Konstantin Igumnov
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COMPOSERS: etc.,Schumann,Tchaikovsky
LABELS: APR
PERFORMER: Konstantin Igumnov (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: 5662
Igumnov founded an important tradition of Russian pianism, but he didn’t record much himself, and the quality of sound on this carefully prepared disc is mainly poor. He seems to have been an emphatic player, with little charm. Michael Tanner
Authors
Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.