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VICTOR MERZHANOV - SCHUBERT. Impromptu in A-flat, op. 142.

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Victor Merzhanov, piano

Schubert. Impromptu in A-flat major, op. 142, no. 2.

Recorded at the Hall of Rachmaninov Music College in Tambov, Russia on July 01, 1991.

Victor Merzhanov was once called by a Swedish critic "a descendant of that line of great Russian-born pianists that began with Ziloty and Rachmaninov". Merzhanov graduated from the Moscow Conservatoire with distinction and his name was inscribed in its marble wall along with those of Scryabin and Rachmaninov. During his career he gave more tran 1500 recitals and concerts recitals with such conductors as Zanderling, Kondrashin, Gauk, Rozhdestvensky, Temirkanov, Svetlanov and many others. Merzhanov teaches at Moscow Conservatory since 1947.

Выдающийся русский пианист Виктор Мержанов, о котором шведский критик писал как о "достойном потомке великих пианистов, рожденных Россией, начиная с Зилоти и Рахманинова".За 50 лет сценической жизни он сыграл более 1500 концертов, в том числе с такими дирижерами, как К.Зандерлинг, К.Кондрашин, А.Гаук, Г.Рождественский, Ю.Темирканов, Е.Светланов.

Он имел блестящий успех во многих странах. В Италии его называли "настоящим волшебником, который поражает неповторимыми возможностями своих рук равно как и мудростью интерпретатора", в Польше писали, что "его игра открывает глаза на мир высочайшей гармонии, душевной красоты и благородной экспрессии, а его манера игры - образец недосягаемости"; в Америке отмечали "пластичность музыкального языка, необычную для исполнителей любой страны".

Виктор Мержанов родился в 1919 г. в Тамбове. В 1936 - 1941 гг. он учился в Московской консерватории по классу фортепиано у С.Фейнберга и по классу органа у А.Гедике. Окончил консерваторию с отличием, его имя занесено на мраморную стелу Московской консерватории и стоит в одном ряду с именами Скрябина, Рахманинова.

В 1941 - 1945 гг. В.Мержанов служил в армии. После войны учился в аспирантуре Московской консерватории. В 1945 г. получил Первую премию на Всесоюзном конкурсе музыкантов- исполнителей, разделив ее с С.Рихтером. В 1949 г. стал лауреатом конкурса Шопена в Варшаве. С 1947 г. Виктор Мержанов - профессор Московской консерватории.

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  • Merzhanov is great !!! I like his sense of style and the ability to actually "make" music. His studio and live performances are true treasures. Thank you for posting.

  • Merzhanov is a great "melodist". His piano is singing and speaking - that is the way it should be done. Thank you for posting.

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  • @Allyheartzz You "sort of" have a problem "over and over" again.

    But an artist may have an obsessive theme which haunts him in subtly different ways each time. Don't think of them as "repeats"--you never bathe in the same steam twice.

  • I love the way he plays the Trio. Fantastic. Absolutely fantastic.

  • I sort of have a problem with the fact he does so many repeats. It get's sort of boring after a while.

    I usually play the Trio right after playing the first section. Instead of repeating it over and over and over and over and over again.

  • I'm also playing this song, and I think that this person's playing style matches mine the most. I really like listening to this.

  • MASTER! Bravo!

  • I love his playing. Wonderful.

  • Poignant and heartbreaking.

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