classical music: Lisa Smirnova

classical music: Lisa Smirnova

classical music:

Lisa Smirnova

Haydn: Piano Concertos
Franz Joseph Haydn, Volker Schmidt-Gertenbach, ...

Arte Nova Classics, 2008

Lisa Smirnova was born in Moscow in 1972 and had piano lessons with Anna Kantor and Lev Naumov . Since 1991 she has been a student in the master-class of Karl-Heinz Kämmerling at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. Between 1991-93 she won several prizes in international competitions. She made her US debut in 1992 at Carnegie Hall, in Japan at Suntory ...

Paganini: 24 Caprices for Violin Solo, Op. 1 (with Schumann's Piano Accompaniment)
Niccolo Paganini, Robert Schumann, ...

MD&G Records, 1996

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3

Ludwig van Beethoven, David L. Montgomery, ...

Arte Nova Records, 1998

Warm
Lisa Smirnova is a good pianist. She has a solid technique, and she is an interesting interpreter. Her playing just lacks the last degree of excitement one finds in a great pianist. She plays these two concertos very much like chamber music. Her playing often is ...

Ernest Bloch: Complete Works for Viola & Piano

Ernest Bloch, Lisa Smirnova, ...

Arte Nova Classics, 2006

So much for so little!
Raiskin does a very convincing job in his performances of these somewhat under-valued works. Having performed these pieces myself, I sometimes wish Raiskin took a little more liberty in stretching rhythms and in developing climaxes, but he is, nonetheless, expressive ...