Description
There is hardly any area of music that does not allow Mozart’s genius to achieve complete fulfilment. In the course of his brief life, he achieved such perfection that the listener can simply let the music pour over him and enjoy it. That Mozart is a particular favorite with a wide variety of audiences is closely related to his compelling qualities and broad range of characterization. His creative spectrum is so extensive and subtle that every listener can find his own favorite color within it. One senses from his music that he is truly open and honest. He knows how to translate his mood subtly into music. And so we encounter much of his wit, joy, and childlike quality as well as deep sensitivity, grief, and sentimentality. The expression of feelings is so manifold and powerful, that many people misunderstand Mozart and assess him falsely as a ‘jocose’ composer. This superficial assessment is just as dangerous for any would-be interpreter of Mozart’s music.
Even though Mozart was essentially a joyful personality, his life was also marked by suspense, disillusionment, and hope…and all of this is mirrored in his music. His piano music is not ‘pianistically’ but ‘orchestrally’ conceived. I, of course, do not know what Mozart would have thought of a modern piano, but just these very orchestral sounds—nuances, changing tone qualities, and articulations such as delicate piano legato passages and strong tutti style fortes— can be better reproduced, in my opinion, on this modern 1906 Steinway than on a fortepiano.
Additional information
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Recording location | Doopsgezinde Kerk Deventer, The Netherlands |
Mastering equiment | Sadie Audio system |
Mastering engineer | Jared Sacks |
Mixing console | Rens Heijnis Custom made |
Microphones | Bruel & Kjaer, Schoeps |
Recording format | PCM 44.1 |
Analog to digital converter | Prism 24 bit / Genex Recorder |
Recording date | September 1998 |
Editing | Jared Sacks |
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Recording engineer | jared Sacks |
Producer | Jared Sacks |
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Digital to analog converter | Sony |
Press reviews
La Presse Montréal
(…) une grande eloquence, une prime tendresse, et une fraîcheur qui en fait un petit bijou. (…) Il fait chanter Mozart!!!
Utrechts Nieuwsblad
(…) Een stijlechte aanpak (…) (…) een gevarieerde opzet die hem van de meeste pianisten onderscheidt (…)
Musik Manual
(…) die cd siedelt sich zwischen virtuosen Horowitz und perlendem Peraiha an.
Le Monde de la Musique
(…) Une interpretation inventive et sensible (…) (…) La maturité stylistique de ce pianiste de 22 ans est étonnante de sincérité et de poésie. (…)
Salzburger Nachrichten
(…) eine Mozart cd, die effreulicherweise nicht ist wie andere – und das mag für sich schon etwas heißen.
Salzburger Nachrichten
Eine Mozart cd, die erfreulicherweise nicht ist wie andere – und das mag für schon etwas heißen.
Pianowereld
(…) Plezierige pianomuziek, integer gespeeld door een alleraardigste jonge muzikant op een mooi instrument en technisch prachtig vastgelegd.
American Record Guide
(…) He has some interesting ideas about accents and ornamentation (…)
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