Garrick Ohlsson is no stranger to the music of Alexander Scriabin — and in his hands, Scriabin’s music becomes a little less strange. Ohlsson’s recorded a cycle of Scriabin’s Poèmes, Études, various other solo piano works and his piano concerto. He has both the technical chops and the deep understanding of Scriabin’s music to make […]
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Garrick Ohlsson Plays Liszt with Fluency and Finesse
The challenge with playing Franz Liszt’s piano music is finding that balance between technical brilliance and insightful musicianship. The technical challenges in the music are huge — which is why so many pianists take them on. If you can play Liszt without breaking a sweat, you can play just about anything. But what sometimes gets […]