Lecuona: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 3

Thomas Tirino | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Performers: Ernesto Lecuona, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Bartos
• Composers: Ernesto Lecuona
• Conductors: Michael Bartos
• Original Release Date: November 30, 1993
• Label: BIS
• Copyright: 1996 BIS
• Total Length: 1:18:17
• Genres: Classical/Ballets & Dances, Classical/Chamber Music, Classical/Historical Periods/Classical (c.1770-1830)
• ASIN: B000QQUZGM
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kudos for Tirino!, May 9, 2001

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Paul Rosete Lecuona (Tallahassee, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ernesto Lecuona: The Complete Piano Music, Volume 3 (Audio CD)

This 3rd volume in a series of 5 CDs by pianist Tirino is a veritable treasure, not only due to the master pianist's astounding technical proficiency, but also due to his bravura decision to include a selection of Lecuona's most famous (and demanding) pieces. Pianist Tirino has single-handedly caused an international re-birth and re-discovery of my great-uncle Ernesto's musical works. Devoting a significant number of his life to researching, compiling, transcribing, recording, and performing Lecuona's music, Thomas Tirino's execution of the composer's danzas on this CD illustrates why our family recognizes him, among all post-Lecuona interpreters, as the standard bearer of the composer's music. Tirino's musical prowess shines throughout the valses and contradanzas included in Vol. 3. To listen to this recording is to return nostalgically to those idyllic nights I spent as a youngster in Cuba, listening to my uncle Ernesto perform his pieces at either his farm outside Havana or during his frequent concerts at Havana's theaters, such as the Teatro Payret or Marti. Astounding in his affinity to capture the "zandunga" or flavor in Lecuona's arpeggios and rhythmic nuances, Tirino clearly demonstrates why I, along with the remaining members of the Lecuona family, consider him to be the most representative interpreter of this great body of work. This volume is also important because it introduces and illustrates a side of the Lecuona repertoire not generally known to pianists outside of Cuba and Spain. This CD should be considered a "must" buy for both the serious student of Lecuona music as well as the casual fan of his great repertoire.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AN AUTHORITY ON LECUONA FROM ANOTHER AUTHORITY, May 13, 2001

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Michael A Pacelli (Hialeah, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ernesto Lecuona: The Complete Piano Music, Volume 3 (Audio CD)

The best review I can offer on this disc cannot be contained in my own words. I could quote from many approving and enthusiastic REAL critics from all over the world, but instead I will quote from someone who knew Maestro Lecuona all of his life. Among many handwritten letters and dedicated pictures from Lecuona to this individual, Lecuona states in one of them: “To Manolo Lamas, who has a musical spirit very few possess”. Maestro Lamas, possibly Lecuona’s best musical friend during his lifetime, (in fact-Lecuona was his godfather) INTIMATELY and EXPERTLY knows the maestro’s music. This authority has personally told me that Thomas Tirino is the BEST current living interpreter of the music of Lecuona that he knows. In fact, he says that on many occasions you cannot tell them apart. I suggest that you compare the different interpreters. I’m certain you’ll agree-and beyond that, you’ll profoundly enjoy and be dazzlingly enchanted by the pianistic talent of this wonderful concert artist. One can SENSE, above everything else, the love with which Tirino plays Lecuona’s music.

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best lecuona series out there, October 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Ernesto Lecuona: The Complete Piano Music, Volume 3 (Audio CD)

I had volume one and two and I thought it was fantastic. After reading about the pianist on the web I realized he was the "real thing" and there are now other pianists trying copy his moves.