The latest prodigy to make headlines is Conrad Tao, 18 years old when this album was released by EMI in 2013. The son of Chinese-American academics, Tao is said to have started playing the piano -- by ear -- at 18 months. The booklet blithely notes that he won eight consecutive ASCAP Morton Gould Composer Awards between 2004 (when he was ten) and 2011. Prodigies flare up and flame out, and the virtuoso works heard here, by Rachmaninov and Ravel, are well under control but not something you'd go far out of your way for (at ...
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The latest prodigy to make headlines is Conrad Tao, 18 years old when this album was released by EMI in 2013. The son of Chinese-American academics, Tao is said to have started playing the piano -- by ear -- at 18 months. The booklet blithely notes that he won eight consecutive ASCAP Morton Gould Composer Awards between 2004 (when he was ten) and 2011. Prodigies flare up and flame out, and the virtuoso works heard here, by Rachmaninov and Ravel, are well under control but not something you'd go far out of your way for (at least not yet). Tao, however, has a new wrinkle, one he shares with few others and executes very well indeed. He is, like Rachmaninov and Liszt, a pianist/composer, and he is one of just a few figures exploring that role. The early indications are good. Tao's own works, though brief, are quite engaging. With Meredith Monk's Railroad (Travel Song) opening the program and setting the tone for the clean, almost minimalist texture blocks of the whole, he offers four pieces called...
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Conrad Tao; Maurice Ravel; Meredith Monk; Sergey Rachmaninov. Poor. Used-Acceptable, withdrawn library disc(s) with liner notes. Disc(s) should play great without any playback issues. Disc(s) & liner notes may contain typical library markings like stickers, protective label covers, & writing. Discs may be repackaged in library style casing. Back artwork & any other promo material not included.
Add this copy of Voyages to cart. $27.73, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by Warner Classics.
