Nikolai Demidenko used to be routinely described as a “force of nature” but, on the strength of this recital, notwithstanding cover hype and glitzy glamour, that accolade could equally be accorded to Yuja Wang. She brings an unashamedly sumptuous quality to the notorious Alla marcia Rachmaninov G Minor Prelude and a searching yet harrowing quality to the B Minor Prelude, Op. 32 No 10. The Op. 39 No 1 Etude Tableau is quick-paced and demands a tireless right hand, a syncopated left hand and considerable dexterity. Technically, Wang makes the music into an almost continual climax while fusing power with a strange sort of intellectual control. In Op. 33, No 3 she is solemnly lyrical.

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