Ivan Moravec - Live in Brussels
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) - Piano Sonata No. 15, "Pastoral" in D major, Op. 28 (1801) 23:06
1. I. Allegro 9:25
2. II. Andante 6:44
3. III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace 2:17
4. IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo 4:31
JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897)
5. Intermezzo in A minor No. 1
from 6 Pieces for Piano, Op. 118 (1892) 3:33
6. Capriccio in B minor No. 2
from 8 Pieces for Piano, Op. 76 (1878) 3:07
7. Intermezzo in A major No. 2
from 6 Pieces for Piano, Op. 118 (1892) 6:25
8. Rhapsody in G minor No. 2
from 2 Rhapsodies, Op. 79 (1879) 6:02
FRYDERYK CHOPIN (1810-1849)
9. Nocturne in B major, Op. 32, No. 1 (1837) 4:55
10. Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 1 (1837) 4:37
11. Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17, No. 4 (1832-33) 4:20
12. Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op. 50, No. 3 (1842) 5:09
13. Scherzo in B minor, Op. 20, No. 1 (1831-32) 10:11
Ivan Moravec - piano
Over two evenings in 1983 (4 February and 7 November) in the concert hall of Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, the world-famous pianist Ivan Moravec spellbound the audience with his majestic performance. This master of the piano's precision marries
cultivated tone and widely differentiated articulation, augmented by deep musical élan. Each tone has absolute logic within the order of the composition he interprets, be it Beethoven's expansive Sonata in D major, "Pastoral", or the seemingly smaller pieces by Brahms and Chopin. And it is precisely in the latter that Ivan Moravec excels as a master of tiny area, which he wondrously chases in stylistic terms and renders ebulliently. The live recording breathes in the airy atmosphere of the concert hall, one that can hardly be evoked in studio albums. The recording clearly shows that the world of Beethoven's, Chopin's and Brahms's piano works is close to the essence of Moravec's being.
(Supraphon 2009)
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