Dvorak: Poetic Tone Pictures, Op.85
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Dvorak: Poetic Tone Pictures, Op.85
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
[ Sony Classical / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 11 November 2022
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"a pianist of magisterial elegance, power and insight" (New York Times).
Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes presents this album 'Dvorák: Poetic Tone Pictures, op. 85'. A rare jewel among the piano repertoire, Dvorák's 'Poetic Tone Pictures', a cycle of piano solo works, is mostly unknown to the public. Dvorák's piano compositions were largely overshadowed by his popular symphonies and chamber music works. With 'Poetic Tone Pictures', the composer offers a rich palette of various different moods, from romantic and dream-like, to wild and furious. Its poetic temperament and technically rewarding piano stylization make it a gem that not only Dvorák fans will find great pleasure in.
"Andsnes's championship of this music means that many more ears will be opened to it. He plays with poetic warmth, summoning up a storytelling spirit right from the start of the opening piece, 'Twilight Way', with its gently rippling arpeggios. If at first he seems to be evoking a similar soundworld to that of Grieg, a speciality of the Norwegian pianist, it 's a reminder that the two composers were contemporaries." BBC Music
"Andsnes is the first big name to champion the Poetic Tone Pictures. We need more highprofile pianists on major labels to show the same initiative and introduce their fans to piano music beyond the safe, predictable and over-recorded." Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Piano
"There's a fairytale atmosphere to many of the pieces, but that's not to say they are simple: Andsnes works hard to make them sound effortless, not least in the crazily fast detail of the 10th piece, Bacchanalia, brilliantly dispatched." The Guardian
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Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85
