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Sonatas 2 & 6 CD

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Category Classical, 20th Century Period, Orchestral/Symphonic, Sonata
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Label Arcobaleno
Orig Year 8/8/2000
All Time Sales Rank   52768  
CD Universe Part number 1593968
Catalog number 9379
Discs 1
Release Date Aug 08, 2000
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Average Rating: (3.5 out of 5 stars) 3.5 stars

5 stars Mea Culpa........Read On
I had submitted a previous review of this recording, and gave it 2 stars. I have taken the time to re-listen this CD several times recently, and have to admit to a previous tin ear! The piano sound is well recorded, and Ms. Damien really plays with verve, sharpness and bravado. Why didn't I like it before? Fatigue? I'm picky about Prokofiev piano, and cannot abide a limp-wristed account...this decidedly is not! The two sonatas are very well played, especially Sonata No.2. The Sarcasms are played with a different stress and emphasis than I like, but I have to say they are very listenable. This is now being given 5 stars to average out to 3 1/2 stars, which is where the recording more likely belongs. If this is your introduction to Prokofiev piano music, you will not go wrong. Apologies to Ms. Damien for my previous negativism.
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2 stars Prokofiev: Okay..........But!!??!!
Marie-Noelle Damien couldn't have picked a bigger headache for her first recording than Prokofiev's piano music. This has always seemed to me to be big and muscular music with sharp edges, tough rhythms and a musical line not very easy to pick out. Damien does play well, but only well. There is a great deal of competition out there in this music, and she simply doesn't qualify. Add to that a really dopey cover art (with the cover art reproduced on a seperate interior card; just in case you fell in love with it I would suppose), and a translation on the biography of Damien apparently done by computer and you have a non-starter in this CD. Sample: "She had a perfect hearing and disposed about a remarkable innate velocity." HUH??????? Save your money and put it into Barbara Nissman's wonderful recordings of nearly the entire ouvre of piano music (Pierian Label, available via CDUniverse).
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