Compact Discoveries 155: The Romantic Piano
Series: Compact Discoveries
From: Fred Flaxman
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Composers include Chopin, Scriabin, Grieg, Rachmaninoff, Rubinstein, MacDowell, Ravel, Debussy, Gershwin, Ginestera, Lai, Suk, Touzet and Villa-Lobos. Performers include Garrick Ohlsson, Eva Knardahl, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Barbara Nissman, Michael Chertock, Michael Ruiz and John O'Conor.
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Compact Discoveries®
a series of one-hour radio programs produced, written, hosted, and edited by Fred Flaxman
©2009 by Fred Flaxman
Program 155
"The Romantic Piano"
1. MUSIC: Villa-Lobos: Valsa Romantica performed by Sonia Rubisnky, piano [Naxos 8.555717, track 19] [under the following]
Hello and welcome to Compact Discoveries. I’m your guide, Fred Flaxman, and for the next hour let’s enjoy “The Romantic Piano” together.
This will be an unusual program. Because I don’t want to interrupt the melancholy romantic mood established by these beautiful piano pieces, I’m not going to tell you what you’re hearing: not now; not later.
Instead, all the information on all the recordings I use during this hour are available at the Compact Discoveries website: www.compactdiscoveries.com. When you get there, click on “Program Descriptions” or “Program Titles,” scroll down to program number 1...
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