equal measure. ... Perhaps it’s the progression of the affects Brahms presents over the course of these 16 variations that Trpčeski finds so congenial. It doesn’t matter. What does is that this atmospheric performance is played so convincingly.  Patrick Rucker
Gramophone June 2022
Gramophone Editor's Choice

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