| What the critics are saying
About
W. A. Mozart Album
(JDT3311) and pianist ZEYNEP
Ucbasaran
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"A
fine pianist finds
bubbling delight in Mozart: Ucbasaran has a remarkable affinity for
tonal shading; she keenly understands how chords and sonorities
function in a given phrase.. She does not let a single phrase pass by
her without considering its function in the greater context of the
piece, and tempi are ever so slightly inflected throughout to brilliant
results. This infuses Mozart with a continual bubbling energy that is
delightful to hear."
Andrew Druckenbrod, The Gramophone
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"This
is the sixth recording by Santa Barbara-based pianist Zeynep
Ucbasaran...[Her] playing has always been unfailingly musical, but I
find more temperament here than previously. The recording itself is big
and bold and transferred at a rather high level, creating an initial
impression of a degree of aggressiveness... Zeynep is signally
successful in the long variation movement of the D major work...The
Adagio variation is played with deep feeling. For once I reached the
end of this movement feeling that the prospect of hearing it again
would be welcome. It was at this point that I realized that the gifted
player of the earlier records is developing into a pianist of some
stature... An excellent recommendation, then, for three of Mozart’s
rarer sonatas played with real conviction."
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"Turkish-born,
American-resident pianist Zeynep Ucbasaran has gained attention for her
explosive, percussive, mercurial performances of Liszt's music...here
she takes on two early Mozart sonatas...[Her] ancestor in this kind of
Mozart performance is another female pianist, Alicia de Larrocha, but
Ucbasaran goes even farther in the direction of sharp dynamic contrasts
with sudden percussive emphasis of individual features...The overall
effect is spare, hard, and brilliant."
James Manheim, All Music Guide
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