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Debut compact disc “Caroline Hong plays Corigliano, Foss and Vine”
- Etude Fantasy for Solo Piano (1976) - John Corigliano
- Solo for Piano (1981) - Lukas Foss
- Sonata for Piano (1990) - Carl Vine
Reviewed by American Record Guide
CORIGLIANO: Etude-Fantasy
FOSS: Solo; VINE: Sonata
Caroline Hong, p-Fleur De Son 57964-48 min
Caroline Hong burns up the keyboard in these virtuoso performances of contemporary piano music. John Corigliano, whose 1976 Etude-Fantasy opens the program, calls her “one of the greatest pianists I have ever heard”.
One can see why: she plays his big, steely etude set with frightening ferocity-one fears for the longevity of her piano-but also with austere poetry in the lyrical sections and an unerring sense of melodic line in the contrapuntal cross-voicings. In Solo, Lukas Foss’s mesmerizing piano work from 1981, Hong teases out the 12-note melody from Foss’s dense, forward-moving web of sound, making the piece far more than a technical tour de force. (more…)