Cohesive Power
Burkard Schliessmann -
heard by the late
HOWARD SMITH'... seldom less than impressive ...'
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The lengthy notes with this release are set in a microscopic font. So I looked elsewhere for a basic Burkard Schliessmann biography to complement MSR's grandiose 2010 twofer and came across the following: 'For Bayer Records he has recorded Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Godowsky and Bach's Goldberg Variations. He attended master-classes of artists such as Herbert Seidel, Shura Cherkassky, Bruno Leonardo Gelber and Poldi Mildner.'
One web commentary 'blew my socks off' — viz: 'Schliessmann explores the smallest of structures, whilst at the same time conducting a rigorous analysis of the independent interfaces between the various parameters — melody, rhythm and harmony...
Copyright © 6 July 2016
Estate of the late Howard Smith,
Masterton, New Zealand
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