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NPR’s Christopher O’Riley Takes Liszt Over the Top
Arts & Entertainment, Music

NPR’s Christopher O’Riley Takes Liszt Over the Top

There’s no doubt about O’Riley’s ability. There were beautiful moments of thoughtful touch, sensitive phrasing, fine technique throughout, but in fast, dense and loud passages—and Liszt loved these and inserted them as major portions of his compositions—O’Riley tended to go overboard and the results often were not as clean as they might have been. Continue reading NPR’s Christopher O’Riley Takes Liszt Over the Top

Till Fellner Turns in a Cool, Crisp Performance at Meany’s President’s Piano Series
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Till Fellner Turns in a Cool, Crisp Performance at Meany’s President’s Piano Series

Fellner, who has also studied with Brendel, has that great pianist’s thoughtful and less-is-more approach to understanding a composer, but his performance Tuesday could have used more warmth. That said, his performance of Haydn’s Sonata in C major, Hob XVI:50, composed quite late in the composer’s life, was a marvel of elegance, clarity and exquisite touch. Continue reading Till Fellner Turns in a Cool, Crisp Performance at Meany’s President’s Piano Series