Paganini Variations & Études Symphoniques

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Brahms
Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op.35 – Books I & II
Schumann
Arabesque in C, Op.18
Études symphoniques, Op.13 [1852 Version: revised in 1861, post Schumann’s death, to include etudes III & IX from 1837 Version]
Études symphoniques – Appendix [First published 1873]


Reviewed by: William Yeoman

Reviewed: February 2007
CD No: DECCA ELOQUENCE
476 8503
Duration: 65 minutes

Thibaudet at his most ingratiating: style and solidity combined with glamour and sparkle. But never facile. The Brahms can seem a bit rushed and over-emphatic, sometimes, but the overall sweep of the interpretation is utterly convincing. The tone of Schumann’s delightful Arabesque is just right, however, making it a perfect entrée to the main course: a poetic, reverie-filled Études symphoniques.

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