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FABIO GRASSO DISCOGRAPHY BUSONI – SOLSTICE
(SOCD 158 1998) RUBINSTEIN – SOLSTICE (SOCD 202 2002) SCHUMANN – SOLSTICE (SOCD 221 2004) SCARLATTI – EUTERP
(4767195 2002/2003) |
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BUSONI:
Œuvres pour piano 7
Elegien, Toccata, Albumblätter “Choc Du Mois” da Le monde de la musique “R”
( = Raccomandato) da Répertoire Buy this CD on SOLSTICE website (click
CATALOGUE and type “grasso” in the search box) Buy this CD on FNAC website (type
“Fabio Grasso” in the search box) Listen:
Toccata mp3 128 Kbps |
«...In a very original approach Fabio Grasso
with his beautiful sound quality and his sure control of the sonority, plays
these works with extreme care, trying to enhance the harmonic richness of
Busoni’s music. This sound density, which is even more highlighted by the
quality of the phrasing, captures the listener...» (G. Honoré, Les
“recommendés” de Répertoire, n. 116, Sept. 1998) «...In Busoni’s catalogue
the talented pianist knew how to choose some exceptional pages, with good
taste and discernment ... This charming outline shows Busoni at the height of
his creative vein. This sure and elegant play enhances the expressiveness of the pieces
and of the instrument: Busoni will owe very much to Fabio Grasso.» (J. Gallois, Les petites affiches, n. 133 – Nov.
1998) |
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RUBINSTEIN: Études op. 81, Morceaux op. 69 e 71 Prima
registrazione assoluta Buy this CD on SOLSTICE website (click
CATALOGUE and type “grasso” in the search box) Buy this CD on FNAC website (type
“Fabio Grasso” in the search box) Listen:
Etude op. 81 n. 3 in G-min mp3
128 kbps |
«…The pianist Fabio Grasso is composer
too … His conception goes far beyond the plain notes, and this symbiosis with
the author originates a real reconstitution of the creative process … The
warmth and the variety of the sound, the depth, the sincerity and the
enthusiasm of the approach allow us to appreciate the austere beauty and the
loftiness of a music that until now has been too neglected.» (M. Fleury,
Diapason, Oct. 2002) |
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SCHUMANN:
Carnaval op. 9, Studi
sinfonici con variazioni postume op. 13 Buy this CD on SOLSTICE website (click
CATALOGUE and type “grasso” in the search box) Buy this CD on FNAC website (type
“Fabio Grasso” in the search box) Listen Symphonic Etudes – 5th Posth. Variation mp3 128 kbps Carnaval – Marche des Davidsbündler contre les
Philistins mp3
128 kbps |
«… Fabio Grasso … has what is essential
for Schumann, the sense of the colour. His Carnaval does not appear as a suite
of abstract variations, it is a theatre with contrasting scenes, in which
every character reveals a little of its soul. Even in their different nature,
the Symphonic Etudes have a similar inner life. An extremely sure technique
allows the interpreter to dominate these works, as without effort, … with
measure, without affectation or excesses. F. Grasso has fulfilled his
promises, or rather he did something better: his talent reaches today a level
of maturity that has to satisfy the most exigent listener.» (Jean Roy, Le
monde de la musique, Jan 2005). « … After having read the wonderful text
of presentation weitten by the interpreter himself, we can imagine which kind
of performance we’ll listen to … The most impressing feature of his Schumann
is the inventive and extremely musical way to manage agogics and phrasing …
Tempi are chosen sagely, without display of virtuoso speed, the rubato,
object of a structural study, is conducted with great musicality, the
sonority is always round, never aggressive … It is said that a young pianist
should avoid to record works which are so often played in concert and in CDs.
But, in all conscience, how many performances of such a level can we find in
the present-day discography? (Riccardo Risaliti, CD Classics, March 2005)05) |
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SCARLATTI The 5 Fugues k 30, 41, 58, 93, 417 Sonatas k 380,
381, 497, 498, 259, 260, 425, 426, 427. Buy this CD on FNAC website (type
“Fabio Grasso” in the search box) Listen: Fugue k417 – Sonata k427 mp3 128 kbps |
« Rising young Italian star Fabio Grasso
has chosen to include in his selection all five of the
Sonatas which Scarlatti wrote in the form of a fugue ... His intellectual
approach to the music is well suited to the fugues, but there's virtuosity
aplenty too - try the disc's final track, marked 'Presto quanto sia possibile
… (castleclassics.com) |
