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DELICIOUSLY BUBBLY
James Baillieu plays Beethoven, Schumann,
Gottschalk and Paganini via Liszt,
heard by MIKE WHEELER
Now embarking on its second season, Nottingham Royal Concert Hall's Sunday morning piano series looks to be bedding down nicely as a regular fixture. This year's series was launched by South African-born James Baillieu (Nottingham UK, 30 October 2011) with a performance of Beethoven's A major Sonata, Op 2 No 2, that was alive to the mood of the moment, in particular a deliciously bubbly account of the scherzo. The first and last movements, though, needed a clearer sense of the large design...
Copyright © 5 November 2011 Mike Wheeler,
Derby UK
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