This CD arrived today. It has my favorite solo piano work on it - Schumann's Opus 17 Fantasie. I shall add
this recording to to put along side Curzon, Anda, Pollini, Perahia and Tryon as versions to set aside as my favorites. It is beautifully recorded. There is not a hint of percussiveness at all! Jon Kimura Parker won the
1984 Leeds Competition - the only Canadian to have ever done so. As a high school student, I remember seeing a clip on CBC news of the end of the Beethoven 4th piano concerto which he played in his winning effort. Parker is on the
Faculty of Rice University.
Lin Cho-liang happens to be on the faculty there too. Must be a great music school to go to! Now,
Colin Zelt, who helped me out in grad school is also at Rice University.
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