Composer: CHABRIER; ALBENIZ; LISZT (arr. BUSONI); INFANTE; RAVEL; BIZET; de FALLA; SAINT-SAENS; DEBUSSY; POULENC; RACHMANINOV; GLIERE; ARENSKY; KHACHATURIAN

Tracks/ Timings: SPANISH PROGRAM - CHABRIER: España (6:43); ALBENIZ: Rhapsodia Española (10:45); LISZT-BUSONI: Spanish Rhapsody (15:54); MANUEL INFANTE: Andalusian Dances (14:47); RAVEL: Rhapsodie Espagnole (14:51); BIZET: Carmen Fantasy(8:22); FALLA: Danse Espagnole No. 1 (La vida breve)(2:30)- FRENCH PROGRAM- SAINT-SAENS: Variations on a Theme by Beethoven (17:19); DEBUSSY: En Blanc et Noir (14:04); RAVEL: La Valse (12:04); POULENC: Concerto for Two Pianos (19:05); Valse-Musette(2:12) - RUSSIAN PROGRAM- RACHMANINOV: Suite No. 2, Op. 17 (24:18); Fantasy, Op. 5 (27:13); GLIERE: Six Pieces (9:11); ARENSKY: Suite, Op. 15 (13:12); KHATCHATURIAN: Fantastic Waltz (4:09)

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Information:
Three discs, all devoted to a different country/style recorded in live performances: 1988, 1991 & 1992.
Two quotes about the artists will sum up what to expect from this wonderful set:
MADELEINE FORTE—— “At a time when national styles have all but dissolved into a generalized international goulash, Forte’s gorgeous tone and sensuous line evoke classic French pianism...her Maurice Ravel holds its own against interpretations by many of her more celebrated peers, from the chaste simplicity of the Sonatine to the virtuosic ‘Gaspard de la Nuit,’ in which no prisoners are taken and no notes are dropped.” - The New Yorker
DEL PARKINSON—— “Negotiating most of the difficulties of such works as Lizst’s ‘Dante’ Sonata, Stravinsky’s ‘Trois Mouvements de Petrouchka’ and Rachmaninoff’s Second Sonata, as Del Parkinson did in his debut Monday night in Carnegie Recital Hall, is no small accomplishment. The Idaho pianist, with advanced degrees from Indiana University and Juilliard, relished the physical expanse of the works, along with their demanding climaxes...Prokofiev’s ‘Toccata,’ in fact, had a sort of gleeful cinematic abandon about it.” - New York Times