PS Un “blogger” non è un oracolo e commette inevitabilmente errori (il minimo possibile..). Ricevo spesso “correzioni” non sempre fondamentali e non sempre precise. Così come io mi sottopongo al giudizio altrui con nome e cognome così chi vorrà avere la bontà di segnalarmi eventuali errori o imprecisioni dovrà farlo unicamente mandando un commento: a ognuno la propria responsabilità. In base alla nuova normativa chi si fosse iscritto e desidera de-iscriversi è sufficiente che mi invii un messaggio e-mail..

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A first positive element of the concert. A program that is not a hodgepodge but well structured: a baroque first part and a romantic second in a broad sense (even if you certainly can’t define Scrjabin as romantic: it’s a style in itself). As far as the Baroque is concerned, Malofeev has a twofold approach: a philological performance of Purcell’s piece (a name often mangled by uncertain pronunciations as in the case of this concert) and performances with an abundance of colorations and pedals for the other pieces (as for example in Handel’s suite, in which there is the theme of Brahms’ variation and fugue opus 24 and in Feinberg’s ill-fated transcription of Bach. A piece we hope never to hear again).  A choice, this, as always questionable but which reflects the approach of the Slavic school, but discussing it is equivalent to discussing the sex of angels: how would they have liked their pieces to be performed if the composers of the time had had at their disposal an instrument such as the “harpsichord with piano and forte“? Malofeev, however, demonstrates a first-rate technique and constantly tries to highlight the more musical aspects of the pieces performed. This is one of his characteristic traits which, despite the correctness of the setting, leads him in some cases to exaggerate in the underlining to the detriment of the flow of the melody which results fragmented. It should be noted that, perhaps to underline the cultural continuity of some pieces, Malofeev performs them without breaking from one composer to the next. This is a choice that is also reflected in the second part of the concert, the one dedicated to the romantic world. For example, the Chopin piece (in which he correctly – in my opinion – excised the short interlude that replaces the orchestra between the end of the Andante Spianato and the Polonaise) was attacked without interruption. It is difficult to attribute to this choice a sort of continuity between Skrjabin and Chopin, two worlds apart. A choice that is difficult to understand. Certainly, the romantic world in the broadest sense is more congenial to the Russian pianist, as evidenced in the performance of Rachmaninov’s little-performed pieces, in which there are themes that will later be found in the more mature Etudes Tableaux, performed with perfect adherence to the composer’s late Romantic spirit. Skrjabin’s two pieces for the left hand (also rarely performed) are beautiful, perhaps the highest point of the young Russian pianist’s concert. Obviously, the performance of Chopin’s piece was of high quality, perfectly suited to arouse the enthusiasm of the audience (finally well-known music!!). Three encores: a transcription-paraphrase from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, Prokoviev’s toccata (but I’m not 100% sure: if I’m wrong I ask my readers to correct me) and a cantabile piece unknown to me. It is to the Russian pianist’s credit that he ended the concert with this last melodic piece and not with the usual muscular display that sends the listeners into raptures.

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