On Richard Rodgers Piano

John Bucchino | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 16, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Art Food Music
• ASIN: B0007LHKS2
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #382,742 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

John Bucchino plays classic Rodgers songs on the composer's own Steinway! <I>"Here is great beauty and humor and understanding, as if Rodgers and Bucchino are friends who never met, united by a lovely old piano."</I> - Adam Guettel 12 Tracks total: 1. Do Re Mi/The Surrey With The Fringe On Top 2. My Favorite Things 3. Isn't It Romantic 4. Edelweiss 5. My Romance 6. It Might As Well Be Spring 7. The Lady Is A Tramp 8. Where Or When 9. You Took Advantage Of Me 10. If I Loved You 11. My Funny Valentine 12. Something Good

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bucchino takes on Rodgers, September 6, 2009

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Bryan Bessner (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On Richard Rodgers Piano (Audio CD)

John Bucchino is an excellent pianist. When you consider that the man can't read music (he plays by ear and instinct), his achievements are all the more amazing. His work here, playing selected songs of Richard Rodgers on Rodgers' own piano, through the good graces of Adam Guettel, Rodgers' grandson, is an excellent example of his improvisatory skills.
My only problem with the album is his choice of material, since in general to my mind, the songs by Rodgers and Hart far outstrip Rodgers' later work with Hammerstein. Thus for every Rodgers and Hammerstein song on the album, I hear the ghost of a Rodgers and Hart song that could have been included instead. Likely most people will not agree with me on that.
The fact that Bucchino is playing on Rodgers' own piano soon ceases to matter when you're listening: it's just a piano, after all.