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I decided to record the pieces over a short period of time, in order to keep the spontaneity of the interpretation. I am very thankful to the Teldex Team (René Möller and Jakob Bötcher) and the piano technician Gerd Finkenstein for sharing this musical experience together, and creating an exciting recording.“\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEW\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-id=\"41b404e9\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41b404e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementor-widget-container\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Bulgarian pianist Dora Deliyska has a penchant for “conceptual” programs that mix and match works related by genre or theme. Her 2018 Capriccio release “The B-A-C-H Project”, for example, juggled preludes and fugues by Bach and Shostakovich alongside decidedly non-Bachian études of Liszt and Chopin. The ordering of pieces seemed less curated than lumped together. The same can be said for her new 80-minute survey of Études and Préludes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor instance, the first three selections (Ligeti’s Der Zauberlehrling, Debussy’s Étude for Chromatic Degrees, and Chopin’s “Winter Wind”) texturally complement one another, while Chopin’s nocturne-like Op. 25 No. 7 étude easily elides into Ligeti’s gorgeously lyrical Ligeti Cordes á vide. On the other hand, I glean no insightful programmatic agenda within the small groups of Chopin, Debussy, and Kapustin Preludes placed in succession.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJudging from the present disc (as well as her Liszt and Schubert Gramola releases), Deliyska is more of a poetic than heroic pianist. Indeed, her Chopin “Octave” and “Winter Wind” etudes are less incisive here than her aforementioned Capriccio disc. Her note-perfect Chopin F-sharp minor and B-flat minor Preludes and sharply detailed Debussy Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest lack sweep and abandon. Yet what sexy inflections throughout Debussy’s Pour les arpèges composes, and strong inner rhythm in the sedately paced Ligeti L’escalier du diable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDebussy’s La Puerta del Vino adds up to a curious blend of spiky articulation and curvaceous lilt. However, the concluding three Preludes from Kapustin’s Op. 53 set reveals Deliyska’s stylistic ease with the composer’s jazz-based idiom. 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Sandwiched between the first and last sonatas – the former delightfully without a hint of angst, the latter richly expressive and exploratory – lies a wealth of contrasts…As on previous occasions [Bavouzet] makes it difficult to imagine Haydn presented with greater gusto, precision and charms[.] --\u003cem\u003eInternational Piano\u003c\/em\u003e (Bryce Morrison)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"review-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e---\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"review-text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"review-text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"review-text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"review-text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"review\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"review-text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA project that began in 2011 is completed; what a journey it has been. 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The first movement, ‘Revolutionary Petrograd’, depicts the arrival of Lenin in Petrograd in April 1917 and his meetings with the working people of the city. The second, ‘Razliv’, commemorates the site of Lenin’s retreat to the north of the city. ‘Aurora’, the third movement, refers to the Russian battleship the revolutionary mutinous crew of which fired the first shot of the attack on the Winter Palace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, ‘The Dawn of Humanity’ celebrates the ultimate victory of the Great October Socialist Revolution. Musically, the Twelfth seems to regress to a more simplistic musical language than that of the immediately preceding Symphony – which some commentators ascribe to Shostakovich’s joining the Communist Party and perhaps trying harder to meet its expectations. The Fifteenth (and last) Symphony was written entirely in July 1971, at a composer’s rest home in Repino, north-west of Leningrad. 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This success finally gave the 56-year-old composer the attention and recognition he sorely needed and one can affirm that it was from this day onwards that Bruckner was actually cultivated in Vienna after years of public humiliation. Despite its nickname given by the composer himself, this symphony in no way expresses existential pain. Rather, the romanticism refers to the experience of nature – from sublime forest magic to hunting scenes – emphasized by the horn, the quintessential romantic instrument, which is given a prominent role.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEW\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan id=\"ctl00_MainContent_gvReviews_cell6_12_ASPxPopupControl1_ASPxLabel2\" class=\"dxeBase_PlasticBlue\"\u003eDausgaard emerged early on as one of the most convincing HIP conductors of standard repertoire, and he has earned the right to express his individuality in Bruckner under normal conditions, one might say. 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The writing is reminiscent of a conversation between three friends in which contrasts are not excluded: we hear affection, divergences and even disagreements. This atmosphere of friendly, playful, and sometimes very intimate exchange also pervades Schumann’s Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales). While its spirited conviviality might give the impression that this work was the product of idyllic times, it was actually composed during Schumann’s last full year of sanity before his final mental collapse in 1854. There is a similar atmosphere of warm intimacy in Max Bruch’s Eight Pieces, written in 1910. Four of them are presented here, giving not a single hint of the approaching First World War. Based on a Russian folk tale, Stravinsky’s stage work L’Histoire du Soldat may be less good-natured than the preceding works. But the music is wonderfully entertaining, borrowing from various genres, including jazz. 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