"Allende is a unique and staggering storyteller..." -- Boston Globe (Boston Globe ) --This text refers to an out of...
(11/01/10) "Allende is a unique and staggering storyteller..." -- Boston Globe (Boston Globe ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. See all Editorial ReviewsSee less
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I stumbled across these disks in my ongoing Amazon.com search for versions of the Chopin waltzes to add to my fairly...
(11/01/10) I stumbled across these disks in my ongoing Amazon.com search for versions of the Chopin waltzes to add to my fairly large collection. I am embarrassed to say that I had known nothing of Agustin Anievas before reading the liner notes that accompany these recordings, but I shall be on the lookout for his name from now on. His interpretations of the waltzes sound relaxed and are certainly realxing. Unlike many other pianists, Anievas seems largely intent upon mining the melodious rather than upon showcasing his own technical abilities -- not only in the waltzes (19 of them rather than the traditional 14) but in the etudes and ballades as well. Particularly impressive is his ability somehow to produce powerful fortes and even fortissimos without banging on the keys. The quality of his sound as reproduced here undoubtedly owes much to engineers and producers of EMI. Anievas obviously loves the music, and he manages to render it more lovable than ever to this Chopinophile. The abundance...See less
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