L'Oeuvre pour piano (Aldo Ciccolini) (2014)

Deze 5 CD's met opnamen uit begin jaren 90 verschenen toen als losse delen. Nu in één set. "Ciccolinis Debussy provides ample food for thought. His hard-nosed sonority is pungent rather than perfumed, which doesnt quite jibe with the composers hammerless piano ideal. Sometimes Ciccolini avoids sensuality where its most needed. But more often, Ciccolinis forceful, masculine approach to the Preludes, Images, Estampes, Pour le Piano, Childrens Corner, and sundry short works provide a refeshing corrective to spineless, watery pianism that passes for impressionism. Actually the word expressionism best describes the pianists blunt, Prokofievian recreations of the 12 Etudes. In addition the piano reduction of the ballet La Boite à joujoux is included, plus the composers two-hand arrangement of his Six Epigraphes antiques for piano duet. This is also the chance to hear the Etude Retrouvée, Debussys strikingly different first version of the Etude pour les arpèges composés." (Jed Distler, Classics Today)