The best piano music since the last Maigret
Album Of The WeekFrom the Lebrecht Album of the Week:
…. A piece called Eros Hiding in the Woods does rather give away his game, but there’s more subtlety and originality than I expected. Some pieces conjure up the dank, illicit liaisons of Schoenberg’s Transfigured Night and the ineluctable fate of Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde. What is lacking — to Hahn’s credit — is any hint of sentimentality. Hahn tells smart stories for ten fingers. The best of them are as gripping as an Inspector Maigret mystery….
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I don’t know why of all the Maigrets you chose Mr. Atkinson. I vaguely remember Rupert Davies from childhood, and have caught the odd Gambon on YouTube. I do still remember the old Maigret theme, however, and I also remember that the Gambon one was nice too. I have never seen the other
I watched all of the Atkinsons Maigret episodes and they were wonderful, with great production values, decors, costumes etc. Superb
Kolesnikov continues to impress.