Reviews
EDUARDO FERNÁNDEZ, piano
“For most of my musically aware years, Alicia de Larrocha held dominion in this repertoire [Albéniz’s Iberia]. To be sure, she had her run of challengers, some quite serious—Marc-André Hamelin for one… But while de Larrocha’s crown may have been knocked a bit askew, no one had successfully engineered the coup that would dispossess her of the throne—until now. De Larrocha died in 2009. Long live the queen. Meet the king in waiting, Eduardo Fernández.”
“…beyond demonstrating a killer technique, Fernández’s Iberia is a thrilling array of shimmering Latin lights and simmering Latin heat, and a palette of vibrant yellows and dangerous reds”
“Commanding a touch of steel that never turns steely or brittle, Fernández draws enormous power from his instrument, achieving something that actually approximates Albéniz’s impossible quintuple fortes in
“Corpus Christie en Sevilla,” yet he can tease from the keyboard the most delicate and subtle effects, as in “El Albaicín” from Book III in those magical moments where the modality shifts from minor to major.”
“It’s hard to imagine what Fernández might give us as an encore to this CD, but whatever it is, I shall wait for it with bated breath… It’s not cheap--$23.95—but worth every penny.”
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Jerry Dubins, Fanfare, July/August 2011
Jerry Dubins, Fanfare, July/August 2011Press Quotes
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