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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Briefly Noted: Schumann with Melnikov

Posted on 1:23 PM by Unknown


Schumann, Opp. 44, 47, Jerusalem Quartet, A. Melnikov
(released on May 8, 2012)
HMC 902122 | 54'56"
Alexander Melnikov is a pianist after my own heart. He is in many ways an old-fashioned virtuoso, with solo recordings to his credit in the big 20th-century repertory (fine discs of Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich). To his credit, he has also shown an interest in historical instruments and
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