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Once Upon A Time
The Nutcracker - Romeo & Juliet - Petrushka
Esther Birringer (piano)
[Tchaikovsky] strong in characterization, shows wonderful phrase-shaping, and has the real sense of a keyboard personality. She captures every mood and texture from delicacy to grandeur with...
Once Upon A Time
The Nutcracker - Romeo & Juliet - Petrushka
Esther Birringer (piano)
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[Tchaikovsky] strong in characterization, shows wonderful phrase-shaping, and has the real sense of a keyboard personality. She captures every mood and texture from delicacy to grandeur with...
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Esther Birringer has chosen three great Russian ballets for her recital album. All three have great stories – drama, love and tragedy in the case of Petrushka and Romeo & Juliet, and fantasy in The Nutcracker, which is based on a tale by ETA Hoffman. Tchaikovsky’s suite from ballet was arranged for piano by Mikhail Pletnev. Prokofiev, a superb pianist, arranged numbers from his ballet Romeo & Juliet for piano, and Stravinsky took three sections from his ballet Petrushka and created the Three Pieces – it is a superb showcase for any pianist and makes great demands upon the performer.
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Nov/Dec 2021
[Tchaikovsky] strong in characterization, shows wonderful phrase-shaping, and has the real sense of a keyboard personality. She captures every mood and texture from delicacy to grandeur with remarkable musicianship...an unexpected delight that far exceeded my expectations.
