Too Much the Gentleman
Taking on the most passionate repertoire by Prokofiev and Liszt, the pianist maintained total composure. At a time when a Horowitz or Liberace would be gyrating and sweating profusely, the artist emerged as neat and cool as at the start. This is Paul Grosvenor, a superb 26-year-old English pianist whose very composure may be his only enemy. He makes the great virtuosic challenges at the keyboard seem like child’s play, without a mussed hair nor a mopped face—perfectly dressed, down…