Piano Dances
”A kaleidoscope of expressions.“
Source: WDR 3 Hörstoff
M. Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales / La Valse / D. Shostakowitch: Puppet Dances / J. Widmann: Circus Dances / Audio CD (April 2024) / Alpha Classics (Outhere Music)
Chopin
”A recording for the lonely island.“
Source: FONO FORUM
F. Chopin: 4 Ballades / 4 Improptus / Audio CD (February 2021) / Alpha Classics (Outhere Music)
Bach
”Vinnitskaya´s right- and left-hand independence and suave articulation [...] will take your breath away. [...] Those who want all of Bach´s multiple keyboard concertos on the piano cannot do better. Highly recommended.“
Source: Gramophone
J.S. Bach: Concertos for 1, 2, 3 and 4 Pianos / with Evgeni Koroliov, Ljupka Hadzi Georgieva and the Kammerakademie Potsdam / Audio CD (April 2019) / Alpha Classics (Outhere Music)
Rachmaninov
”Her effortless technical perfection almost disappears behind the great melodic line, which integrates the solo part organically into the orchestra's great sound-current and changes the moods and colors in a wave-like manner.“
Source: Crescendo
S. Rachmaninov: Concerto no. 2 / Paganini-Rhapsody
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester / Krzysztof Urbanski /
Audio CD (August 2017) / Alpha Classics (Outhere Music)
Brahms
”So the pianist Anna Vinnitskaya has now achieved a Brahms album of the poetic special class. [...] Because virtuosity does not have to proven by the young pianist - she knows how to handle it as confidently as Brahms himself.“
Source: LITERATUR SPIEGEL
Bach-Brahms: Chaconne for the left hand in D minor after BWV 1004 / J. Brahms: 8 Piano Pieces op. 76 / J. Brahms: 2 Rhapsodies op. 79 / J. Brahms: Fantasies op. 116 /
Audio CD (February 2016) / Alpha Classics (Outhere Music)
Shostakovitch
”The Russian pianist Anna Vinnitskaya perfectly understands Shostakovich. On her new CD, she plays and conducts one of the most original piano concertos of the 20th century - in perfection.“
Source: SPIEGEL Online
D. Shostakovitch: Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings op. 35 / Concerto for piano and orchestra op. 104 / Concertino for two pianos op. 94 / Tarantella fr two pianos
Kremerata Baltica / Winds of the Staatskapelle Dresden / Omer Meir Wellber, conductor (in op. 104) / Ivan Rudin, piano (Concertino and Tarantella) /
Audio CD (August 2015) / Alpha Classics (Outhere Music)
Ravel
”Being played by the Russian pianist, [...] the piano seems to become a medium that transforms visual imagination into sound. A recording that sets new standards in every respect.“
Source: Audio
M. Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte / M. Ravel: Miroirs / M. Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit /
Audio CD (February 2012) / naïve
Prokofiev/Ravel
”In this way, Vinnitskaya succeeds - despite all the technical explosiveness - [...] a consistently emotionally charged version of this concert, as we have not heard in this quality for a long time.“
Source: Piano News
S. Prokofiev: Concerto No. 2 in G minor / M. Ravel: Concerto in G majeur / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Gilbert Varga /
Audio CD (November 2010) / naïve
Piano Sonatas
”Better than an impressive business card, an inhabited recital, which, from the outset, imposes Anna Vinnitskaya among the young performers who will play a leading role in the future.“
Source: Diapason
S. Rachmaninov: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor / S. Gubaidulina: Chaconne / N. Medtner: Sonata Reminiszenca in A minor / S. Prokofiev: Sonata No. 7 in B-flat minor /
Audio CD (September 2009) / naïve/Ambroisie