Alexander Krichel Mussorgsky: Ballet of Unhatched Chicks, Pictures at an Exhibition ( Music Video)

Find Alexander Krichels latest release here: One of Germanys most prominent pianists, Alexander Krichel from Hamburg, has brought together a couple of heavyweights for his first album with Berlin Classics. He combines the Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky, a central work of the piano literature, with a rarely heard gem by the Romanian composer George Enescu. Enescus Second Piano Suite enhances the formal language of the Baroque with Romantic and Impressionist timbres, and entrances the listener with a rich palette of tone colours. To round off the programme, Alexander Krichel plays another work by a composer from Russias mighty handful, the Nocturne from the Petite Suite by Alexander Borodin. Theres no denying it: born in the Hanseatic city of Hamburg, Krichel feels himself strongly drawn to the Russian repertoire. He studied with two of the greatest Russian pianists of modern times: in Hanover, as Vladimir Krainevs last student; and at the Ro