Libor in Rudolfinum Live recording Prague 15 December 2012 Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op. 2, No 3 I. Allegro con brio II. Adagio III. Scherzo. Allegro IV. Allegro assai Johannes Brahms: 7 Fantasien Op. 116 I. Capriccio presto energico II. Intermezzo: Andante III. Capriccio: Allegro passionato IV. Intermezzo: Adagio V. Intermezzo: Andante con grazia [...]
World Piano Music Series PRAGUE, Rudolfinum, Dvořák Hall Saturday 15. 12. 2012, 19:30
PIANISTIC FIREWORKS Our dear old Bechstein is well into her eighties but she’s up for a challenge whenever it is made. So it was when Czech pianist Libor Novacek sent Beethoven, Brahms and Liszt rattling through her parts. These were big romantic works and none as much as the Lizst B-minor sonata. The grand one movement sweep [...]
Gramophone Choice: Brahms´s Piano Sonatas Libor´s Brahms recording compared to the greatest artists…. Libor Novacek shows himself deeply sensitive to the interior light burning beneath the surface of Brahms’s often dark-hued later masterpieces. What unfaltering poise and tonal translucence he achieves throughout Opp 76 and 117. Less ebullient than, say, Rubinstein or Perahia in the second Capriccio [...]
