Posted in Alex Kobrin, Ballades, Chopin Currency, Dang Thai Son, Fantaisie-Impromptu, Gilmore Festival, Impromptu (movie), Impromptus, Ingrid Fliter, Nocturnes, Richard Goode on Apr 22nd, 2008

Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Pianist Born to the Colors of Chopin
New York Times - United States
Veteran New York Times critic Bernard Holland isn’t thrilled about Ingrid Fliter’s Beethoven and Schubert, but is charmed by her Chopin:
The Ingrid Fliter who appeared…
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Posted in Alexander Tharaud, Artur Rodzinski, Chopin Currency, Etudes, Eun Joo Chung, Frederic Mompou, Hans Graf, Impromptu (movie), Lang Lang, Paul Badura-Skoda, Piano Concertos, Preludes, Vienna State Opera Orchestra on Mar 7th, 2008

Chopin News, Previews, Rants, and Reviews:
Live: Lang Lang
Yesterday we brought you two views of Yundi Li; today it’s the “other” superstar Chinese pianist’s turn. Mark Swed of the LA Times is both impressed and appalled:
Tuesday night, he [Lang Lang] returned…
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Chopin News, Reviews, & Previews:
CHOPIN: 24 Preludes, Op. 28; 3 Nouvelles Etudes; Prelude in A-flat …
Audiophile Audition - USA
“Moravec–and now Tharaud–remind us how much of the Romantic keyboard rhetoric the Preludes subsume.”
Tharaud performs his recital on an eight-year-old Steinway D,…
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