The Salzburg Recital, Kissin (2-CD)

Discs: 2 
Record Label: Deutsche Grammophon 
Release Date: September 2, 2022 

“Opening his program with Alban Berg’s emotionally intense Piano Sonata, Kissin delivers a powerfully controlled interpretation that places great emphasis on structural cohesion and textural clarity . . . With its generous selection of works by Chopin, the second half of Kissin’s recital finds the pianist on familiar ground.” — BBC Music Magazine 

In August 2021, as the Salzburg Festival made a meticulously planned return to full capacity, Evgeny Kissin drew a sold-out crowd to the city’s Grosses Festspielhaus. He treated his audience to a strikingly original program of works by Berg, Chopin, Gershwin and, to the surprise of some, Khrennikov. A generous selection of encores featured Mendelssohn and Debussy, as well as more Chopin and one of Kissin’s own compositions. 

Recorded live at the Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, August 14, 2021. 

Contents: 

Berg Piano Sonata, Op. 1 

Khrennikov Three Pieces for Piano, Op. 5 

Khrennikov Five Pieces for Piano, Op. 2 

Gershwin Three Preludes 

Chopin Nocturne No. 1 in B Major, Op. 62 

Chopin Impromptu No. 1 in A-flat Major, Op. 29 

Chopin Impromptu No. 2 in F-sharp Major, Op. 36 

Chopin Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat Major, Op. 51 

Chopin Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 20 

Chopin Polonaise No. 6 in A-flat Major, Op. 53 (Heroic) 

Mendelssohn Songs without Words, Book 3, Op. 38, “Duetto” 

Kissin Four Piano Pieces, Op. 1 

Chopin Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 31 

Debussy Suite Bergamasque, “Clair de lune”