Suite 1 for two pianos

ZLATA CHOCHIEVA, ILYA ITIN pianos SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Suite No. 1 in minor for 2 pianos Op. 5 (Fantasie-Tableau for two pianos) 00:00 Barcarolle 08:50 La nuit (Night) 15:30 Les Larmes (Tears) 21:56 Paques (Easter) March 25, 2015 Broward Center Fort Lauderdale, Florida Miami International Piano Festival http://www.miamipianofest.com A gorgeous work brilliantly performed..concludes with an awesome simulation of Easter church bells, all beautifully recorded by the top audio engineer Peter McGrath. Listen on your best speakers! REVIEW FROM SOUTHFLORIDACLASSICALREVIEW.COM Chochieva made a striking debut at the festival’s Miami Beach series last May and played a highly praised recital on Sunday afternoon.From the first bars of the opening “Barcarolle,” Chochieva’s bell-like tones avoided heaviness. She conveyed the repetitive arpeggios of the second movement’s seductive portrait of romance in a shapely manner. “Tears” (the third movement) was grandly rhapsodic, the melodic writing traced with delicacy and the soft shadings adding color. Encompassing the second piano part with skill, Itin was the consummate professional. Chochieva and Itin’s tonal palette was beautiful in duo passages. Chochieva set a fast tempo for the motivic cells symbolizing the ringing bells of Russian Easter in the finale, and Itin produced massive power and volume at the conclusion. Chochieva and Itin should be heard together again in a full program