Alexander Melnikov, keyboards
Harmonia Mundi 902702 (24/96 WAV). 2023.
Martin Sauer, prod.; Benedikt Schröder, eng.
On the face of it, Alexander Melnikov’s is an audiophile’s dream. A follow-up to keyboard genius Melnikov’s marvelous 2018 Harmonia Mundi recital, , it presents the keyboard fantasies of seven great composers, from Johann Sebastian Bach to Alfred Schnittke, on seven very different-sounding historic instruments. Each of the instruments, which range from a copy of
