Nina Kavtaradze's recording of Richard Wagner's collected piano works was named one of the ten best piano recordings of the year 2000 by the German music magazine 'Neue Muzikzeitung'.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Schumann's Études Symphoniques are designed to create a long, winding path from darkness to light, concluding with a triumphant major chord.
Compositional Technique
Robert Schumann's Études Symphoniques combine technical exercises with deep psychological character, making each movement like a person in a romantic play.
Performer Biography
Nina Kavtaradze, a pianist who graduated from the Moscow Conservatory, is known as 'The Lioness of the Piano' by critics for her brilliant, powerful, and willful virtuosity.
Composer Biography
Franz Liszt, though he left Hungary at age nine and never learned Hungarian, described himself as Hungarian and incorporated a mix of upper-class and gypsy music into his Hungarian Rhapsodies.
Recording & Production
This album uniquely combines Schumann's Études Symphoniques with a tango, Nina Kavtaradze's own composition, which is noted as a first for such a pairing.
Compositional Technique
Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 features rapid note repetitions, mimicking the sound of the Hungarian folk instrument, the cimbalom or dulcimer.
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