Richard Sears - Appear To FadeBrooklyn pianist and composer Richard Sears debuts on Shahzad Ismaily's figureight records with the hypnotic Appear to Fade, a gentle, melancholic, semi improvised expression for piano and experimental tape loops, recorded in a single day. Appear to Fade unveils a realm where the boundaries between jazz and ambient music blur, guided by the skilled hands of Richard Sears on piano and Una Corda. This recording weaves between improvisation and

The program is completed with Liszt's transcription of Schubert's 'Ave Maria' - a sparklingly virtuosic homage to this famous theme

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respectively a viola in the solo part of Harold en Italie - 'symphony with a principal viola part' in Berlioz's words - and a violin for the solo in Rêverie et Caprice

concertmaster Gwen Hoebig

Japanese violinist Keiko Yamaguchi plays a selection of sonatas for violin and guitar from the "Centone di Sonate per Violino e Chitarra" of Niccole Paganini

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to his acclaimed solo releases "Etowah" and "Rabbit Runs a Destiny"

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