Four pianos, Four Pieces
Alexander Melnikov
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"Four oeuvres, four pianos" might be a better way of looking at the cover of this album by Alexander Melnikov: Schubert is played on a (simply stunning) Viennese Graf fortepiano from around 1835, Chopin on an Érard grand piano from 1837, Liszt on a Bösendorfer from 1875 and Stravinsky on a modern-day Steinway - the only work which is not played on an instrument contemporary to its composition, as Petrushka dates from 1911, and most certainly not from 2014 like the Steinway in question! The differences between the four instruments are not immediately obvious, but Melnikov's project is to demonstrate just how closely art and instrument follow one another: the Wanderer Fantasy benefits from the clarity of the Graf fortepiano which, while it lacks powerful volume, offers a startling palette of different sounds for the artist to explore. Chopin's twelve Études Op. 10 on the Érard – still within a few years of the Graf – increased the power of the sound in particular, but at the cost of reducing the range of colours in the palette. With the Réminiscences de Don Juan by Liszt, the Bösendorfer unleashes real pianistic thunderbolts, which almost overshadows the content! Finally, Petrushka on the Steinway takes us back into a rather more familiar territory. This is a concept of pairing from Melnikov, whose fondness for historical instruments is well-known. © SM/Qobuz
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Franz Schubert, Composer - Alexander Melnikov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Franz Schubert, Composer - Alexander Melnikov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Franz Schubert, Composer - Alexander Melnikov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Franz Schubert, Composer - Alexander Melnikov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Frederic Chopin, Composer - Alexander Melnikov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Frederic Chopin, Composer - Alexander Melnikov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Frederic Chopin, Composer - Alexander Melnikov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Frederic Chopin, Composer - Alexander Melnikov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Frederic Chopin, Composer - Alexander Melnikov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
harmonia mundi harmonia mundi
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Alexander Melnikov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Frederic Chopin, Composer - Alexander Melnikov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Frederic Chopin, Composer - Alexander Melnikov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Frederic Chopin, Composer - Alexander Melnikov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Frederic Chopin, Composer - Alexander Melnikov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Frederic Chopin, Composer - Alexander Melnikov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Frederic Chopin, Composer - Alexander Melnikov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Franz Liszt, Composer - Alexander Melnikov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Franz Liszt, Composer - Alexander Melnikov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
harmonia mundi harmonia mundi
Franz Liszt, Composer - Alexander Melnikov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Franz Liszt, Composer - Alexander Melnikov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Franz Liszt, Composer - Alexander Melnikov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Alexander Melnikov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Boosey and Hawkes, MusicPublisher
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Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Alexander Melnikov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Boosey and Hawkes, MusicPublisher
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Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Alexander Melnikov, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Boosey and Hawkes, MusicPublisher
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Album Description
"Four oeuvres, four pianos" might be a better way of looking at the cover of this album by Alexander Melnikov: Schubert is played on a (simply stunning) Viennese Graf fortepiano from around 1835, Chopin on an Érard grand piano from 1837, Liszt on a Bösendorfer from 1875 and Stravinsky on a modern-day Steinway - the only work which is not played on an instrument contemporary to its composition, as Petrushka dates from 1911, and most certainly not from 2014 like the Steinway in question! The differences between the four instruments are not immediately obvious, but Melnikov's project is to demonstrate just how closely art and instrument follow one another: the Wanderer Fantasy benefits from the clarity of the Graf fortepiano which, while it lacks powerful volume, offers a startling palette of different sounds for the artist to explore. Chopin's twelve Études Op. 10 on the Érard – still within a few years of the Graf – increased the power of the sound in particular, but at the cost of reducing the range of colours in the palette. With the Réminiscences de Don Juan by Liszt, the Bösendorfer unleashes real pianistic thunderbolts, which almost overshadows the content! Finally, Petrushka on the Steinway takes us back into a rather more familiar territory. This is a concept of pairing from Melnikov, whose fondness for historical instruments is well-known. © SM/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 01:19:18
- Main artists: Alexander Melnikov
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: harmonia mundi
- Genre: Classical
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