Mihaela Ursuleasa is a Romanian pianist, winner of the Clara Haskil competition in 1995, I made the discovery during a concert where she accompanied the violinist Patricia "Miss Dynamite" Kopatchinskaja. This disc-shaped abridged history of the piano helps to get an idea of his talent. His first quality is the smart way it showcases different aesthetic, creating each time a world of sound and appropriate climate. His Beethoven has guts and energy to spare (dynamic contrast effects, essential here). His late Brahms (Op. 117) is dark, autumnal, pensive desire, full of emotion. The captivating Ginastera sonata (if you like Falla and Prokofiev, this is for you) is carved with art, light fingers and exquisite fluidity of Presto, mysterious atmosphere of the Adagio. Compared to others, a more mineral glow, the "Ondine" from his Gaspard de la Nuit prefers the atmosphere compared to the technical feat, it is sensitive and endearing. Even quality "Gallows" and "Scarbo". In the ocean of releases and "talent", I do not know what you might encounter like this echo Berlin Classics disc (with a fairly loupée artist's photograph on the cover). But Mihaela Ursuleasa deserves to be distinguished.
