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In a way, young pianist Kim Bernard sets himself a big challenge by choosing very standard repertory works for his debut album over unusual pieces. After all, to make an impression with Chopin, Debussy, and Ravel is more difficult than it is with, say, Charles-Valentin Alkan or Louise Farrenc. Furthermore, Bernard is the kind of player whose virtues come from thorough training, of the sort that can squeeze the life out of the music. He is not a subjective pianist but rather one who executes the music cleanly down to its small details. As it happens, he has the chops to impress listeners anyhow, and one wants to hear more from this artist. He is at his absolute best in Ravel's Le tombeau de Couperin, a neo-Baroque work whose ornaments ring brilliantly under Bernard's hands. His angular reading of Debussy's L'isle joyeuse is also memorable, even if his pieces from Book I of Images may be too dry for some tastes. There is absolutely no shortage of recordings of the Chopin works at the beginning of the program, but Bernard persuades that he has something new to say about them; consider the entrancing Berceuse, Op. 57. With excellent sound from the Studio de Meudon, this is an auspicious debut.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Frederic Chopin, Composer - Kim Bernard, Piano, MainArtist
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Frederic Chopin, Composer - Kim Bernard, Piano, MainArtist
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Frederic Chopin, Composer - Kim Bernard, Piano, MainArtist
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Claude Debussy, Composer - Kim Bernard, Piano, MainArtist
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Claude Debussy, Composer - Kim Bernard, Piano, MainArtist
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Claude Debussy, Composer - Kim Bernard, Piano, MainArtist
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Claude Debussy, Composer - Kim Bernard, Piano, MainArtist
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Maurice Ravel, Composer - Kim Bernard, Piano, MainArtist
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Maurice Ravel, Composer - Kim Bernard, Piano, MainArtist
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Maurice Ravel, Composer - Kim Bernard, Piano, MainArtist
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Maurice Ravel, Composer - Kim Bernard, Piano, MainArtist
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Maurice Ravel, Composer - Kim Bernard, Piano, MainArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2022 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Kim Bernard, Piano, MainArtist
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Album review
In a way, young pianist Kim Bernard sets himself a big challenge by choosing very standard repertory works for his debut album over unusual pieces. After all, to make an impression with Chopin, Debussy, and Ravel is more difficult than it is with, say, Charles-Valentin Alkan or Louise Farrenc. Furthermore, Bernard is the kind of player whose virtues come from thorough training, of the sort that can squeeze the life out of the music. He is not a subjective pianist but rather one who executes the music cleanly down to its small details. As it happens, he has the chops to impress listeners anyhow, and one wants to hear more from this artist. He is at his absolute best in Ravel's Le tombeau de Couperin, a neo-Baroque work whose ornaments ring brilliantly under Bernard's hands. His angular reading of Debussy's L'isle joyeuse is also memorable, even if his pieces from Book I of Images may be too dry for some tastes. There is absolutely no shortage of recordings of the Chopin works at the beginning of the program, but Bernard persuades that he has something new to say about them; consider the entrancing Berceuse, Op. 57. With excellent sound from the Studio de Meudon, this is an auspicious debut.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:12
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Kim Bernard
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2022 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2022 Parlophone Records Limited
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