Jesse Piano

Classic

Bach - Prelude in C Major

Sergej Rachmaninoff/Sonata No. 1 in d minor Op. 28
Franz Listz/Sonata in B minor S 178

Stress the Faustian elements in Liszt’s B minor Sonata and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor. This is the premise followed uncompromisingly by the young Georgian pianist in this recording, and she is astounding with a sometimes Mephistophelian-sounding performance. The atmospheric images drawn by the musician, who has been awarded many international prizes and scholarships, represent in exemplary fashion the partly hidden and not programmatic, but allegorical features of Faust, Gretchen and Mephistopheles, three of the figures most frequently portrayed in literature and music.

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Jesse Hahn