The pianist's intellectual approach to the music was loving and respectful as well.
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EXCLUSIVE: Premiere from Debut Album ‘Portrait’ by Itamar Zorman, Tchaikovsky International Violin Competition Winner
Whether on stage or in the recording studio, Zorman brings the requisite energy to the music of different centuries.
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These albums are excellent reminders that genre labels have their limits, a testament not to anyone's lack of imagination but to the universality of this thing we call music.
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Paul Hindemith left behind a very large body of inspiring music, inventive and modernistic yet readily accessible to the ear raised on classical or pop music. This expertly played selection of his sonatas is a fine testament to his legacy.
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The YouTube stars' third album sizzles with instrumental covers of AC/DC, Sting, Avicii, Mumford and Sons, and Michael Jackson.
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The pianist offers exceptional renditions on a restored 180-year-old fortepiano.
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Piazzolla's music contains multitudes of possibilities, gentleness always among them.
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Salon/Sanctuary contextualizes ancient music for modern audiences, and while there are countless concerts in New York City every week, no one else does precisely this.
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Listeners need bring no esoteric knowledge of classical music to enjoy this album, only an appreciation for beauty.
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