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Technical excellence but muted expressivity: Arcadi Volodos at the Barbican

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“This was piano playing to soothe a troubled soul, not to excite it.”
Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 7 March 2019
Schubert, Piano Sonata in E major, D.157
Schubert, Six moments musicaux, D.780
Rachmaninov, Prelude in C sharp minor for piano, Op.3 no.2
Rachmaninov, Prelude in F sharp minor, Op.23 no.1
Rachmaninov, Prelude in G flat major, Op.23 no.10
Rachmaninov, Prelude in B minor, Op.32 no.10
Rachmaninov, Serenade for piano, Op.3 no.5
Rachmaninov, Étude-tableau in C minor, Op.33 no.3
Scriabin, Mazurka in E minor, Op.25 no.3
Scriabin, Caresse dansée for piano, Op.57 no.2
Scriabin, Enigme, Op.52 no. 2
Scriabin, Flammes sombres, Op.73 no.2
Scriabin, Guirlandes, Op.73 no.1
Scriabin, Vers la flamme, Op.72
Arcadi Volodos, Piano
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