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“ A seasoned and perceptive Liszt player, Filipec commands vast technical resources and a shimmering, beautifully expressive sound. "
Gramophone
" Dueño de una técnica asombrosa y un digno exponente de los modos de aproximación musical de la escuela pianística de Europa oriental, Filipec pone todas sus habilidades y destrezas, que, decididamente, son muchas, al servicio de un tipo de expresión intensa, aplomada, sensible y artesanal según las características de cada una de las obras que interpreta. "
La Nación
" L’effervescente freschezza creativa da un lato, il completo controllo del tutto che poggia sul fatto culturale e intellettuale dall’altro, parlano del livello stratosferico di questo artista del pianoforte.
Insomma il modo di suonare di Filipec comunica un senso di grandezza e compiutezza non comuni…. "
La Voce
" This disc dispenses some top-class performances, and represents the most accessible side of the composer. Franz Liszt had an overwhelming impact on the musical life of his time through revolutionary innovations in harmony, form and pianistic technique. "
CD Choice
" Filipec knows how to brilliantly combine the incomprehensible modernity of these sounding abstractions into naked, dross-free matter. On the other hand, he masters a rare Chopinesque mazurka and four intact waltzes from the middle Liszt with the irresistible elegance and brilliant acrobatics of a real seducer. He turns out to be an incredibly confident and charismatic Liszt magician who knows how to combine the bravura of Horowitz or Cziffra with the rigorous precision of today's virtuosos. "
Pianist
" The longer one hears the recording, the more one moves away from initial skepticism to enthusiasm… The whole of the 19th century is represented in these arrangements, and Filipec presents them to us as if on a silver plate: glittering, fiery and powerful in sound—simply brilliant. "
Piano News
" Este paseo confirma su versatilidad y comprensión del mundo lisztiano, en el que no solo muestra brillantez técnica para expresarse de manera electrizante, bien calibrada y completada con creatividad y exuberancia imaginativa en sus contrastes, sino que también profundiza en los aspectos poéticos y contemplativos con una sensibilidad y luminosidad que no estamos habituados a escuchar actualmente. "
Ritmo
Les pianistes devraient s'emparer plus souvent de ces pieces lyriques, et notamment de la derniére, magnifiee par le jeu fluide et lumineux de l'artiste croate. La sérénité et la pureté qu'il met à la premiére version de Sposalizio valent aussi le detour. Dans ces oeuvres exigeantes, Filipec fait preuve d’aplomb et de panache.
Diapason
" If I haven’t yet mentioned Goran Filipec’s performances it’s because he basically left me stunned and speechless from the first notes, and I’m still recovering! "
Gramophone
" Ancora una volta dobbiamo constatare in Filipec la sua marcata e versatile personalità musicale, il virtuosismo mozzafiato, la freschezza d’ispirazione, il senso del grandioso e della magniloquenza, l’imperiosa e quasi sferzante incisività del tocco, l’impetuosità risoluta e incalzante, il fascino e il garbo con cui passa dalle atmosfere più parossistiche alla liricità raccolta e meditata, a volte venata di malinconia, alla vivacità trionfante e alla giocosità. "
La Voce
" Mr Filipec devours this technically punishing fare, his touch velvety, crystalline, and thunderous in equal measure. "
American Record Guide
" Transmite una sensación de control absoluto en los retos técnicos [ ... ], notas repetidas, cruces de mano, octavas, cambios rítmicos, lo que le permite transcender para acompañarlos de una personal y cristalina sonoridad, que junto con una excepcional variedad tímbrica y permanente énfasis en los menores detalles ornamentales lo sitúan entre los mejores Scarlatti de las nuevas generaciones."
Ritmo
" Filipec clearly revels in the idiom, milking the slower variations for all they’re worth, albeit within the bounds of good taste. "
Classics Today
" His playing throughout these very difficult pieces is top notch; I cannot fault Mr. Filipec’s virtuosity or musical feeling at any point.... He is clearly a pianist to listen (or possibly Liszten!) out for! "
MusicWeb International
" Filipec handles the sometimes ungainly architecture with aplomb, striking just the right degree of lightness and poise in the rather incongruous polonaise section, while lavishing appropriate and proportionate expressivity throughout. "
Gramophone
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