Piano Music 1
Eteri Andjaparidze, a pianist from Georgia now living in the United  States, starts off this disc by showing what she can do. TheToccatawas  written to frighten pianists and audiences, but only the listeners will be  afraid of the terrifying speed and power of this performance. The remainder of  the disc stresses Prokofiev's lyrical side, which the pianist expresses with  deep sympathy. In fact, even theSarcasms,which are not very lyrical in  conception, sound a little too pretty here. But thatToccatais a killer,  and this generous disc (79:30) comes at a super-bargain price.--Leslie  Gerber