

To release "TBA." This means that release date is yet "To Be Announced". If a projected release date is known, we will include this in the description in red. Typically the label will set a projected release date (that is subject to change). If these accounts do not necessarily outstrip her other recordings, they nevertheless offer an intriguing insight into ongoing 'work in progress' from a pianistic giant whose artistry continues to fascinate and perplex.An In Stock item is available to ship normally within 24 business hours.Ī Preorder is an item that has not yet been released. There's a vulnerability as well as an affecting wistfulness about the playing which captures the elusiveness of the idiom, with its harmonic ambiguities, with rare acuity.Īt the other end of the scale, the excitement she generates in the A flat Polonaise is of an order that goes far beyond mere effect.

Some of the most satisfying playing on the disc comes in her account of the Op 59 Mazurkas. This has the virtue of allowing us a less hectic view of subsidiary elements within the music, which elsewhere can too often be overwhelmed by the sheer turbulance of the action. Ironically, however, she seems to rein in the propulsive power for which she's renowned, appearing instead to be seeking at every turn to exploit a deeply felt exprssive lyricism to offset the febrile intensity of the most energetic figurational devices. Such a formal contraction can contribute to the momentum with which the movement unfolds.

In the B minor Sonata she omits the first-movement repeats. Moreover, despite the limits she places on her repertory, such is the spontaneity of her approach that each of her interpretations, no matter how familiar in broad outline, is characterised by a profusion of contrasting details beneath the surface. Yet the vehemence of her playing is seldom to the disadvantage of the extraordinary subtlety of her art. $ Īrgerich's pianism is remarkable for combining seemingly effortless technical resource with temperamental volatility.
