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"Warm, lyrical and
imaginative" ...
London Times (U.K.)
"An outstanding performance - truly inspired" ...Arthur
Fiedler
"Gloria Saarinen showed herself as a brilliant pianist about
whom one could only write in superlatives" ...Doetinchem(Holland)
"Gloria Saarinen played first Chopin's Scherzo in C sharp minor-a
performance that could favorably be compared to the greatest of
today" ...Mozarteum
Salzburg (Austria)
"Gloria Saarinen is a pianist whose vitality and command make a
recital a musical experience with radiance" ...Evening
Star (New zealand)
"A bravura performance of exceptional freedom and power. Saarinen
played with the uninhibited freedom of the true virtuoso."
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Calgary Herald (Canada)
"With Saarinen in top form, sailing through Mozart's pearly runs
stylishly and at ease, crisply rhythmical in the Kreutzer finale
and unleashing a seemingly limitless tonal palette in five pieces
for piano solo by Kodaly, one's only complaint was that there wasn't
still more to the concert to enjoy."
...Calgary
Herald (Canada)
"...you always feel that each note has been practiced, considered
and invested with personality." ...The
Gazette, Montreal (Canada)
"Gloria Saarinen is without doubt the finest keyboard player this
reviewer has heard in Canada. Her technique is impeccable - her
musicianship Utopian."
...Edmonton
Journal (Canada)
"Gloria Saarinen's sensitive interpretation made me feel she must
have been metaphysically in touch with the composer's intentions.
Bravo." ...Oakville
Today (Canada)
"Her playing is astounding and absolutely assured.
For the first time in the Moussorgsky 'Pictures At An Exhibition', one becomes absorbed in the music and not the pianist.
The music for the Hartmann paintings leaps to life. A perfect version of Ravel’s fiendishly difficult Gaspard
de la Nuit makes this a winning disc."
...Bruce Surtees |
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