Jay Nordlinger, The New Criterion’s music critic, talks music—but, more important, plays music.
November 18, 2021
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Nelson Freire, who passed away this month, said that pianists ought to play with joy. He did. There is a lot of joy in this episode, and sublimity, ethereality, and other qualities to savor. From Wagner to Errol Garner.
Trad., arr. Schindler, “Jasmine Flower”
Puccini, “Signore, ascolta,” from Turandot
Wagner, “Selig, wie die Sonne meines Glückes lacht,” from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Albéniz-Godowsky, Tango in D major
Kern-Garner, “The Way You Look Tonight”
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