Title: Hauntingly beautiful.
Review: This is great music, with outstanding performances, at a great price.Seriously, the superb St. Louis forces on two well-packed discs for cheap?? Abbey is no Horowitz or Janis, but he is a sensitive musician with a beautiful touch and give haunting renditions of these works. Even though there are more thrilling 3rds out there, I find this one staying with me. The contribution by the St. Louis Symphony is exceptional, outshining a lot of the bigger orchestras: they bring freshness, stunning discipline, positively glowing string tone, and make music with Simon, not just accompany him. I guess I'd best sum up this recording as one to cozy up to rather to put me through the emotional treadmill. Both kinds of performances are necessary in my collection!
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