"THIS IS IT! The Lecuona recording that began the whole new renaissance of the great Maestro's music 7 years ago. TIME magazine hailed this as one of the ten best recordings of the year from ALL musical categories, "Fingers ablaze"!These performances are incisive, colorful, stylistically very much LECUONA, (with even Lecuona's subtle changes in the scores included in these recordings), researched to a fault, executed with such breadth and depth of interpretation, color and old Cuban style. It is my humble opinion, as a Cuban, that no one can even come near to these performances...from begining to end it is absolute, utter perfection. This is a must in your collection, and the standard to which all other Lecuona recordings should be measured and compared. Tirino is THE Lecuona authority in the world. I hope I have the oppourtunity some day to meet this great artist, shake his hand, and thank him wholeheartedly on behalf of all us Cubans everywhere for his work in bringing back Lecuona's music in such a masterly way. Thank you, and BRAVO, Maestro TIRINO!"
Outstanding!
DK | 08/05/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I'm working on the Andulcia suite, and just got this CD in the mail today to see how the songs are supposed to sound, and am blown away at Tirino's ability to play Lecuona and sound like him too!This CD is a joy to listen to, Tirino's clarity, playing the greatest piano literature available is the most fun I've had in a while listening to a CD.Bravo!"
A GREATE WAY TO BRING LECUONA BACK
E. diaz | Gardena, CA United States | 09/11/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Thank you Mr. Tirino for bringing this marvellous music back.
It is a wonderful job very well done.
This is the best recording of this pieces ever.Mr. Tirino has the perfect balance to play this music exactly the way Lecuona wrote it. Outstanding"
Great performance
Arno Vosk | Williamsport, PA USA | 01/03/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Ernesto Lecuona's music deserves to be remembered and played, and Thomas Tirino does a wonderful job in this recording. He plays with style, wit and delicacy. I was reminded of Walter Gieseking's recordings of Debussy and Ravel. Mr. Tirino's technique is especially impressive in the quiet, simple phrases, in which each note seems to be given care and attention. I hope we will hear more of him."