Kapustin: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 6

It was like a minor miracle when Nikolai Kapustin's music was discovered by a wider audience in the West: Who was this Soviet composer whose works sounded most like Oscar Peterson improvisations... yet were fully composed 'classical' music, with complex scores so densely packed with notes they were completely black?! As we unearth more and more of Kapustin's music, as with the present recording, we discover that Kapustin subtly and steadily developed his style. He kept pace with the times: the jazz that influenced him changed over the years, and so did his music. In that sense, Kapustin never really confined himself to a 'found' style, but remained flexible in his use of inspiring material—and in its integration into the classical orchestra. Third album of piano concertos by Nikolai Kapustin—recorded by the fantastic piano virtuoso Frank Duprée.