Oleg Marshev- pianistic pleasures at Waikanae
Middle C - Classical Music Reviews. Wellington, New Zealand By Peter Mechen, 31/07/2016 Waikanae Music Society presents: Oleg Marshev (piano) BRAHMS – Piano Sonata No.3 in F Minor Op.5 RAVEL – Valses nobles et Sentimentales Gaspard de la nuit Memorial Hall, Waikanae Sunday, 31st July 2016 This was the sort of programme that, on paper, would quicken the pulse of anybody interested in the romantic piano repertoire in general – and with Oleg Marchev’s name attached to the enterprise, would settle the issue for the majority of piano-fanciers, myself among them. And while I might not have put Brahms’ name forward as a composer whose music I would have liked to hear Marshev play ahead of people such as Liszt, Rachmaninov...