Three Tone-Pictures, Op 5 (Griffes)
from Griffes: Piano Music (CDA67907)
1 The Lake at Evening: Tranquillo e dolce [3'55]
2 The Vale of Dreams: Sognando [4'04]
3 The Night Winds: Presto fuggevole [2'05]
10 minutes 4 seconds 3 tracks
‘Very special indeed. Hyperion's immaculate piano sound helps, too. But Ohlsson's phrasing is perfect: no exaggeration, simply rapturous harmonic textures projecting elegant melodies … all Ohlsso ...
‘Ohlsson's performances throughout are a judicious blend of absolute technical security and fantasy, giving especially appealing treatment to the single melodies that emerge occasionally from Griffes' ...
‘As Garrick Ohlsson's superb performances show, Griffes's piano writing is wonderfully fluent, and works like De profundis of 1915 and the Piano Sonata of two years later suggest that all the s ...