Alessandro Taverna – Virtuoso Piano Transcriptions (Live) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:13:05 minutes | 984 MB | Genre: Classical
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SOMM RECORDINGS is pleased to announce a sparkling recital of Virtuoso Piano Transcriptions spanning two centuries from Bach to Gershwin by pianist Alessandro Taverna.
During its peak popularity in the century from 1820, the art of transcription provided access in both the home and the concert hall to the riches of the symphonic and operatic repertoires through the conduit of the piano.
Recorded as part of the 2018/2019 Piano Series at Turner Sims, Southampton, Alessandro Taverna celebrates a lost art that made great music available to the widest audience in an era before the first recordings and radio.
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