György Cziffra: Recital (pt 1)

Advantages: The score material is as stunning as ever and is worthy listening
Disadvantages: Fly Me to the Moon again and again and again and...

...of the cue "The Beast" from the first volume, only highlighting the electric guitars rather than the orchestra, it is a nice enough version though not nearly as good as the original. But apart from these two cues, there is absolutely no other action material to be found on the entire album. PSYCHOLOGICAL MUSIC: Unearthly Eeriness The psychological tracks consist just about half of the score material on this album, beginning with "In the Depths of Human Hearts" that features little twinkling bells, piano, and meandering cellos with a few bangs of a drum, all bringing to mind György Ligeti and Steve Reich. "Do You Love Me?" is a very interesting choral track that has a very statically fluctuating melodic line to which an electronic chorus is imposed over, making the overall soundworld truly unearthly and very interesting. "Splitting... Read review

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Advantages: MacGregor's chameleon-like arrangements render every piece interesting, appealing.
Disadvantages: She remains in obscurity in the US.

...'s average delivery times for sure! A wonderful, very highly recommended disc. *********** *A tabla is a tunable, two-drum North Indian percussion instrument consisting of a right-hand cone-shaped drum and a left-hand kettle drum. Link to andante.com for the Batt-Cage story (not sure if you need to be a member of andante to access the page, though): http://www.andante.com/article/article.cfm?id=17428&highlight=1&highlightterms=john|cage&lstKeywords= *********** Track Listing: 42nd St. Stomp / Alasdair Nicolson Libertango / Astor Piazzolla Hughe Ashton's Ground / William Byrd Automne a Varsovie / Gyorgy Ligeti Incarnation II / Somei Satoh Endgame / Talvin Singh Strumming / Moses Taiwa Molelekwa/MacGregor Player Piano Study No. 11 / Conlon Nancarrow Even Tenor / Howard Skempton Forlorn Hope Fancy / John Dowland... Read review

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Advantages: Cherkassky playing at his best in wide range of solo works
Disadvantages: No Godowsky included

...This is one of the best recordings of the great Romantic Virtuoso pianist, Shura Cherkassky. It showcases him at his best in a recital covering a wide range of repertoire. He is known for being wayward in some of his performances, but there is very little of that in this recital. His performances vary considerably, depending on his moods, the audience and other external factors. He was in top form at this 1982 recital and was very happy with his performance afterwards. He starts the recital with Suite de Pieces by Lully, one of the most well-known early French Baroque composers. Lully was one of the first conductors, hitting the ground with a stick. Unfortunately he died after he hit his toe by accident with the stick. This music was obviously written for the harpsichord (or one of its close relatives) and is not often... Read review

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