It might seem from a casual perusal of the program here that this release by young sensation Isata Kanneh-Mason consists of two hardly linked segments. The first, featuring Gershwin arrangements by Earl Wild and the fearsomely difficult Piano Sonata in E flat minor, Op. 26, of Samuel Barber, is devoted to technical brilliance, while the second brings Kanneh-Mason closer to roots in African-derived music, closing with works and arrangements by composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, but the two halves connect well. They ...
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It might seem from a casual perusal of the program here that this release by young sensation Isata Kanneh-Mason consists of two hardly linked segments. The first, featuring Gershwin arrangements by Earl Wild and the fearsomely difficult Piano Sonata in E flat minor, Op. 26, of Samuel Barber, is devoted to technical brilliance, while the second brings Kanneh-Mason closer to roots in African-derived music, closing with works and arrangements by composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, but the two halves connect well. They interpenetrate, for one thing; the Wild pieces announce that the album will be both technically difficult and connected to African American music. In the second part of the program, Kanneh-Mason seems to take a step back from all the brilliance to focus on deeper musical wells. It's an exceptionally thoughtful approach. Kanneh-Mason takes little detours from the theme, and each one contributes something. Listen to the little-known By the Still Waters, Op. 114, of Amy Beach, which is not...
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