Bach-Busoni: Chaconne; Beethoven: Rondos; Schumann: Kreisleriana

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Music Review: A Profound Chaconne and Virtuosic Beethoven and Schumann
Rating: 5 Stars

Kissin's account of the Beethoven rondos is accurate and utterly thrilling, as is his reading of Schumann's Kreisleriana. In the latter, the tumultuous opening is wonderfully thick and Kissin's playing reaches towering heights in the ninth movement (sehr rasch, a marking used repeatedly by Schumann, whose tempo indications seem to favor extremities, as evidenced by the almost-comical markings of the G minor sonata) where the fugal motif, commencing in the left hand, is executed with almost super-human speed and accuracy (I almost hesitate to highlight this aspect of Mr. Kissin's playing, given the propensity of critics to judge him unfairly based on his intimidating virtuosity alone). In short, this disc contains some of the most phenomenally scintillating performances of the recording age. That of the Chaconne, the crowning triumph of Kissin's ?uvre, will surely remain unsurpassed for years to come.

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