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Tag: Boris Berman

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Prokofiev: Visions Fugitives, op. 22

July 23, 2018July 23, 2018 Fugue for Thought

performed by Matti Raekallio, or below by Boris Berman In every fleeting vision I see worlds, Filled with the fickle play of rainbows Konstantin Balmont (cover image by Joel Filipe) It’s not ‘visions of fugitives.’ Prokofiev wrote his Visions Fugitives from … Continue reading Prokofiev: Visions Fugitives, op. 22

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Schnittke Quintet for Piano and Strings

January 27, 2018January 4, 2018 Fugue for Thought

performed by Boris Berman and the Vermeer Quartet, or as below (with the composer’s wife at the piano) I had to take what I wrote from imaginary spaces defined in terms of sound and put it into the psychological space … Continue reading Schnittke Quintet for Piano and Strings

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Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 57

January 29, 2017January 21, 2017 Fugue for Thought

performed by Boris Berman and the Vermeer Quartet, or below by the Borodin trio and Mimi Zweig (violin), Jerry Horner (viola) The Gm piano quintet, one of the composer’s most enduring chamber works, comes right after the composer’s sixth symphony, … Continue reading Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 57

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Prokofiev Piano Sonata no. 2 in Dm, op. 14

October 24, 2016October 22, 2016 Fugue for Thought

performed by Matti Raekaillo, or below by Boris Berman The second sonata of Sergei Prokofiev was first performed on February 5, 1914 by the composer in Moscow. It is dedicated to Maximilian Schmidthof, to whom the composer’s second piano concerto (which … Continue reading Prokofiev Piano Sonata no. 2 in Dm, op. 14

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