Review on the German magazine Pizzicato
“Ciccolini was right”, by Remy Franck
Excited and grateful for the wonderful review about my disc on the German magazine Pizzicato!![⬇️](https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta1/2/16/2b07.png)
Genny Basso’s performances of pieces by Chopin and Mozart are delicate and tender, very soulful, lyrical, with fine nuances and a wonderfully sensitive touch. And yet, because of a fine rubato and great phrasing, they also pulsate with life. And as if a lot of energy had built up during a good hour, it then bursts forth wildly in the Tarantella Scura from Piedigrotta 1924, the Rapsodia Napoletana by Castelnuovo-Tedesco, premiered by Walter Gieseking in 1925. Arguably, there are quieter pieces in this five-part suite, but the beginning and end, Lariulà, are virtuosic and brilliant. Aldo Ciccolini, to whom this CD is dedicated, said of his Neapolitan pupil, « I have come to appreciate his seductive musicality… » The master was right.