These well-rendered traversals may strike the impetuous-minded as a bit finicky in places, but Ax convincingly wins you over with his self-effacing vision of the scores and his subtle gradations of dynamics, which combine to produce pianism of feeling and intellect, pianism that seduces the ear. His accounts of the G mnor Capriccio and E major Intermezzo from Op. 116, for instance, deftly catch the sensual side of the composer's muse. Had you thought the bearded bachelor Brahms musically devoid of sensuality? If so, this ...
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These well-rendered traversals may strike the impetuous-minded as a bit finicky in places, but Ax convincingly wins you over with his self-effacing vision of the scores and his subtle gradations of dynamics, which combine to produce pianism of feeling and intellect, pianism that seduces the ear. His accounts of the G mnor Capriccio and E major Intermezzo from Op. 116, for instance, deftly catch the sensual side of the composer's muse. Had you thought the bearded bachelor Brahms musically devoid of sensuality? If so, this recital will surely change your mind. Ax, on the other hand, invests the E flat major Rhapsody with appropriate grace and grandeur, effectively clothing the notes with a majestic sonority rarely heard in other performances. He understands Brahms--understands the piano--in a way most other pianists don't. He's content to render the music beautifully and intelligently, always denying any urge to vent fits of egotism through cheap virtuosic pyrotechnics. Idil Biret (Naxos 8.550353)...
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