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Kreisleriana, as though they flow spontaneously from her. Time is elastic, liberated from the tyranny of the pulse. Her intensely vocal approach recalls the principles of the Russian piano school, in that distances are measured as though sung, not through the handspan. The lyricism is exquisite, for example in the intimate close of the
Arabeske. She is also alert to Schumann’s harmony, relishing all dissonances, and understanding their relative importance.
Individual pieces showcase Gvetadze’s fine control and layering of Schumann’s dense textures, creating a three-dimensional impression of the music: for example, in the sublimely guileless ‘Träumerei’, or ‘Fast zu ernst’.