Serene Chopin and blisteringly fast Liszt from Evgeny Kissin

By Rebecca Lentjes, 19 May 2015

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“the Rákóczi March was almost inhuman in its velocity and virtuosity”

Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York City on 16 May 2015

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 21 in C major "Waldstein", Op.53

Prokofiev, Piano Sonata no. 4 in C minor, Op.29

Chopin, Nocturne no. 1 in B flat minor, Op.9 no.1

Chopin, Nocturne no. 3 in B major, Op.9 no.3

Chopin, Nocturne no. 13 in C minor, Op.48 no.1

Chopin, Mazurkas

Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody no. 15 in A minor, "Rakoczy March", S 244/15

Evgeny Kissin, Piano

Kissin, Bell and Isserlis: remembrance and loss at Carnegie Hall

Edward Sava-Segal, 31st May

Solomon Rosowsky, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky form a matinee programme whose deeper connections gradually came into focus.

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A Evgeny Kissin tour de force in Boston

Kevin Wells, 25th April

Andrey Boreyko makes an impressive debut with the Boston Symphony, where Evgeny Kissin performs in not one, but two piano concertos.

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Evgeny Kissin leaves a trail of happy hearts at the Barbican

Christopher Woodley, 31st March

With a spring in his step, Evgeny Kissin returns to Barbican Hall and gives well-wrought accounts of Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Schumann.

****1

Evgeny Kissin and friends explore Shostakovich at Carnegie Hall

Edward Sava-Segal, 31st May

A chamber programme of Shostakovich’s private idioms and public masks

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From Bach to Shostakovich, Evgeny Kissin a commanding force

Sam Jacobson, 7th May

Anchored by the piano music of Shostakovich, Evgeny Kissin’s Cleveland recital also explores works of Bach and Chopin.

****1

You Want it Darker? Evgeny Kissin’s dark-hued San Francisco recital

Michelle Assay, 20th April

Evgeny Kissin delights an overwhelmingly enthusiastic San Francisco audience with Chopin and Shostakovich, but his Bach is less convincing.

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Rebecca Lentjes

Rebecca graduated from New York University in 2012, where she studied Music and Romance Languages. She now works as an assistant editor at RILM (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale) and as manager of contemporary music collective ensemble mise-en.

Serene Chopin and blisteringly fast Liszt from Evgeny Kissin at Carnegie Hall recital