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Robertson

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The complete solo piano works of Abram Chasins, who left a significant mark on American music. Born in Manhattan, New York, Chasins studied piano with Ernest Hutchison and composition with Rubin Goldmark at the Juilliard School and Josef Hoffman at the Curtis Institute of Music. and Europe. He has played four hands with Gershwin. He specialized in Romantic music and his recordings of Chopin were very popular. A gifted writer, he wrote critical biographies of Skotkovsky and Clyburn, and had a radio program in which he invited famous performers to talk with him, helping to make classical music accessible to the public. As a composer, "Flirtation in a Chinese Garden" and "Parade" (both orchestral versions by Chasins himself) became the first American works to be premiered and conducted by Toscanini, and "Three Chinese Pieces," which he wrote "without going to Asia," were performed by Hoffman and The "Three Chinese Pieces," which he wrote "without going to Asia," became a hit, with Hoffman and Levine often playing it as an encore. His works are popular among virtuoso pianists, and have been performed by Cherkassky and Katsaris. He was also an excellent pedagogue, and among his students were Boretto and Minoru Nojima.This 2-CD set contains all of Chasins solo piano music. You will hear the "Three Chinese Pieces," which marked his career, the "24 Preludes" in all major and minor keys, and caricatures in the sounds of Rachmaninoff and Godowsky, with whom he was friends. Performed by Russian-American pianist Margarita Glebov, who has recorded albums by Lyapunov (TOCC-218) and Levitsky (TOCC-334) for TOCCATA CLASSICS. Naxos Japan