FIVE STARS REVIEW IN BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

FOR JAN BARTOŠ AND HIS ALBUM OF KABELÁČ AND SMETANA PIANO WORKS

Album detail
Catalogue number: SU 4324-2

The new album by the renowned Czech pianist Jan Bartoš, featuring Miloslav Kabeláč’s Eight Preludes for Piano and Motifs from Exotic Lands, and Bedřich Smetana’s Rêves, has received a wonderful five stars' review in the April issue of BBC Music Magazine.


“Jan Bartoš’s playing of the preludes is magnificent, both in projecting the mesmerizing impetus of the opening and closing numbers and in realizing the delicately reimagined Impressionism of the third and fifth… While these pieces offer plenty of the bracing, nationalist Smetana, nearly all tend toward wistful reflection. Bartoš is an ideal interpreter here, providing abundant brilliance without sacrificing poetry… Beautifully recorded, this is one of the best and certainly most stimulating recordings of Czech piano music of recent years.”


PERFORMANCE *****

RECORDING *****


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