Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Marc-André Hamelin: No Limits
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
Review of a new DVD of the Canadian artist in concert:
This DVD combines extensive background interviews with a recital at the Ruhr Piano Festival in Essen, Germany, last summer. It's an extraordinary interpretation of a textbook solo-piano program: sonatas by Haydn and Chopin, the 12 Preludes in Book II by Debussy and fun encores by Gershwin and Hamelin himself....
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Chopin in the Blogosphere:
“The World’s 50 Greatest Composers”
By Review Editor
The audio-library branch of the Mormon Church unveils its new series on composers....
Frederic Chopin was quite a tragic tale. My students remember well the “skinny composer” who never weighed more than 100 pounds. His devotion was solely to the piano, and the melodies shared are most beautiful. My students were amazed how such a small man could pound such incredible songs out! His life is one of continued digression as years of suffering finally lead to an early death at 39.
In all of these MP3 downloads from “The World’s 50 Greatest Composers” , the narrator’s voice is ALWAYS enjoyable to listen to and very lively, even story-like at times.
LDSAudio.com - LDS Music, Talks... - http://blog.ldsaudio.com
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