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I wouldn’t have become a pianist if it hadn’t been for Chopin and, in particular, his Nocturnes. This is why, for the first time, I am writing these notes because I feel nothing but utmost respect for Chopin, and I am extremely devoted to his Nocturnes. Even though I was only six, I can still vividly remember hearing the notes coming from the record player. This memory is engraved in my mind, my heart and my ears.
When Alexander Campbell Mackenzie was born in Edinburgh in 1847, there had been music on the male side of the family for at least two generations. Grandfather John (1797-1852) had been a violinist, as was his son Alexander (1819-1857).
One of Sheva Collection’s big success stories has been CHRISTOPHER HOWELL’s championing of the music of Sir Charles Villiers Stanford. As a logical continuation, Christopher Howell now turns his attention to Stanford’s Scottish contemporary, Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie (1847-1935). The three CDs covering his complete works for solo piano will be released over the next few months.
Praised by the Calgary Herald as "lively, ebullient, and spikily accentuated performance...", pianist Yerin Kim is an avid chamber musician and recitalist. She has given concerts in various festivals and recitals in major venues
This is the second volume that the Italian pianist Giuseppe Bruno dedicates to Liszt’s transcriptions, in this case specifically of Beethoven’s music.
The Richard Strauss Violin Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 18 is famous for its
Mnemosyne is the Greek goddess of memory. When I was about three years old, I remember marching through the room behind my older sister, playing a makeshift drum made of chopsticks and a bowl, all the while singing without words. This is my earliest musical memory.
GARY HIGGINSON
Elizabeth Sharma has already played in major concert halls in Europe, including Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room at the Southbank Centre, Viennese Hall at the Mozarteum Foundation, and participated in various musical festivals, such as Beethovenfest Bonn, Mozarteum International Academy, MOZclassic Benifizakademie, Malta International Piano Festival, ClaviCologne NRW International Piano Festival, Mallorca Music Academy, Rachmaninov Society concert series in Catania, Italy, as a soloist and a chamber musician
Also a real coup to be in that famous paper as he only reviews one CD a week.
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