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FANFARE Magazine CD review (Eva Virsik: Piano Encores, 2010)
PIANO ENCORES: CHOPIN Mazurka op. 7/2; Nocturne op. 9/2 Scherzo No. 1, op. 20 LISZT Consolation, No. 3;
La Campanella MOZART Variations on ‘Ah, vous dirai je, Maman’ K 265 RACHMANINOFF Prelude op. 23/6
RAVEL Jeux d’eaux SCARLATTI Sonatas, K 9, 19, 159, 377 SCHUBERT Impromptu op. 90/3 SCHUMANN
Romanze op. 28/2 — Eva Virsik (pn) — KEYART [no number] (64:23)
Bratislava-born Eva Virsik ... an imaginative, charming, and cultured musician and an instrumentalist of formidable skills. The
opening b-minor Scherzo reveals her as a beguiling Chopin player of immense authority... her poetic E-flat Nocturne strikes the
perfect blend of sentiment, taste, and refined atmosphere. Both the Schubert and Schumann pieces are played unostentatiously
and straight from the heart. If her Ravel is colorful and sophisticated, her Rachmaninoff playing, exquisitely balanced,
restrained, yet never less than poetic, is even more impressive. She plays Scarlatti with energy and conviction. Of the four
familiar Sonatas she has chosen... the C-major, K 159, one of the more famous hand-crossing pieces, is a genuine tour de
force. The same finesse of finger technique that makes her Scarlatti so fresh is also evident throughout the ‘Ah, vous dirai-je
Maman’ Variations of Mozart, which showcases Virsik’s strong lyrical bent, as well as her keen intelligence and wit. Her take
on Liszt’s La Campanella is nothing if not original, imbued with a refreshing capriciousness, pert accents, lilting rubato, and a
deft grasp of the piano’s sonorous resources that seems ever to hold greater power in reserve. Virsik is a pianist I would like
to hear perform publicly; I hope she has the opportunity to follow up with recordings of larger-scale works which, in addition
to her other attributes, seems fully justified by her stylistic command.
Patrick Rucker
______________________
Fanfare is one of the largest, oldest, and most respected Classical Music Magazines.
The complete review can be found in the January/February 2011 issue.
PIANO ENCORES: CHOPIN Mazurka op. 7/2; Nocturne op. 9/2 Scherzo No. 1, op. 20 LISZT Consolation, No. 3;
La Campanella MOZART Variations on ‘Ah, vous dirai je, Maman’ K 265 RACHMANINOFF Prelude op. 23/6
RAVEL Jeux d’eaux SCARLATTI Sonatas, K 9, 19, 159, 377 SCHUBERT Impromptu op. 90/3 SCHUMANN
Romanze op. 28/2 — Eva Virsik (pn) — KEYART [no number] (64:23)
Bratislava-born Eva Virsik ... an imaginative, charming, and cultured musician and an instrumentalist of formidable skills. The
opening b-minor Scherzo reveals her as a beguiling Chopin player of immense authority... her poetic E-flat Nocturne strikes the
perfect blend of sentiment, taste, and refined atmosphere. Both the Schubert and Schumann pieces are played unostentatiously
and straight from the heart. If her Ravel is colorful and sophisticated, her Rachmaninoff playing, exquisitely balanced,
restrained, yet never less than poetic, is even more impressive. She plays Scarlatti with energy and conviction. Of the four
familiar Sonatas she has chosen... the C-major, K 159, one of the more famous hand-crossing pieces, is a genuine tour de
force. The same finesse of finger technique that makes her Scarlatti so fresh is also evident throughout the ‘Ah, vous dirai-je
Maman’ Variations of Mozart, which showcases Virsik’s strong lyrical bent, as well as her keen intelligence and wit. Her take
on Liszt’s La Campanella is nothing if not original, imbued with a refreshing capriciousness, pert accents, lilting rubato, and a
deft grasp of the piano’s sonorous resources that seems ever to hold greater power in reserve. Virsik is a pianist I would like
to hear perform publicly; I hope she has the opportunity to follow up with recordings of larger-scale works which, in addition
to her other attributes, seems fully justified by her stylistic command.
Patrick Rucker
______________________
Fanfare is one of the largest, oldest, and most respected Classical Music Magazines.
The complete review can be found in the January/February 2011 issue.
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