Gabriela Montero plays Chopin, Falla, Ginestera, etc. [Includes Bonus CD]

Gabriela Montero plays Chopin, Falla, Ginestera, etc. [Includes Bonus CD] | Frederic Chopin, Manuel de Falla, ... | Gabriela Montero, always a star

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	Gabriela Montero plays Chopin, Falla, Ginestera, etc. [Includes Bonus CD] Frederic Chopin, Manuel de Falla, ... EMI Classics, 2005 average customer review:based on 22 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Superb recital with interesting bonus disc

Gabriela Montero's debut on a major label is a complete success. The interesting, varied program of romantic and South American composers is beautifully performed. A bonus disc contains improvisations on classical themes, some of which she performed on the first disc. It too is wonderful, with a totally different feel. While these are true improvisations, don't expect to hear jazz piano swing. This is a classical take on improvisation, in the manner of what the great composers might have done in the past. Wonderful stuff.

Gabriela Montero, always a star

I have known Gabriela Montero since I saw her play the Grieg Piano Concerto when she was 9 years old. She has always been a superb pianist, and now, finally, the music fans all around the world have a chance to taste her artistry in this great CD set.
I am the Director of the Salta Symphony Orchestra in Salta, Argentina, and on Sept 4, 2004, I had the privilege to accompany Martha Argerich and Gabriela Montero in the same concert.
The original program order was Ms. Montero in the first half playing Rachmaninoff's 3rd. Piano Concerto and Ms. Argerich in the second part playing Prokofiev's 1st. concerto and Ravel's Concerto in G Major. Ms Argerich asked us to change the order of the program, so that Gabriela would end the concert. Ms. Argerich wanted to sit in the audience and listen to Montero's interpretation of the Rach 3, a monumental tour-de-force for any pianist (and any orchestra). Argerich's own version of the concerto is legendary, so she knows the piece pretty well.

Ms. Argerich's comment after the concert was "This is by far the best Rachmaninoff 3rd. I have listened to in a live performance". These are her textual words.

This year, on September 25, when Ms. argerich played again with us (this time Schumann's A Minor and Haydn's D Major concerti), she told me "I haven't forgotten last year's Rach 3 with Gabriela, and I still think it was the best".
Gabriela will have her NY Philharmonic debut next March 2006, playing the Paganini Rhapsody by Rachmaninoff. If you are near NY at that time, don't miss it. Gabriela Montero is a sure bet!!!!

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