简介:
Жанр: Classical Piano
Носитель: SACD
Страна-производитель диска: Germany
Год издания: 2004
Издатель (лейбл): Detsche Grammophon
Номер по каталогу: 477 057-2
Страна: Russia
Аудиокодек: DST64 5.1, 2.0
Тип рипа: image (iso)
Битрейт аудио: 1/2.8224 MHz
Продолжительность: 00:28:08+00:48:13
Источник (релизер): PS3SACD
Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: да
This is a Schumannesque week for me. Just finished reviewing the John Lill two-LP set of Schumann piano works recorded by Tony Faulkner entirely in analog, and here is a two-SACD set of more Schumann - included another interpretation of the C Major Fantasy. OK, interesting comparison, right? It is very nice to have the more enveloping sound of the performance space accessible on the multichannel SACD, and Pletnev may run a little more dramatic in his interpretation, but the sound of John Lill's piano on the LP is again superior in most other aspects to the SACD - especially so if we switch from the multichannel option to the stereo SACD for a fairer comparison.
Back to the music: The Symphonic Etudes is a winner with performers and listeners for the exciting way it expands the capabilities of both the piano and the performer. Its 28-minute length and passages that try to transform the piano into an entire orchestra qualify the work for the "symphonic" appellation. (Although the Fantasy in C is longer yet.) The structure of the work is simple - it's a theme and variations with a big finish. But it is full of musical and extra-musical references. In spite of its very extrovert nature, the two alter-egos of Schumann (which eventually developed into serious mental illness) are felt in the emotional contrasts of the Etudes. The Album Leaves are short pieces - one as short as 45 seconds! - which Schumann composed at various times. Five of them are gathered together in Op. 99. The closing Arabesque, with its affecting melody, is an example of Schumann's "house music" for performance in the home