Valery Gergiev / Lso/ Lso Chorus/ Denis Matsuev - Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 / Stabat Mater Format:CD noisy - even cluttered on

noisy - even cluttered on occasion if the song demanded it - as it became a concept album of sorts

the album also made extensive use of (at the time) new technology with Linn-Drum programming (alongside drummer Peter Phipps)

Rake [Australia])

giving you lean legs

The fortepiano recorded here was made in 2019 by Rodney Regier and is a copy of an instrument by Viennese maker Anton Walter (1752-1826)

Valery Gergiev / Lso/ Lso Chorus/ Denis Matsuev - Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 / Stabat Mater Format:CD noisy - even cluttered on"A natural inheritor of Scriabinesque exoticism, Szymanowski brings out the best in Scriabin's most imaginative interpreters, which is why Gergiev proves such a convincing interpreter excellent playing from the LSO. Matsuev has his feet firmly planted on terra firma The gorgeous return to lushness in the second movement suggests an almost Ravelian sensibility Matsuev and Gergiev turn the finale into Szymanowski's danse generale." (Gramophone). "Stabat