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It’s tragic that so few of us know that every great composer
from Bach to Saint Saens was a brilliant improvising performer.
Their improvs formed the lifeblood of practically every great
classical piece you know. Until Marcus sat down at my Steinway,
I’d never heard a classical improvisation. What an eye-opener
that CD session was! Raskin’s a conservatory-trained pianist
turned virtuoso improviser. His CD weaves drama, passion and breathtaking
lyricism into a suite of gripping tableaus of the Cold War. I
hear fascinating echoes of Liszt’s theatricality, Chopin’s
poetry and Rachmaninoff’s thunderous immediacy. But most
of all, I’m swept up in the boundless power, the utter sincerity
of Marcus’s gorgeous piano-playing. (#10182)
Marcus Raskin, piano
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