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Anna Gourari: Visions Fugitives

by Hrayr Attarian
September 17, 2015

Prodigious pianist Anna Gourari brings her unique touch to Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev's twenty miniatures on Visions Fugitives. The series has infrequently been recorded in its entirety and rarely with the wit and elegance that Gourari brings to it. She tiptoes gently on the nocturnesque “1.Lentamente," brings a lively spontaneity to the effervescent “11. Con vivacità" and a contemplative maturity to the expansive “8. Commodo ." She builds the musical ambiences of each movement often with unexpected and ...