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"Czech pianist Boris Krajný delivered Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 with
clarity, directness and simplicity. His exquisitely shaped phrases, tender
reading of the siciliano second movement and exuberant third-movement
tempo displayed selfless musical reserve that cast the piece, not the
soloist, in the spotlight." (Milwaukee
Sentintel)
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"In Carnegie Hall, the highly-regarded Czech pianist Boris Krajny (who
made a notably successful American debut there last season) came back to
play with the Prague Chamber Orchestra. Krajný, whose Ravel and Debussy
were praised last year, was fully as adept with Beethowen's Third
Concerto. His technique was virtually faultless (especially in some
superbly-articulated chromatic runs), while his big-boned interpretation
had a near-miraculous balance of control and abandon."
(New York Daily News)
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"One of those happy convergences of energy, creativity and first-rate
timing that can result in memorable moments in a listener's life. Mozart
was the main beneficiary. This almost eerily mercurial work - alternately
limpid and pensive, dramatic and delicately nuanced - was interpreted by
the coolly expert Krajný with near-micrometer precision... It was a
superior job." (The Milwaukee Journal)
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"The performance of Ravel's G Major Concerto, with Boris Krajný as
soloist, was the finest I've heard anywhere"
(New York Daily News)
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"His warmth of expression... blended perfectly with the orchestral style
of his colleagues [in Mendelssohn's G minor concerto]."
(The New York Times)
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"Krajný played with winning warmth and delicacy... a lyricism that Krajný
rendered in a miraculous sound more akin to glass chimes than to the grand
piano." (The Milwaukee Journal)
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"Boris Krajný plays them [works of Voříšek] with finesse... the quality of
ensemble playing is first-class... a first-class issue."
(Fanfare)
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"An outstanding aspect of Krajný's art was displayed in the Largo of
Beethoven's Concerto No. 1 where the lyrical piano avoided percussive
effects, yet lost neither strength nor vitality - both echoed throughout
the dynamic range by the orchestra. And the brilliance of the finale was
simply the most exciting part of the entire day."
(The Globe and Mail - Toronto)
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"A formidable technician with an outgoing musical personality and style
reminiscent of Glenn Gould's" (Toronto
Star)
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"An excellent soloist... offers some crisp, lithe playing and seems to
enjoy a lively rapport with his Czech colleagues. The playing itself has
much to recommend it." (Gramophone)
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"Subtle and spirited pianist" (The
Independent - London)
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"An effortlessly lyric and tasteful performer, especially smooth and
facile in the finale's rippling figurations and roulades."
(The Buffalo News)
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"Great pianist - overwhelming, excellent technician."
(Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
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"He is technically brilliant and interpretatively thoughtful... a
memorable example of poetical lyricism, warmly romantic without resorting
to sentimentality." (The Globe and Mail -
Toronto)
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"Krajný is obviously a rare breed of musician... absolutely bereft of the
grandiose, Krajný's playing got beneath the sparkle and transparency of
Mozart's writing to reveal an affirmation of what music is all about."
(Tri-City Herald - Washington)
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"An excellent and beatutiful interpretation of Mozart. His rightness in
tone quality and control of tempo, dynamics, accentuation and thoughtful
phrasing fulfilled Mozart's intentions."
(Yomiuri - Tokyo)
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"Boris Krajný made the romantic manifesto of Chopin's Concerto No. 2 in F
minor his own coupling a suppleness of finger technique with a well-formed
legato that gave prominence to the melodic themes."
(The Ann Arbor News)