KRISTELLGT DAGBLAD February 6, 1995 A veritable hurricane of a pianist! Thus one must describe the young Russian Oleg Marshev, currently recording Prokofiev's piano music for the Danacord label. He's a real coup this Marshev. One is left in no doubt as to this right from the start of the 3rd Sonata in which he displays his considerable arsenal of nuance and finesse. His keyboard treatment is phenomenal, so much so that one asks oneself how it has been possible not to have encountered a talent like his before. Just as Rubinstein claimed that only Poles could reach to the heart of Chopin, so one must concede that the same applies when a Russian of Marshev's class turns his attention...

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KRISTELLGT DAGBLAD November 27, 1995 What Zoltan Kocsis has done for Bartok's piano music on Philips, Oleg Marshev has done for Prokofiev's on Danacord. The more one listens to this composer, the more one likes him. This is glorious piano playing which anyone who is interested in Prokofiev's music should take note of. In the 9th Sonata, Sonatinas etc., Marshev conjures from the instrument all the nuances one could wish for, and both incisive rhythmical and lyrical dreaming sections are grasped in an rock-steady technical control that knows neither wrong notes nor formal insecurity. This is the fifth release with this fantastic young pianist whose athletic keyboard approach makes the instrument comply with his every wish. Wonderful listening and a great...

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