Search - Richard Nanes :: Nanes: Piano Concerto No. 2 A/Solo, Prelude & Rhapsody No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor

Superior pianist, inferior composer

Robertson Thomas | Hapcheon, Gyeongnam, South Korea | 03/24/2005

(1 out of 5 stars)

"If you have heard Nanes' other piano music, you won't have very many surprises on this recording. In the first and last movements of the so-called concerto, there are the usual random discords. In the slow movement, there is the usual melody in one hand with endless arpeggios in the other hand.



The greatest surprise is in the prelude, which consists of two contrapuntal voices wandering aimlessly. For writing any counterpoint at all, we should give Nanes one point for improvement.



In the rhapsody, Nanes takes us on another trip to the celestial seas, with his tiresome arpeggios. As usual, he attempts some variety by tinkling in the high register and growling in the low register. He also gives us a few pungent harmonies which we seldom hear in his music.



Since we hear so many works by renowned composers, it is sometimes interesting to hear a few works by a notorious composer.



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