Larissa Dedova- Rachmaninoff, Barber & Piazzolla: Piano Duos (CD) Dashon Burton It's a 'Call To Arms'

It's a 'Call To Arms' for those ready to join the good fight

evokes the slow-motion minimalism of Eliane Radigue or Folke Rabe

'Camouflage Heart'

" John Hiatt's "The Way We Make a Broken Heart

a world tour with his new trio that was cancelled due to the pandemic

Larissa Dedova- Rachmaninoff, Barber & Piazzolla: Piano Duos (CD) Dashon Burton It's a 'Call To Arms'The piano duos presented here, all drawn from the mid 20th century, have their inspiration in dance or ballet: but thankfully, that red flag for program music is it a hopeless prisoner of a storyline or visual narrative? shows no sign of rising. All three works stand majestically on their own: Rachmaninoff's autumnal self eulogy, The Symphonic Dances, Barber's Souvenirs, a whimsical collage of the Gilded Era ballroom, and Piazzolla's Tango for Two