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The present release is the second volume of Roman Rabinovich’s complete cycle of Haydn Piano Sonatas. Rabinovich has performed throughout Europe and the United States in venues such as London’s Wigmore Hall, Leipzig’s Gewandhaus, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, and the Millennium Stage of Kennedy Center in Washington DC. Lauded as ‘a master of tone-color’ (International Piano, 2018), Rabinovich made his Israel Philharmonic début under the baton of Zubin Mehta at age ten. He was a top prize winner at the 12th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master “Haydn’s characteristic wit and charm are omnipresent” (ALBUM OF THE MONTH – International Piano Magazine) “…once again responding with personality and imagination to Haydn’s seemingly limitless invention… It’s quite a journey through Haydn’s piano sonatas, and as his cycle unfolds, it seems as if Rabinovich is going to be as individual a guide as the likes of Bavouzet and Hamelin in their recent surveys and selections” (Gramophone) “I rate Rabinovich extremely highly in Haydn and this new set confirms and expands that view… Volume Two is, if anything, even better [than vol. 1] and it will most definitely be amongst my Recordings of the Year.” (RECORDING OF THE MONTH – MusicWeb International) “The elegance and liveliness of Rabinovich’s keyboard style are, indeed, a joy to listen to, and his unfailing musicality and inventiveness allows him to penetrate to the expressive heart of Haydn’s world. Altogether, a valuable addition to the Haydn sonatas discography.” (PERFORMANCE * RECORDING *** – BBC Music) “Enjoyable yet intelligent performances, well worth exploration” (Nick’s Classical Notes) “With just the right degree of dynamic and expressive inflections, he can turn even the most mundane passages into points of interest. the high level of committed and informed interpretations heard throughout this two-disc set of a broad cross-section of Haydn’s keyboard music.” (Classical Music Sentinel) |
