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Evgeny Kissin has reached the point where Deutsche Grammophon can bill a release with the monumentalizing title The Salzburg Recital and where he can indeed deliver the goods. This Salzburg recital was recorded in 2021, and there is a lot to like here. The 2021 festival marked its return after the 2020 pandemic cancellation, and one can feel a special electricity in the air. Kissin's usual virtues are on display, with clarity of line married to brilliance of tone; in the run of Chopin pieces in the recital's second half, he has never been better. Beyond Chopin, his usual stomping ground, Kissin pushes himself into new areas, opening with Berg's almost-atonal Piano Sonata, Op. 1, and including such novelties as a group of pieces by Tikhon Khrennikov, the composer who as Stalin's yes man, facilitated the second denunciation of Shostakovich. Lately, historians have argued that Khrennikov was not quite the villain he has been made out to be, and indeed these angular, rather Bartókian pieces are free of the Socialist Realist dullness one might expect. Kissin also takes a shot at Gershwin's Preludes, and he rather misses the jazz inflections in these works, but this is the thing about Kissin: it doesn't really matter, for his program and playing have the sweep and command that pulls the listener right through. This live release, a medium Kissin prefers (although Glenn Gould fans will be pleased to note occasional noises from the pianist), confirms Kissin as one of the greats of our time.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Evgeny Kissin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alban Berg, Composer - Peter Hecker, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Caroline Siegers, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Three Pieces for Piano, Op. 5 (Tikhon Khrennikov)
Evgeny Kissin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tikhon Khrennikov, Composer - Peter Hecker, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Caroline Siegers, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Five Pieces for Piano, Op. 2 (Tikhon Khrennikov)
Evgeny Kissin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tikhon Khrennikov, Composer - Peter Hecker, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Caroline Siegers, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Evgeny Kissin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tikhon Khrennikov, Composer - Peter Hecker, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Caroline Siegers, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Evgeny Kissin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tikhon Khrennikov, Composer - Peter Hecker, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Caroline Siegers, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Evgeny Kissin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tikhon Khrennikov, Composer - Peter Hecker, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Caroline Siegers, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Evgeny Kissin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tikhon Khrennikov, Composer - Peter Hecker, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Caroline Siegers, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Three Preludes (George Gershwin)
George Gershwin, Composer - Evgeny Kissin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Hecker, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Caroline Siegers, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
George Gershwin, Composer - Evgeny Kissin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Hecker, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Caroline Siegers, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
George Gershwin, Composer - Evgeny Kissin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Hecker, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Caroline Siegers, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Nocturnes, Op. 62 (Frédéric Chopin)
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Evgeny Kissin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Hecker, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Caroline Siegers, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Evgeny Kissin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Hecker, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Caroline Siegers, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Evgeny Kissin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Hecker, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Caroline Siegers, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Evgeny Kissin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Hecker, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Caroline Siegers, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Evgeny Kissin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Hecker, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Caroline Siegers, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Evgeny Kissin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Hecker, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Caroline Siegers, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 38 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Evgeny Kissin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Hecker, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Caroline Siegers, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Four Piano Pieces, Op. 1 (Evgeny Kissin)
Evgeny Kissin, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Hecker, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Caroline Siegers, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Evgeny Kissin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Hecker, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Caroline Siegers, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Suite bergamasque, L. 75 (Claude Debussy)
Claude Debussy, Composer - Evgeny Kissin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Hecker, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clémence Fabre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Caroline Siegers, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Album review
Evgeny Kissin has reached the point where Deutsche Grammophon can bill a release with the monumentalizing title The Salzburg Recital and where he can indeed deliver the goods. This Salzburg recital was recorded in 2021, and there is a lot to like here. The 2021 festival marked its return after the 2020 pandemic cancellation, and one can feel a special electricity in the air. Kissin's usual virtues are on display, with clarity of line married to brilliance of tone; in the run of Chopin pieces in the recital's second half, he has never been better. Beyond Chopin, his usual stomping ground, Kissin pushes himself into new areas, opening with Berg's almost-atonal Piano Sonata, Op. 1, and including such novelties as a group of pieces by Tikhon Khrennikov, the composer who as Stalin's yes man, facilitated the second denunciation of Shostakovich. Lately, historians have argued that Khrennikov was not quite the villain he has been made out to be, and indeed these angular, rather Bartókian pieces are free of the Socialist Realist dullness one might expect. Kissin also takes a shot at Gershwin's Preludes, and he rather misses the jazz inflections in these works, but this is the thing about Kissin: it doesn't really matter, for his program and playing have the sweep and command that pulls the listener right through. This live release, a medium Kissin prefers (although Glenn Gould fans will be pleased to note occasional noises from the pianist), confirms Kissin as one of the greats of our time.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:37:57
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Evgeny Kissin
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Classical
© 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin ℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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