Aurelia Visovan plays Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Czerny and Liszt on various correct and evocative period keyboard instruments
“I began to discover pianos from many different eras and regions, and the idea of making a recording which shows a glimpse to their diversity was just the ultimate decision” Aurelia Visovan. Photo by Wojciech Grzedzinski I first heard this remarkably individual and deeply musical Romanian pianist at the 1st International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments in Warsaw 2–14 September 2018. Of her playing of Chopin on that occasion I wrote as notes: Her wide and extensive experience playing the harpsichord and fortepiano was clear from the outset. Visovan understands the sound and colour palette of the Pleyel instrument intimately [...] The transparency and colour she extracted from this instrument put me in mind of gazing in wonder at the radiant stained glass windows of Chartres Cathedral [...] The undamped overtones provided a magical sound landscape. Not for the first time I was reminded of Dinu Lipatti. I suppose all Romanian pianists adore his Chopin. In the B-flat minor Ma