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Its a delicious moment early in a great career when a musical personality floods a room.
Which makes me grateful for that one nights elusive balance of intimacy and grandeur, nuance and explosiveness.
In the Franck sonata, Malofeev staked out rich, dense chords for Duenas to twirl through.
Chamber musicians have a certain leeway for approximation in standard repertoire, since everyone knows how it goes.
Not so with new music, where a tentative performance can result in puzzling murk.
Here, Duenas played Ortizs wild dances and atmospheric sparkle as if shed grown up on the stuff.
Duenas isnt just good; shes distinctive.
