Franko Richmond - Classical Concert - COMPACT DISCS [CD]
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- Genre: Classical
- Description: Like many another contemporary musician, Franko Richmond's artistry is deeply rooted in the classics. He got this, literally, with his pablum; the first piano teacher was his mother, a great lover of classical music. Unfortunately, very few of Franko's legions of admirers have ever heard him in the kind of repertoire offered here. We know him as a supremely gifted all-around musician and composer, blessed with an immense technique and an endless supply of melodic invention in the modern pop, Latin and jazz idioms. Moreover, he has taken elements from all of them and forged a personal keyboard style which he likes to call 'world fusion', something distinctly and recognizably his own. But prepare yourselves for a treat. Thirty years ago Franko presented a formal, all classical recital at Penn State University. Shortly thereafter the entire program was privately recorded, and now you have before you, that recording. It has been re-mastered and the sound brought up to state-of-the-art standards for your listening pleasure, but not one note has been altered. The selections included here are standard fare, familiar to all concert-goers. What may not be so familiar is the playing. In an age when we expect, and largely get, a level of technical performance perfection undreamed of by earlier generations, musical conceptions and interpretations are apt to be cautious. To be sure, pianism came a long way in the twentieth century. Few of the great piano headlines of the past could sustain themselves technically before a sophisticated modern audience. Radio, television and recordings have sharpened our ears past the point where they can be fooled. But the old-timers did have something that new-timers often lack, and that's imagination and daring. They put everything they had into a performance. So does Franko. While nothing on this disc can be considered lightweight, the cornersto
- Artist: FRANKO RICHMOND
- Title: Classical Concert
- Format: CD
- Label: CD Baby
- Release Date: 12/09/2008
- Genre: Classical
- Number Of Discs: 1
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- Product Name: Franko Richmond - Classical Concert - COMPACT DISCS
- UPC: 837101216630
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Like many another contemporary musician, Franko Richmond's artistry is deeply rooted in the classics. He got this, literally, with his pablum; the first piano teacher was his mother, a great lover of classical music. Unfortunately, very few of Franko's legions of admirers have ever heard him in the kind of repertoire offered here. We know him as a supremely gifted all-around musician and composer, blessed with an immense technique and an endless supply of melodic invention in the modern pop, Latin and jazz idioms. Moreover, he has taken elements from all of them and forged a personal keyboard style which he likes to call 'world fusion', something distinctly and recognizably his own. But prepare yourselves for a treat. Thirty years ago Franko presented a formal, all classical recital at Penn State University. Shortly thereafter the entire program was privately recorded, and now you have before you, that recording. It has been re-mastered and the sound brought up to state-of-the-art standards for your listening pleasure, but not one note has been altered. The selections included here are standard fare, familiar to all concert-goers. What may not be so familiar is the playing. In an age when we expect, and largely get, a level of technical performance perfection undreamed of by earlier generations, musical conceptions and interpretations are apt to be cautious. To be sure, pianism came a long way in the twentieth century. Few of the great piano headlines of the past could sustain themselves technically before a sophisticated modern audience. Radio, television and recordings have sharpened our ears past the point where they can be fooled. But the old-timers did have something that new-timers often lack, and that's imagination and daring. They put everything they had into a performance. So does Franko. While nothing on this disc can be considered lightweight, the cornersto
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