
Enviable Technique
Rachmaninov piano music -
heard by ROBERT ANDERSON'... no compromise for the faint-hearted.'
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Divine Art is busy threading its way through the highways and byways of Russian Piano Music, having dealt already with names that mean nothing to me. I imagine, therefore, that the series might go on for ever, intriguing us certainly, and perhaps edifying us also. Volume 7 (Prokofiev) was issued after Volume 5 (Arensky), leaving a mysterious gap now to be filled by the pianist who could cram more notes into a split-second than anyone else, Sergei Rachmaninov. Dukachev shares with him both a first name and a comparably enviable technique...
Copyright © 7 November 2011
Robert Anderson, London UK
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