Luca Baretto Archive

Luca Baratto – Live at Honens = Works of SCHUMANN DEBUSSY, PROKOFIEV, LIGETI, LUTOSLOWSKI, MOZART, HINDEMITH & Others – Honens (2 CDs)

by Audiophile Audition | May 22, 2016 | Classical CD Reviews


Virtuoso pianist Luca Buratto demonstrates his versatile musicianship from the 2015 Honens Festival. Luca Baratto – Live at Honens = SCHUMANN: Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17; Davidsbuendler Taenze: No 14; LIGETI: Etudes No. 15 and No. 16; DEBUSSY: L’Isle joyeuse; PROKOFIEV: Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83; VIARDOT: Two Songs; OBRADORS: Two Songs; LUTOSLAWSKI: Dance Preludes; MOZART: Piano Trio in E-flat Major, K. 498 “Kegelstatt”; HINDEMITH: Viola Sonata in F Major, Op. 11, No. 4; BRAHMS: Geistleiches Wiegenlied, Op. 91, No. 2 – Isabel Bayrakdarian, sop./ Hsin-Yun Huang, viola/ James Campbell, clar./ Luca Buratto, p. – Honens (2 CDs) 66:12, 63:55 (2/12/16) [Distr. by Naxos] ****:
 Recorded live at Jack Singer Concert Hall at Arts Commons during the September 2015 – semifinals performances – Honens Festival and Piano Competition, the various solo and chamber ensemble works testify to the range and finesse of Italian pianist Luca Buratto (b. 1993), a Laureate of the distinguished Canadian competition. Buratto performs on a Fazioli instrument whose middle register enjoys a liquid warmth, while its upper reaches offer silver pearls. Buratto performs in solo and collaborative works, as designated by the requirements of the Festival. Buratto opens with Schumann’s passionate love-letter […]