When Martha Marchena plays the piano a magical curtain of sound emerges from the instrument, spreads around like a sonorous, sensuous and at the same time intense perfume, and surrounds the listener...

A warm review of the Mack Piano Duo's newest CD on the MSR label from the Detroit Free Press on Sunday, March 4, 2001.

Les Cloches de Geneve; Dante Sonata; Venice & Naples; Rigoletto Paraphrase; Un Sospiro; Liebeslied; Gnomenreigen; Hungarian Rhapsody 9
Musicians Showcase 1063 - 68 minutes

This review was published in the January/February 2001 issue of Fanfare.

"...Crow's playing is exquisite in its silken tranquility."

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)
The Complete Piano Sonatas (6 CDs)
CD 1
Piano Sonatas K. 279, 280, 281, 282
CD 2
Piano Sonatas K. 283, 284, 309
CD 3
Piano Sonatas K. 311, 310, 330
CD 4
Piano Sonatas K. 331, 332, 333
CD 5
Fantasie K.475, Piano Sonatas K. 457, 533/494
CD 6
Piano Sonatas K. 545, 570, 576

This article was first published at The Flying Inkpot (http://inkpot.com/classical) . All rights reserved by its host and writer © 2001.

Matthew Bennett is"....in total command of the medium in which he is working....defining a musician with a fresh and original mind."

American Record Guide, July/August 2000 Review
RAVEL: Violin Sonatas; Tzigane; Berceuse
BRIDGE: Sonata
Charles Libove, violin; Nina Lugovoy, piano

The November/ December issue of FANFARE Magazine brings us an entertaining and insiteful interview with Andrew Simon who relates the joys and rewards of playing great music and living in Hong Kong.

American Mosaic: Music of Bernstein, Babin, Copland, Rorem, Gershwin, and Corigliano; Yuki and Tomoko Mack, duo-pianists
Musicians Showcase MS1038
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