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MUSICWEB-INTERNATIONAL: Adam Binks, 2/06:
(CD Review of Images of Three Centuries)
"...These two works clearly give
Chanco more opportunity to display the intense virtuosity
that is one of her specialties..."
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SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS (San Antonio, TX): Diane Windeler,
3/09/2006
"Camerata Recital is Polished and Superb"
The inaugural Camerata
Recital, a planned annual event showcasing core musicians
of Camerata San Antonio, was unveiled Sunday at Travis Park
United Methodist Church with a polished, intensely personal
performance by violinist Ertan Torgul and guest pianist
Aileen Chanco.
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REGISTER-PAJARONIAN (Watsonville, CA): Josef Sekon, 1/26/06:
“Mello Center Honors Mozart’s
Birthday”
…his [Saint-Saens] Piano
Concerto no. 2 was well realized and musically performed
by both the orchestra and Chanco whose formidable technical
skill was evident. The standing ovation she received prompted
an encore. Chanco displayed her musicality in Liszt’s
“Sonetto del Petrarca 104 from Annees de Pelerinage,
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THE SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL (Santa Cruz, CA) : Phyllis Rosenblum,
1/26/06: “Symphony
Soloist Showcases New Steinway”
Aileen Chanco displayed a commanding
presence and showed off the clear tone of the new Steinway….
The work’s long piano introduction [Saint-Saens Piano
Concerto no. 2] unfolded in a series of vigorous declamations
and speedy excursions. Individual notes came crisply through
Saint-Saens’ thick textures – a testament to
both player and instrument…The middle “Allegro
Scherzando” movement flitted playfully as soloist
and orchestra exchanged swirling volleys. Chanco opened
the concerto’s final “Presto with ringing thunder
that a lesser instrument might have blurred. Then her fingers
took off at near unbelievable speed, an impressive demonstration
of both her agility and the piano’s rapid response…Chanco
rewarded the enthusiastic applause with the movement [sic]
from Liszt’s “Annees de Pelerinage (Years of
Pilgrimage). The substantial work –no “bonbon”
encore- again displayed her facility with powerful statements
and thick textures. |
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AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE: -Barela: January/February 2006
Issue
(CD Review of “Images
of Three Centuries”)
Pianist, Chanco makes her strongest
and most convincing impression in Moussorgsky’s
Pictures at an Exhibition, which seems to be a temperamental
fit. Her sound is beautiful and the music flows well.
…Many of the details of Pictures have been imaginatively
worked out and beautifully delivered….Chanco also
gives a lovely reading of the opening piece of Images,
“Reflects dans l’eau”. Her sound is
right and she is fully engaged in this rapturous little
piece. Mark Fish’s Three Ages of Woman, a work of
about six minutes, feels like three improvisations on
moods. The pianist gives it an effective, involved reading,
sympathetic to the composer…Chanco is a talented
pianist…given her strongest performances here her
career seems worth watching.
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