BRAHMS // BACH By Anna Vinnitskaya - Official Album Trailer
- 9 years ago
CD Release: February 2016
Anna Vinnitskaya’s discography to date has been Franco- Russian. Here she tackles Brahms, whom she has frequently played in concert, notably this summer at the Festival of La Roque d’Anthéron. Here is what ResMusica had to say about that recital: ‘True to her reputation, the Russian pianist genuinely illuminated the scene, impressing us with the control and depth of her artistry . . . Each piece obeyed a flawless architectural rigour, focusing on melodic line and diversity of tone. Right from the first bars of Bach’s Chaconne transcribed by Brahms for the left hand, she produced a sound so full and nuanced as to make us forget that we were listening to just one hand. . . . There is always a great temptation to slide into Romantic emphasis, but
the Russian artist achieved emotion with sobriety, using very little
pedal. In the Klavierstücke of Brahms, this ability to penetrate
the score down to its slightest inflections resulted in a version at
the opposite pole from what one so often hears. Only the great
Brahms interpreters possess the gift of not overloading a text already sufficiently dense in sentiments.’
This recording was made some weeks later, at the famous, indeed legendary concert hall of Neumarkt near Nuremberg.
Anna Vinnitskaya’s discography to date has been Franco- Russian. Here she tackles Brahms, whom she has frequently played in concert, notably this summer at the Festival of La Roque d’Anthéron. Here is what ResMusica had to say about that recital: ‘True to her reputation, the Russian pianist genuinely illuminated the scene, impressing us with the control and depth of her artistry . . . Each piece obeyed a flawless architectural rigour, focusing on melodic line and diversity of tone. Right from the first bars of Bach’s Chaconne transcribed by Brahms for the left hand, she produced a sound so full and nuanced as to make us forget that we were listening to just one hand. . . . There is always a great temptation to slide into Romantic emphasis, but
the Russian artist achieved emotion with sobriety, using very little
pedal. In the Klavierstücke of Brahms, this ability to penetrate
the score down to its slightest inflections resulted in a version at
the opposite pole from what one so often hears. Only the great
Brahms interpreters possess the gift of not overloading a text already sufficiently dense in sentiments.’
This recording was made some weeks later, at the famous, indeed legendary concert hall of Neumarkt near Nuremberg.