Kreisleriana / Symphonic Studies
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Kreisleriana / Symphonic Studies
Nelson Goerner (piano)
[ Zig Zag Territoires / CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 15 March 2015
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"His technically secure playing displays a real feeling for the pieces' ever-changing colours and for the logic leading one phrase into another, his tiny rhythmic adjustments never disrupting the flow." BBC Music Magazine
After a notable Debussy recital hailed by the international press, Nelson Goerner continues his collaboration with Zig-Zag Territoires in the company of another composer: Robert Schumann. On the programme: two emblematic works from Schumann's universe: the Etudes Symphoniques, Op. 13 (including the posthumous etudes) and Kreisleriana, Op. 16, plus a short piece about which Schumann said that it was 'the most difficult piece ever written': the Toccata, Op. 7.
This new recording clearly demonstrates the fantastic range of Nelson Goerner's talent, felicitously combining a highly rigorous approach; exceptional generosity and richness of sound.
'Here is yet another account of the overplayed, over-recorded Schumann Etudes Symphoniques - but this one is seriously excellent … Goerner's flexibility with rubato helps to strike a fine balance between contrast and logic between contrast and pacing, while also creating an engaging hint of "golden age" qualities." (Recording of the Month BBC Music March 2015)
"Beauty of sound is uppermost in the theme, which perhaps dreams a little too freely. In general he is most convincing in the faster movements...But I'd question whether the eighth etude is truly sempre marcatissimo, while the ninth doesn't have the sense of being on a knife-edge." (Gramophone)
Tracks:
Études symphoniques, Op. 13
Kreisleriana, Op. 16
Toccata in C major, Op. 7
