Irina Mejoueva - Kyoto Recital 2017 (Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 30-32) - Japan CD

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Irina Mejoueva

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Recital commemorating the 20th anniversary of his debut in Japan. A confident interpretation of Beethoven's late masterpieces! In 2017, Medjieva celebrates the 20th anniversary of her concert debut in Japan with an all-Beethoven program. She will perform three of the last piano sonatas of the composer with conviction and clarity of sound. The sound and rhythms are thoroughly detailed and clear. The well-proportioned structure and huge sense of scale, combined with a sense of improvisation and boldness, showcase Medjieva's maturity in recent years. The margins include a performance of Bach's Prelude as an encore, and the brilliant and sublime sound of the 1967 New York Steinway is also appealing. From the liner notes, "You can feel her (Medjieva) persistence in seeking the multi-layered meaning of even a single note. Her personality emerges from her frighteningly strong will to carefully realize each note into a performance, taking into account all the elements involved in the sound, such as intensity, expression, harmony, rhythm, and tempo, as well as what she has read from the score."Wakabayashi Kobo" (Kenzo Inoue)