Credits:

Irina Mejoueva

Description:

Pianism of the "Silver Age" in late imperial Russia. Irina Medjieva's latest recording is a series of complete sonatas by Beethoven and Rachmaninoff, recorded in parallel with the Beethoven Sonata series. Recorded in parallel with the complete Beethoven sonata series, this disc features Scriabin and Rachmaninoff, two of her native works, and offers the most intense essence of Russian piano music from the "Silver Age" of Russian culture that flourished from the late 19th to the early 20th century. ...... Irina Mezhueva plays the music composed by Scriabin and Rachmaninoff in their youth as if she were reminiscing about "their time. She plays each note with tenderness, but also illuminates the wavering flicker of hope that lies at the cusp of each note. ......" (Kenjiro Hagiwara, from the liner notes) [Comment courtesy of Wakabayashi Kobo] --- "The music is a masterful performance of the music of the young musicians of Scriabin and Rachmaninoff.