MUSIC OF THE ROMANTIC PIANIST/COMPOSER - David Dubal, Stanley Waldoff

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With the recent Romantic revival the music world has been made aware of countless pieces outside the long stilted standard repertoire. Fortunately, listening habits are loosening and performers are able, at last, to remove the constraints of conservative tradition--one that too often produced dangerous snobbery regarding works of possible distinction, charm and beauty. This recording explores panorama of the great tradition of the Romantic pianist/composer. These men were often larger than life. They roamed the world long before the introduction of mass entertainment, as we now know it. We have chosen fifteen of these 'superstars."" There were many more. And though some are now forgotten names, each contributed a unique chemistry on the instrument and its public.