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Mikhail Pletnev is widely known after
his victory at the All-Union Pianists Competition (1977, Leningrad) and the 6th
Tchaikovsky International Competition (1978, Moscow). His concert activities
which started in 1978 were awarded the Lenin Komsomol Prize (1979) and the
Glinka State Prize (1982).
Pletnev’s triumph at
competitions and his first concert season marked the emergence of an enormously
gifted pianist on the musical horizon. Though barely over twenty, Pletnev had
all the makings of a mature performer. He realizes his concepts with amazing
perfection and great conviction, without any fear of breaking existing
standards. His enchanting interpretations are dictated entirely by his concepts.
As time passes Pletnev’s
treatments again and again puzzle many of his listeners with their innovative
character. Often this novelty results from his own analysis of the work’s
content which reflects the author’s vision of the world. It allows Pletnev to
free the work from the weight of standards and create his own interpretations
which become increasingly laconic and ascetic with years, each detail bearing a
great structural and content change. That is why to understand these
interpretations a great mental work is required. They reflect the outlook and
spiritual quests of an intelligent and honest man, with a capacity for profound
feeling, pondering over life’s eternal problems. This is testified by
Pletnev’s artistic discoveries in music by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert,
Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Rachmaninov, Prokiviev and
Schostakovich.
P. Tchaikovsky
Grand Sonata in G major, Op 37
1. Moderato e risoluto – 13:26
2. Andante non troppo quasi moderato – 9:18
3. Scherzando. Allegro giocoso – 2:49
4. Final.
Allegro vivace – 6:17
5. Child’s
Album, Op. 39, – 30:28
Total Time - 62:24
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
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