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Testing 123, Qiar yin Review
Vladimir Tiagunov, pianist Released by Record Union, May 6, 2020 Catalog Number: RU 233600 UPC: 7321170125946 It is a brave new world for this classical music reviewer to receive a Spotify link to review an album, but that was the case with a new recording released on the Record Union platform by pianist Vladimir Tiagunov (vladimirtiagunov.com),…
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Testing 123
Vladimir Tiagunov, pianist Released by Record Union, May 6, 2020 Catalog Number: RU 233600 UPC: 7321170125946 It is a brave new world for this classical music reviewer to receive a Spotify link to review an album, but that was the case with a new recording released on the Record Union platform by pianist Vladimir Tiagunov (vladimirtiagunov.com),…
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Test Test Test – Album in Review
Vladimir Tiagunov, pianist Released by Record Union, May 6, 2020 Catalog Number: RU 233600 UPC: 7321170125946 It is a brave new world for this classical music reviewer to receive a Spotify link to review an album, but that was the case with a new recording released on the Record Union platform by pianist Vladimir Tiagunov (vladimirtiagunov.com),…
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“Classical Piano: The Essential Masterpieces” – Album in Review
Vladimir Tiagunov, pianist Released by Record Union, May 6, 2020 Catalog Number: RU 233600 UPC: 7321170125946 It is a brave new world for this classical music reviewer to receive a Spotify link to review an album, but that was the case with a new recording released on the Record Union platform by pianist Vladimir Tiagunov (vladimirtiagunov.com),…
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CD Review: Moritz Moszkowski: Orchestral Music, Volume Two
Ian Hobson, conductor Jakub Haufa, violin; Zuzanna Elster, harp; Damian Skowroński, organ Sinfonia Varsovia Toccata Catalogue Number: TOCC0557 Ian Hobson can do anything. Here is an interesting parallel: music by a pianist renowned in his time, who wanted to be taken seriously as a composer of larger forms; conducted by a renowned pianist of our…
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Liana Paniyeva in Review
Liana Paniyeva, pianist Mechanics Hall Summer Music Festival Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts August 14, 2018 As much of the world uses the enforced pandemic “pause” to catch up on life, it is a pleasure to note that many musicians are taking this time to unearth pre-pandemic live performances to share over the internet. One such…
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CD Review- Beethoven: Piano Concerti, 1 & 5 “Emperor”
Eugene Albulescu, piano & conductor Orchestra of Friends AMP Recordings Catalogue Number: AMPA22.2 One of the things that hasn’t been stripped from the arts community during this pandemic is the joy and pleasure of recorded art. Pianist Eugene Albulescu has taken on a mission to restore the dual-role of soloist and conductor, which was quite…
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Rixiang Huang, “French Romance Live” CD in Review
Rixiang Huang, Piano Recorded March 7, 2020, Alfred Newman Hall, University of Southern California, CA; Recording Producer, Engineer, and Editor, Josue Gonzalez; Photographer, Jiachen Liu; Piano Technician Ann Hayden; Booklet Editing and Art Direction, Chenting Zhao On March 7 of this interminable pandemic season, prizewinning pianist Rixiang Huang was busy playing a highly demanding piano…
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Sabrina Xiao He: Performs Debussy and Chinese Music CD in Review
Sabrina Xiao He, piano Ivory Classics CD-20190 The pairing of Chinese piano music and that of Claude Debussy is a natural one, given the French fondness for Asian influences in art and music, particularly during the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and the fondness for, and keen appreciation of, nature in most Asian cultures. Keywords…
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Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition presents Alexander Tchobanov in Review
Alexander Tchobanov, piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY May 18, 2013 (reviewed April 3, 2020) As a fatal virus alternately slinks and races across the globe, technology seems to offer the solace of connection, especially for performing artists. Thus, I was able to hear, at some remove in time and space,…