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    RACHMANINOV: MORCEAUX DE FANTASIE ETC - REVIEW

    guardian.co.uk
    Thursday 2 August 2012 21.48 BST

    Nareh Arghamanyan (Pentatone)
    Andrew Clements

    Armenian born Nareh Arghamanyan is still in her early 20s, but
    her first place in the 2008 Montreal piano competition is the most
    prestigious in a whole sheaf of awards that she has picked up over
    the last decade. This Rachmaninov collection certainly confirms
    that Arghamanyan has a remarkable technique, but also suggests
    that musically she is not the finished article yet. Her selection
    encompasses virtually all of Rachmaninov's composing career, from
    his Op 3 (the Morceaux de Fantasie, which include his best known
    solo-piano piece, the C sharp minor Prelude) to the Variations on
    a Theme of Corelli Op 42, of 1931. It's a daunting series of pieces
    that she confronts head on, swaddling the pieces in rich, warm tone,
    but after a while the sheer unremitting intensity of her playing, and
    its rather limited range of colourand dynamics , begin to wear. You
    long for some genuinely quiet playing, and for Arghamanyan to ration
    her use of the sustaining pedal more carefully. It tries just a bit
    too hard to impress.


    From: Baghdasarian
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