Credits:

Irina Mejoueva

Description:

An "inner journey" through time and space - an overwhelmingly moving and inspiring annual recital in Kyoto by Medjieva, featuring three Romantic composers in 2018. Mendelssohn, who is rich in excitement. Liszt, who completely knocked out the audience with his overwhelmingly brilliant energy ("Reading Dante"). Chopin's masterpiece, "24 Preludes," was a delight to hear an interpretation that delved deep into the composer's inner life. The brilliant sound of the vintage Steinway also makes this a fascinating disc. From the liner notes: "The lyricism of Chopin's music, accompanied by the richly shaded tone of the old Steinway, is rich in flavor, but always clinging somewhere to the idea of death, and it is horrifyingly beautiful. (omission) ... Medjieva has captured in sound all the 'karma' of an expressive person who, driven by an irresistible impulse, throws himself joyfully into the magma of creation." (Koichi Awano) Wakabayashi Studio