Two Hands

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Total Tracks: 10   Total Length: 74:03

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Justin Davidson

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04.22.11
A masterpiece, unfiltered and pure
Label: IndieBlu Music / Entertainment One Distribution

This is a muted celebration of a great musician's return from one-armed pianism to the two-handed kind, after an interval of decades. The scraps of Bach, Scarlatti, Chopin and Debussy are entrancing, and his reading of Schubert's B-flat sonata, D.960 is a masterpiece of simple delivery. Fleisher spins the illusion of giving us our music unfiltered and pure.

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Refreshing, Relaxing

docdanley

Of my many piano albums, this is among my top choices for listening. Masterfully played pieces, selected to suit my tastes, played with emotion. I readily understood why the album is one of eMusic's Top Choices.

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WOW!

EclecticDan

This is a masterpiece by a virtuoso. It is also incredibly accessible to the average person. This will be appreciated and enjoyed by all.

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Wonderful sound!!!

Winemaker

The solo piano on this album is delightful!!!! I keep listening the "Sheep May Safely Graze" piece, which is one of my favourite Bach's musics, and can't get tired! The arrangements are great, and Mr Fleisher interpretation reminds me the pleasure I have when tasting a great wine :) Hmmmmmm!!!!!! GREAT!!!!!

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Superb!

Frederico

This is beautiful music, played with great sensitivity and feeling.

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A breath of sanity in a mad world.

Martin52

I experience a rare sense of calmness as the music unfolds. It is as if, in the space of an hour, the soloist lays before us the sum of his musicianship. I feel privileged to hear a recital in which the music is recreated with such insight and naturalness.

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sheer joy

wadeworks

So great to see/hear the return of a wonderful pianist. A sheer joy to listen to from start to finish. Imagine what a 5.1 surround SACD of this would be like as it is so good already!!

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Sublime musicianship!

A-Musical-Observer

I have heard many classical pianists in my 57 years and can say truthfully that this album contains some of the most beautiful and best-recorded playing I've heard. Very replayable.

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Pure Crystal !!!

CarlosM0

This is one of the most wonderful piano records that I've listen. I don't find words to describe my impressions about Bach and Scarlatti. Listening at them I'm bird, I am ocean and my life is a simple particle in cosmos, in past, present and future. That's all that i can say. Thank you, master, thank you again.

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Stunning

SunCat

What a fantastic album, even without the personal story behind it. The Schubert B-flat major is stunning, on a par with John Perry's (the finest recording to date), and if anything even a tad more peaceful. Just stunning. The two Bach transcriptions are pianism at its finest. Maestro, if you're listening: "Please, sir, may I have some more." Keep these recordings coming. (DVD's?) Let posterity keep you forever.

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