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August 4, 2006
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Your reaction to the first piece of Op. 116 will pretty much determine how you feel about the entire 82 minutes, both the recording and the performance. I speculate that your reaction will be either "This is Brahms!" or "This is Brahms?"
Like I needed another recording of these piano pieces. ... more |
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July 30, 2006
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Glenda got home the from work the other day while Op. 6 from this disc was playing. She stopped briefly and said, "Ah, my sister and I used to play that. I have it in a book upstairs." And that was about all she said. The variations are also moderately interesting, and despite my having quite a few ... more |
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July 5, 2006
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Piazzolla has become something of a celebrity composer in the past few years. Thirty years ago, I made it through two semesters of music history without hearing anything about him except for his name. This album has a good sampling of Piazzolla's small scale music, although ... only one piece on ... more |
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July 4, 2006
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Someday I shall be forgiven for this being my first review here. Some leniency should also be shown to me because French Baroque music is outside my area of real knowledge; I shall attempt to combine some of Glenda's comments about Angela Hewitt's playing.
But first, this disc has the most amazing, ... more |
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