Credits:

Irina Mejoueva

Description:

A pianism that approaches the truth of the work. Pictures at an Exhibition, the long-awaited session recording of Irina Medjieva's latest 2014 recording is the first Russian repertoire in a long time. It combines Mussorgsky's masterpiece "Pictures at an Exhibition" and a small piece by Rachmaninoff. Medjieva's best-known piece, "Pictures at an Exhibition," has been recorded live (2004 & 2012), but this is the long-awaited first session recording of the piece. The standard interpretation and the detailed and polished expression are highly convincing, and the deep spirituality of the work comes to the surface beautifully. The Rachmaninoff recording is also superb. The Rachmaninovs create a flow of music like a mighty river, making full use of richly colored tones and an overwhelmingly wide dynamic range. Please enjoy the quintessence of Russian pianism in abundance. From the liner notes: "First of all, flexible and free physicality ... (omitted) ... perfectly rational movements lead the music.At the same time, the ability to freely imagine and empathize without being bound by preconceived notions generates a performance that resonates with the composer with a vividness and presentness as if one were present at the scene of creation at the very time the score was written." (Takeo Inoue) Wakabayashi Studio