Denis Matsuev: The Carnegie Hall Concert a Romantic Feast

Russian Pianist Denis Matsuev is set to release his new CD on RCA Redseal. Marking his comeback on the album front, “The Carnegie Hall Concert” captures Matsuev where he feels most comfortable – on stage, performing in front of an euphoric audience, delivering a program of early and late romantic composers at their prime. The record documents an event held in November of last year, which prompted critic Steven Smith of the New York times to ciam that “when it ended, one fully expected to see smoke curling from his fingertips”. The track listing of “The Carnegie Hall Concert” comprises Robert Schumann’s “Kinderszenen”, Franz Liszt’s “Sonata B minor” and concludes with Scriabin and a Ginzburg transcription of a Grieg piece. Spicing up this catalogue of freshly interpreted favourites, Denis Matsuev has furthermore selected pieces by his compatriot Anatol K. Liadov (1855-1914) the son of a former conductor at the famous Mariinsky Theater, making a compelling case for a composer whom most know preciously little about.