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Ludwig van Beethoven, Frederic Chopin, Johannes Brahms
Sofia Cosma Plays Bach-Busoni, Beethoven, Brahms & Chopin
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Classical

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. 32 Variations on an Original Theme
2. Opus 63, No.2 in F minor
3. Opus 7, No. 1 in B flat major
4. Opus 7, No. 3 in F minor
5. Opus 24, No.4 in B flat minor
6. Opus 63, No. 3 in C Sharp minor
7. Opus 67, No.4 (Posth.) in A minor
8. Capriccio in F sharp minor, Opus 76, No. 1
9. Capriccio in C sharp minor, Opus 76, No. 5
10. Intermezzo in A minor, Opus 118, No. 1
11. Intermezzo in A major, Opus 188, No. 2
12. Chaconne in D minor
13. Grande Valse Brillante in A flat major, Opus 34, No. 1

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CD Details

All Artists: Ludwig van Beethoven, Frederic Chopin, Johannes Brahms, Ferruccio Busoni, Sofia Cosma
Title: Sofia Cosma Plays Bach-Busoni, Beethoven, Brahms & Chopin
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Town Hall Records
Release Date: 11/20/1995
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Classical
Style: Opera & Classical Vocal
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 049591000297

Synopsis

Album Description

Prize winner in the Viennese International Piano Competition, Sofia Cosma's promising career was tragically interrupted by arbitrary imprisonment of seven years in a Stalinist labor camp. She resumed her career in mid-life to become the most celebrated pianist in Romania. This CD, her first American recording, is presented in celebration of her eightieth birthday.

CD Reviews

Palm trees can't grow in Siberia, but Beethoven cannot die

01/19/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I got a free ticket to a concert at the Oakland Paramount theatre in California, years ago. They introduced a pianist who had been exiled to Siberia (If I remember correctly) and hadn't seen a piano in over twenty years... I don't know what I was expecting. Perhaps a gnarled, weather-beaten, brow-beaten, long-suffering musician, who would totter on stage and give a feeble, but praiseworthy performance. But instead, this small roundish woman lithely strode unto the stage. She gave the most powerful, passionate, thunderous rendering of Brahms and Beethoven I have ever heard or since. Whenever I think of true musicianship and its connection to the depth of the human spirit, I remember her dazzling music that night, with humility and awe."

There is heart and sole in this

Happy customer of Amazon.com | USA | 10/04/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is the second purchase of this artist and I plan to include more for my Christmas list. The music is magnificent. There is heart and soul in it. There is inspiration in it. You want to listen over and over again, and we do. We searched for more work from this pianist and could not find any. It is not possible that she has only this recording.

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