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NIKOLAI MEDTNER
Medtner: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 Nikolai Demidenko (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Jerzy Maksymiuk, conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 2 / CD - released 1/Oct/2003 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER - 'Performances as searingly intense as they are ardently lyrical. Truly extraordinary fire and brilliance' (Gramophone) |
J. S. BACH
Bach Piano Transcriptions Vol 2 (Busoni) Nikolai Demidenko (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Feb/2002 ] 'His performances capture the smouldering long lines and Gothic grandeur inherent in Busoni's textural transformations of the originals' (International Record Review) |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Demidenko plays Chopin (Polonaises / Berceuse / Tarantella) Nikolai Demidenko (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 12/Jul/2005 ] 'Demidenko's free-flowing virtuosity in such comparitive rarities as the Allegro de concert and Tarantella carries all before it, perfectly offset by the delightful polonaises and a sublime rendering of the Berceuse' (BBC Music Magazine) |
MUZIO CLEMENTI
Clementi: Piano Sonatas Nikolai Demidenko (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] 'Demidenko brings enormous gravitas and spirituality. The fire and dash he lavishes on the quicker movements make this highly enjoyable disc no less exciting than any of his Medtner, Chopin or Rachmaninov releases on Hyperion' (Hi Fi News) |