The first VAI DVD featuring this brilliant young Russian pianist won rave reviews from the world’s press. The headline in the Gramophone Magazine review cautioned, “Fasten your seatbelts” but went on to praise his Haydn as well as the more pyrotechnical aspects of his wide-ranging program. For his second DVD release, also captured live at the Miami International Piano Festival, Gavrylyuk offers elegant Mozart and lyrical Schubert along with thunderous Rachmaninoff and Balakirev, and ending with a group of encores highlighting the pianist’s amazing technical arsenal.

Bach-Busoni: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

Mozart: Sonata in D major, K 576

Schubert: Sonata in A major, D 664/Op. 120

Rachmaninoff: Nine Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39

Moszkowski: Etude in A-flat major, Op. 72, No. 11

Balakirev: Islamey

Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G-sharp minor, Op. 32, No. 12

Mozart-Volodos: Concert Paraphrase on Rondo alla Turca

Live performance recorded May 8, 2007 at the Amaturo Theater Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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