From Mendelssohn to Madness
From clarity to collapse
Etcetera Records · 1 April 2026
This album does not move between eras.
It moves through states of mind.
Clarity begins as something fragile — a surface that cannot hold.
What appears balanced already carries the force that will break it.
The music does not resolve.
It continues until it can no longer remain whole.
Not a story — a state under pressure.
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Selected Reviews
"A fresh, natural musicality combined with remarkable technical abilities and enormous emotional depth."
— Piano News
"Bazhenova's playing is stellar throughout and all the more impressive for being her debut album."
— Textura
"Technically flawless, she gives relief to the underlying tension, melancholy, nervousness, even existential unrest."
— OpusKlassiek
"She uncovers numerous moments of tension."
— Klassik Heute
"Her intimate sound carries the listener on a journey in search of meaning in a world that no longer holds together."
— Opus 100,7 (Luxembourg)
"A remarkable debut."
— Klassikhören