Search - Sergey Rachmaninov, John Lill :: Rakhmaninov: Preludes Op. 23 & Op. 32

Lill and Rachmaninov

Steven T. Morse | West Point, NY | 05/26/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I recommend this CD for the solo piano lover, and especially anyone looking for a good recording of Rachmaninov's prelude cycle. John Lill is magnificent laying down the elegance of these works, and it is a solid 23 tracks. The quality of the recording is very good and the liner notes are beautifully written. I recommend John Lill's recording over any others' because his interpretation of Rachmaninov is unhindered by his own agenda - i.e., Lill plays the preludes nearly verbatim to the composer's direction. This makes for a body of work which can be a standard for a pianist beginning work on a prelude or just entertaining."

Take a look around this high caliber pianist!

Hiram Gomez Pardo | Valencia, Venezuela | 06/15/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

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John Lill was a prominent British pianist, who despite his enormous musical skills and inimitable tune, has somehow been missed for the great audiences.



As all we know the most of British pianist have always exhibited a common feature; his temperament is remarkably reflexive and introspective; for the American audiences that approach is very distant from the thundering pianism or sparkling fingering of Horowitz, Kapell and Richter, for instance.



You may realize how John Ogdon and Vladimir Ashkenazy, who shared honors in the Second Tchaikovsky's Piano competition 1962 , received different reception in USA. And the list might be extended to Myra Hess, Clifford Curzon, Tomas Vasary, and more recently Leslie Howard. For many listeners this style is far to be engaging. And John Lill who also awards important prizes, could not obtain all his deserved acknowledgement from this side of the Atlantic



It's time for him to be more widely known, despite the elapsed years.

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