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Label  : Reference Recordings

Again, nice to Reference Recordings back in the game. The label is proudly presenting this recital by pianist Fan, who is a member of Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble and has performed at Carnegie Hall and the Concertgebouw. 37-year-old Fan approached the program like a travel film maker; he decided to make most of it world premieres of compositions from around the world. In World Keys he performs seven premieres which explore various world musics, including Turkish, Syrian, Egyptian, Chinese, Latvian and Australian. Interspersed among them are standard piano works, including Prokofiev's Third Sonata (representing Russia), Liszt's Concert Paraphrase of Verdi's Rigoletto (representing Hungary), and a Bagatelle by Wm. Bolcom (representing the U.S.). For Germany, Fan plays the major work in the recital - Schumann's Sonata No. 2 in G Minor. Fan exhibits a high degree of musicianship and his program keeps the listener on one's toes much more than does the typical solo piano recital. He has selected works of great musical interest, and switches from one style to another quite contrasting one with the greatest aplomb. His playing of the 18-minute Schumann Sonata is right up there with the classic keyboardists. Another good point in the disc's favor is the very natural piano sound captured by engineer Keith Johnson. The disc is HDCD encoded, but don't be concerned about the lack of decoding available for that technology anymore; discs sound great without decoding the completely compatible codec. - John Sunier -------------------------------- • One of Reference Recordings' primary missions is to find and introduce great new artists. We are full of enthusiasm for WORLD KEYS, the debut solo album by JOEL FAN. • Fan is a member of Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble, and has appeared with the Ensemble at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, as well as on the television shows Good Morning America and David Letterman. • A native New Yorker (b.1969), Fan studied at the Juilliard School, Harvard University and the Peabody Conservatory. Acclaimed as “superb” (The Boston Globe), “extraordinary” (The Village Voice), and “a versatile and sensitive pianist” (The Washington Post), Joel Fan combines astounding virtuosity with a rare gift for lyricism. • Fan approached World Keys like an "auteur" filmmaker: he researched intensively, networked with many composers, found fascinating world-premiere compositions from Asia, Australia and Europe, and performed them with awe-inspiring flair and musicianship. He is a phenomenal young talent, and it has been a joy to work with him on this unique project. • World Keys presents a series of brilliantly crafted piano works that traverse different world musics - from Turkish Aksak rhythms and Arabian Maqam to Peking Opera of China - and juxtaposes them with works in the Western piano canon. Just as the piano sound world of Prokofiev, Schumann and Liszt may evoke the instruments of the modern orchestra, the music from foreign lands calls forth instruments such as the Chinese pipa and Persian santour. This singular program is sure to stretch the ears. • As always, “Professor” Keith Johnson's engineering wizardry captures Fan's artistry in brilliant HDCD® sonics. • 2006 marks the 30th Anniversary year of Reference Recordings. Reference Recordings' classical and jazz recordings have received extraordinary praise worldwide for both performance and sound quality. Eleven Grammy® nominations include six “Best Engineered, Classical” for engineer Keith O. Johnson, and “Classical Producer of the Year” for J.Tamblyn Henderson. Keith O. Johnson is also a co-inventor of the HDCD® recording technology used in World Keys. ------------------------------------