“The playing of the American artist was clear, sparkling at times. The sound was full, moist and rich; the toucher suave...Is the facility with which the artist knew how to find the right tone in Debussy to be attributed to his "French" education with former assistants to Alfred Cortot? Nobody could tell, but the fact is the Poissons d'or, la plus que lente, and the Prelude from Pour le piano suited him marvelously well...Does he have a slight penchant to the nonchalance and carefree nuance?”
“The Variations symphoniques is an excellent performance, very sensitively played by the soloist and supported by the fine Russian orchestra under an American conductor. He also gives us a beautiful version of the Prelude, Chorale et Fugue, lively playing of a piece that can be tedious. John Robilette also offers idiomatic versions of miniatures by Faure, and Poulenc along with three of the four Chopin Impromptus”(“French Piano Album,” ProArte, CDS 3491).
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Ballet Musik aus "Orpheus und Euridike"
C.W. Gluck arranged by W. Kempf (with Dance of the Blessed Spirits)
Arabeske, Op. 18
R. Schumann
Adagio from Oboe Concerto in D Minor, No. 3
A. Marcello arranged by J. S. Bach