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Paolo Zentilin’s Irresistible Giustini Sonatas Op. 1

  • ClassicsToday.com
  • Jed Distler

“[…] Pianist Paolo Zentilin clearly revels in his Fazioli instrument’s tactile immediacy and alluring range of tone color, which readily lend themselves to the pianist’s playful inflections and sudden shifts in articulation, as tellingly demonstrated in No. 5’s Corrente and No. 6’s Giga, to give just two examples. No. 11’s second movement features long, gorgeously shaded legato lines that elevate the composer’s dolce directive to rarified heights.
Conversely, Zentilin sometimes scales down the music to more intimate and seemingly offhanded dimensions; his improvisatory way with No. 7’s opening Allemanda sharply contrasts to the firmer and steadier dotted rhythms that pianist Enrico Maria Polimanti favors in his Naxos recording of selected sonatas.
In fact, some listeners may prefer Polimanti’s less stylized, more straightforward approach, together with Naxos’ fuller-bodied sonics.
By contrast, a more distant concert hall perspective characterizes Brilliant Classics’ engineering.
While I wouldn’t want to be without Polimanti, I can’t fathom any keyboard enthusiast passing up Brilliant Classics’ absurdly inexpensive price tag for all twelve Op. 1 sonatas, plus Zentilin’s refined artistry.
An irresistible release.”


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  • Paolo Picchio

A transcription from the Danish Niels Viggo Bentzon's Concerto Op. 146 sheds new . light on the possible integration between the two instruments. And this is thanks to an eccentric composer from Northern Europe, who knows how to write using different styles: from dodecaphony to jazz, from bands to pop

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