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The lion roars: Evgeny Kissin at the Barbican

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“he sculpts sound, grand gestures deftly chiseled”
Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 29 March 2018
Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 29 in B flat major "Hammerklavier", Op.106
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 B flat major, Op.23 no.2
Rachmaninov, Prelude in D minor, Op.23 no.3
Rachmaninov, Prelude in D major, Op.23 no.4
Rachmaninov, Prelude in G minor, Op.23 no.5
Rachmaninov, Prelude in E flat major, Op.23 no.6
Rachmaninov, Prelude in C minor, Op.23 no.7
Rachmaninov, Prelude in B minor, Op.32 no.10
Rachmaninov, Prelude in G sharp minor, Op.32 no.12
Rachmaninov, Prelude in D flat major, Op.32 no.13
Scriabin, Étude in C sharp minor, Op.2 no.1
Kissin, Toccata
Rachmaninov, Prelude in C sharp minor for piano, Op.3 no.2
Tchaikovsky, Méditation, Op.72 no.5
Evgeny Kissin, Piano
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