Piano Recital: Fan, Joel - NAZARETH, E. / GOTTSCHALK, L.M. / PIAZZOLLA, A. / GINASTERA, A. / VILLA-LOBOS, H. / BEACH, A. (West of the Sun) Instrumental Classical Reference Recordings CD

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Performance ****½ Sound ****½ Fan’s piano textures are worth hearing in themselves, for he is an exceptionally fluent, lyrical player with a fine sense of mystery in the slow movements of the piano sonatas by Ginastera and Barber The result is a program that alternates very gracefully between simpler and more complicated pieces; the music almost seems to breathe and ruminate on the nature of Americanness With fine engineering, this is a masterful performance." All Music Guide

"Fan’s rendition of Barber’s technically challenging sonata, whose knockout last movement was written at the insistence of Vladimir Horowitz, is the performance by which most listeners will judge his achievement. He acquits himself wonderfully, even when compared to Horowitz and speed demon Marc-Andre Hamelin. The adagio is especially touching, and becomes more moving with repeated listening." Jason Victor Serinus - San Francisco Classical Voice

Fan is hardly a child prodigy. Despite his youthful looks he is now 40, and he has a lot of playing time behind him. That experience explains his awesome musicianship, but also his natural sensitivity to the emotional side of music, and control of fine nuances The sound is clearer and more detailed than if one had good seats to a concert." Gerard Rejskind - Ultra High Fidelity (Canada)

Artistic Quality 10 Sound Quality 10 [Fan] offers nine stunningly brilliant renditions drawn from a wide range of styles and sources Capping it all off is an arresting interpretation of Samuel Barber’s fearsome 1949 Piano Sonata. Wow." John Terauds - Toronto Star

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