"You have awakened not out of sleep, but into a prior dream, and that dream lies within another, and so on, to infinity, which is the number of grains of sand. The path that you are to take is endless, and you will die before you have truly awakened."
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
cover art by Svetlyn Stuart Ivanov
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“The music emerges with a purified beauty that can leave you breathless.”
“Whether in the wisps of color called forth by Crumb or the torrents of sound that mark Ustvolskaya’s brutal and remorseless Sixth Sonata, whether in the nebulous evocations of Brahms and Schubert in Berio’s Wasserklavier or the more direct recollection of Chopin that closes Crumb’s “Dream Images” (and the disc), Ivanov captures the spirit of the music with uncanny rightness. And, where appropriate, he captures it with uncanny grace, as well.” “Ivanov illuminates its intimate beauties with unfailing sensitivity”. Peter J. Rabinowitz – Fanfare Magazine |
“One can almost forget that these 18 tracks are more than one track, because Ivanov settles us into a suspended state.”
“Listened to as a single unbroken experience, this turned out to be a fascinating disc.” Huntley Dent – Fanfare Magazine “A simply fascinating recital from a pianist who clearly has much to say.” “Ivanov’s liquid legato and gradations of tone are very well caught by the superb recording.” Colin Clarke – Fanfare Magazine |
