Denis Matsuev

Ver Les Saisons (The Seasons) for piano, Op.37a or Op.37b en

París, Francia Londres, Reino Unido Lyon, Francia Hamburg, Alemania

Thumbs up for Denis Matsuev's all-Russian concert at Koerner Hall

Stanley Fefferman, 4th December

His build is blocky like the hockey defense-man he once was, but Denis Matsuev’s fingers can touch piano keys lightly as butterflies landing on begonias. The mood of his solo recital opened blissfully, like the January night by the fireplace described in Puskin’s poem “By the Hearth” which inspired the first of the twelve monthly miniatures Tchaikovsky published as The Seasons, Op. 37b.

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Chaikovskiï, Piotr Ilich (1840-1893)	Les Saisons (The Seasons) for piano, Op.37a or Op.37b
Rajmáninov, Serguéi (1873-1943)	Preludio en sol menor, Op.23 núm 5
Rajmáninov, Serguéi (1873-1943)	Prelude in G sharp minor, Op.32 no.12
Chaikovskiï, Piotr Ilich (1840-1893)	Méditation, Op.72 no.5
Chaikovskiï, Piotr Ilich (1840-1893)	Dumka - Russian rustic scene in C minor for piano, Op.59
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)	Tres movimientos de Petrushka