Ginastera: Piano Works / Poizat

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REVIEW:

François-Xavier Poizat, a 26-year-old French-Swiss pianist, could hardly have produced a more dazzling tribute to Ginastera, Argentina’s foremost composer. How he revels in the First Sonata’s Presto misterioso, a phantom chase taking its cue from Bartók, notably in its final breakup into ghostly fragments. He captures all the raucous brilliance of the Allegro rustico from the Suite de danzas criollas (dedicated to Rudolf Firkusny, clearly invited to forget his aristocratic pianism), and is finely sensitive to the mournful folksong of the Milonga as it floats across its swaying accompaniment. As an encore, Poizat adds Mompou’s Prelude No 5, a gentle and loving tribute to Ginastera’s Catalan origin. The pianist is well recorded and this is so much more than a collector’s piece.

– Gramophone


Product Description:


  • Catalog Number: PCL0087


  • UPC: 5060385450222


  • Label: Piano Classics


  • Composer: Alberto Ginastera, Federico Mompou


  • Performer: Francois Xavier Poizat