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...EVGENY KISSIN: CARNEGIE HALL DEBUT CONCERT (RCA, 2 CDs). For once, a Russian pianist who deserved all his pre-debut hype. In September 1990, before the toughest audience in the world, Kissin, then 18, wowed 'em with Schumann, Prokofiev, Liszt and Chopin...
...Boston Conservatory Performance Series--presents pianist Michael Lewin performing Debussy, Glazunov and Liszt. In Seully Hall, 8 The Fenway, at 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday...
EVGENY KISSIN: CARNEGIE HALL DEBUT CONCERT (RCA Red Seal). From his daringly slow opening statement of Schumann's Symphonic Etudes, and throughout this recital of challenging works by Liszt, Chopin and Prokofiev, the Soviet prodigy, now 19, shows a potential for future greatness, with a command of tone, dynamics and phrasing that is always at the service of musical ends...
...Symphonic Etudes was taken at a daringly slow tempo initially, but Kissin made it work by, in effect, playing the series of challenging variations as if he were inventing the piece as he went along. After intermission, he tamed the ferocious Sixth Sonata by Sergei Prokofiev and concluded with Liszt's familiar Liebestraume No. 3 and his exotic Rhapsodie Espagnole. The audience rewarded him with a prolonged standing ovation, and Kissin capped the afternoon with four encores. (Rushing to capitalize on the excitement, RCA Victor Red Seal will have its recording of the recital in the stores...
...natural," he says. "Please don't take this as being immodest, but with my potential, I could have already done more than I have." Given that the history of music is dotted with performers and composers who achieved greatness at an early age -- Liszt was in his mid-30s when he retired from the concert stage; Schubert was dead at 31 -- the remarkable thing is that Kissin is probably right...