ショパン: 即興曲、ワルツ、マズルカ集

パヴェル・コレスニコフによる完璧な演奏は、壮大なヘ短調幻想曲で最高潮に達するプログラムで、この素晴らしいピアニストがショパンの音楽と相性の良いことをあらためて証明しています。
ユニバーサル・ミュージック/IMS

Early in his career, Pavel Kolesnikov established himself as a virtuoso pianist in the Romantic tradition, and with the exception of an album of piano interpretations of Louis Couperins harpsichord music, his recordings on Hyperion have been focused on Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, and Tchaikovsky, all well-suited to his passionate style. An album of Chopins impromptus, waltzes, mazurkas, and other short pieces may be considered de rigueur for most young pianists of his caliber, though Kolesnikovs Chopin is far from obligatory or routine, particularly in his close attention to details and his sense of musical proportions. For him, Chopins embellishments and decorative elements are opportunities for delicate expressions, and his carefully graded dynamics suggest an emotional flow that feels as natural as breathing. Also important is the way he takes a whole piece into account, avoiding an episodic treatment and shaping sections into balanced, continuous wholes, that are satisfying statements, lacking nothing. This Hyperion recording was made in 2018 at the concert hall at the Wyastone Estate in Monmouth, and the sound is clean and warm, ideally matched to Kolesnikovs refined palette.