Chiaroscuro
Leopold Godowsky — Renaissance, Book I–IV
César Franck — Prélude, choral et fugue, FWV 21
Sergei Rachmaninov — Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42
Alpha Classics, 2025
Listen"Because with the 21-year-old Roman Borisov, a rising star in the world of piano could be heard here at the Isarphilharmonie [...]. Borisov succeeded in absolving the first piano concerto [by Tchaikovsky] of any suspicion of kitsch. With a permanently high-voltage interpretation that was by no means trimmed for technical brilliance alone."