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Site review by Polly Nomial August 23, 2008
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A brief dismissal here.
A photogenic young lady is placed in the recording studio to record one of the great keyboard works and then gives an interview in place of notes. In the interview, she describes her playing of said work as "a type of improvisation" and that "there isn't any emotion that isn't in the work". Well, the playing certainly conjured feelings of frustration in me because her "varying tempi" are not in the least restrained. Too many times, the music almost draws to a halt in seeming mid-phrase to draw our attention (far too emphatically) to something of wonder in the pianists eyes. There is nothing wrong with appreciating beautiful details on a masterpiece providing they do not obscure the vision of the whole and yet this is exactly what happens here with Issakadze. As a result, two discs are required and the change further disrupts any sense of unity that hitherto existed.
With such mannered playing, the quality of recording is immaterial.
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