Caroline Weichert, Toccatina by Nikolai Kapustin

Russian piano jazz in one of its best example. Kapustin combines in a very effective and exciting way, the tradition of russian piano technique in classical forms like Sonata, Suite, Study, Toccata etc., with jazz rhythm and harmonies. Caroline Weichert is one of the few classical pianists with as much swing and groove as needed to performe such an eclectic componist and confirms her talent for modern music on the borderline between classical and jazz.

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[PianistFN]

Good performance. But I doubt whether she is 'one of the few' classical pianists with some feeling for this kind of music.

[vermontitalia]

I have seen some other pianists playing Kapustin on you tube, but other than the Maestro himself, I still consider Caroline Weichert the most interesting interpreter. You might see it differently, anyway....

[mepiano1]

Good playing. Very clear. But I have to say that the dynamics are very boring. Nothing is happening. It sounds boring despite the technically challenge which you managed ok.The glissando in the end is not in the score...

[WilfriedHLingenberg]

@vermontitalia I agree. Of all Kapustin interpreters I have heard on YouTube (including Hamelin), she is the only one who fully lives up to the rhythmical challenge.

[OldRabit]

It is wonderful! Love it!

[tdavis2797]

very balanced and tidy playing here...i'll only say that quicker execution on the detached chords and "leaping" passages would strengthen your transitions from measure to measure. really nice CONTROLLED playing--and you use the pedal very sparingly, which is good. Excessive pedal muddles the sound of those quasi -improvisational runs and rapid-fire 16th notes...this is the best i've seen from youtube, and you're not too far from the composer's own rendition.

*thumbs