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ANTON RUBINSTEIN.Nocturne,op.50 "The Schubert Duo" Ljubov Potapova-Thomas & Alexander Thomas Tiger5720 111 views
Schubert Divertissement a la Hongroise D 818 The Schubert Duo (Live in St.Petersburg 04.12.2011) Tiger5720 162 views THE SCHUBERT DUO (Lyubov Potapova-Thomas&Alexander Thomas)
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Alexander Thomas IMPROVISATION (LIVE IN ST.PETERSBURG 04/12/2011) Tiger5720 217 views
М.И.ГЛИНКА "JOTA ARAGONESA" THE SCHUBERT DUO and Victor Mesherjakov(percussion) Tiger5720 155 views Концерт в Камерном Зале Международного Дома Музыки, 04.12.2011
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THE SCHUBERT DUO Alexander Thomas&Lyubov Potapova-Thomas LIVE IN ST.PETERSBURG 04.12.2011 Tiger5720 206 views FRANZ LISZT works for piano four hands
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Alexander Thomas, born in Kalinin, is now in his early forties. He studied at the Central Special Music School in Moscow. Central to his development were figures such as Lev Vlasenko a rival to Van Cliburn once upon a time in Moscow - and Grigory Sokolov; the former as a teacher in Moscow, the latter at the Rimsky-Korsakov conservatory in St Petersburg. After a number of competition successes he became the principal soloist of the Moskoncert Moscow State Philharmonic Association.

By my reckoning he was a mature musician of thirty-nine when he recorded this Chopin and Liszt recital in February 2006. Its a very conventional looking programme but theres surely nothing wrong with that. He plays four Chopin Nocturnes, the A flat major Ballade and the First Scherzo. The F major Nocturne is warmly attractive whilst its opus mate, the F sharp major, is pretty fast and sometimes just a bit cursory in the decorations. Hes left in a finger slip, which reveals his honesty something touched on in the extensive booklet notes. The C sharp minor Nocturne is clear eyed but not at all cold and he takes the E major a touch slowly, but plays with tonal warmth, albeit he does rush a little. His Ballade has sprung rhythms and doesnt get overheated when you anticipate it might. Good dynamics inform the Scherzo which turns into a kind of lullaby. Again the tonal qualities are warm but the playing is a touch too straight.

When it comes to Liszt we find that he slightly hurries Les Jeux deau à la Villa dEste and theres just a touch of hardness in the playing. Maybe too he lacks colours and nuance in the Rhapsodie Hongroise No.12. Then again this straightness, this refusal to grandstand or make extraneous gestures serves him well in Sposalizio though the tonal responses could be more refulgent. On balance Id say he is temperamentally more a Chopin adherent than a Lisztian, well technically though he dispatches the latters music.

This is my first acquaintance with Thomass playing. Hes a scrupulous, thoughtful, and dedicated musician nothing flashy or clumsy about him here.

Jonathan Woolf
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev//2009/May09/Thomas_rcd30110.htm

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