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| "Beatrice Long caused a sensation" -- Le
Provencal, France
"With inspired mastery, emotive range and profound lyricism characteristic of the virtuoso, she extracted the most intimate and hidden meaning in music." -- La Nacion, Costa Rica "Long plays with a maximum of insight and technical ability and can bring the mighty Steinway to its knees" -- Post and Courier, Charleston, SC "With the barnstorming technique…the Taiwan natives allowed every piece they played to speak for itself" -- The Washington Post (for the Long Duo) "Long is persuasive in delicately inflected pieces…conveyed with sensibility." -- BBC Magazine, London, England (on the Scarlatti Sonatas CD) "Beatrice Long is a strong, no-nonsense musician whose command of these works (Scriabin Mazurkas) is impressive on many levels. She fathoms easily their harmonic substance, demonstrates an impressive patience with their form, and has a fine ear for detail and phrasing" -- The American Record Guide "Long brought a rare combination of charmingly graceful, yet almost sober dedication in her stage presence and effortless but fiery brilliance in her keyboard approach" -- The Post and Courier, Charleston, SC "Beatrice Long gave a heroine's performance of Tchaikovsky's Concerto No.1 in B flat Minor, exhibiting dazzling technique and an innovative lyrical approach to the music." Prince George's Journal, Washington, D.C. "Consummate craft....delicate and refined technique... finesse...elegance" -- Le Dauphine Libere, France "Long's Scarlatti is absolutely gorgeous and shimmering. Her voicing is top-notch. If this is the only CD you buy from the set, so be it!" -- e-pinion, Listeners' review "I have discovered Long to be a musician with a lot of imagination and fantasy, a beautiful sound, interesting ornamentation, and a firm grasp of Scarlatti's peculiarly Italian/Iberian sound world" -- Amazon.com Listener's review "Long plays with a maximum of insight and technical ability and can bring the might Steinway to its knees. She can illuminate some of the most evocative and demanding tone pictures in a more mature and sane way than many other pianists" -- William Furtwangler, Charleston, SC "Long Duo achieved the highest standard in duo piano playing. In terms of balance, clarity of layers, tone colors and thoughtfulness, this CD deserve the highest praise" -- Classical Music Magazine, Taipei, Taiwan
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