Description: ****Welcome to our listing, thanks very much for looking!****Shipping cost is only an estimate - it depends on the actual weight and size of the package as well as the service required. We do not profit from shipping costs, so if we overcharge, we will refund the difference back to you. We will combine shipping for multiple items purchased.Background - World Keys made its debut on the Billboard Classical chart at #3! (July 8 issue). This is the highest chart appearance ever for a Reference Recordings title. Joel Fan is a member of Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble and has appeared with the Ensemble at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, as well as on the television shows Good Morning America and David Letterman. A native New Yorker (born in 1969), Fan studied at the Julliard School, Harvard University and the Peabody Conservatory. Acclaimed as "superb" (The Boston Globe), "extraordinary" (The Village Voice), and "a versatile and sensitive pianist" (The Washington Post), Joel Fan combines astounding virtuosity with a rare gift for lyricism. World Keys presents a series of brilliantly crafted piano works that traverse different world musics – from Turkish Aksak rhythms and Arabian Maqam to Peking Opera of China – and juxtaposes them with works in the Western piano canon. Just as the piano sound world of Prokofiev, Schumann and Liszt may evoke the instruments of the modern orchestra, the music from foreign lands calls forth instruments such as the Chinese pipa and Persian santour. This singular program is sure to stretch the ears. "...an entertaining presentation that invites thoughts about music's underlying relationships and shows this pianist as an expressive and intelligent artist, as well as a sophisticated citizen of the world. Reference's sound is clean and transparent, with a resonant luster that is highly effective in the quiet pieces." - All Music Guide - (4 1/2 performance / 4 1/2 sound - out of 5) REFERENCE RECORDINGS is a well known audiophile label. Indeed "Professor Keith O. Johnson" has been associated with many cutting edge recording examples / techniques not only on the software side of the business, but in the hardware side as well - the highly known and respected "Spectral" brand name comes to mind immediately. Their music software (both CD and LP) competes with the likes of other grand audiophile labels such as; MFSL, Sheffield Lab, Wilson Audio, Opus 3, Mark Levinson, Proprius, etc.. Many of the company's issues have been associated with sonic spectaculars, more specifically, with The Absolute Sound (TAS) magazine, or as it's known in audiophile circles "HP's Super Disc List" (Harry Pearson) as is this title - "The Absolute Sound Super Disc List"! If you haven't done so already, give a few of the Reference Recording titles a spin, you won't be sorry!This listing is for a very rare audiophile CD title - a FACTORY SEALED CD PRESSED and ISSUED by Reference Recordings. A highly collectible title from the Reference Recordings catalog, featuring -Joel Fan, pianoCD Title -World Keys Track Listing - 1. Adnan Saygun: Sketch on Aksak Rhythm 2. Prokofiev: Sonata No. 3 3. Dia Succari: La Nuit du Destin 4. Halim El-Dabh: Sayera 5. Qigang Chen: Instants d’un opera de Pekin 6. Liszt: Concert Paraphrase of Verdi’s “Rigoletto” 7. William Bolcom: . . . la belle rouquine 8. Peter Sculthorpe: Nocturnal 9. Schumann: Sonata No. 2 in G Minor 10. Peteris Vasks: Kantate The CD is from the rare REFERENCE RECORDINGS series of audiophile CDs. CD catalog # RR-106CD HDCD DiscCD issued in 2006CD made in the USA The CD, JEWEL CASE and INSERTS are all assumed to be in MINT overall condition as this item is FACTORY SEALED! The CD is an audiophile quality pressing (any collector of fine MFSL, half speeds, direct to discs, Japanese/UK pressings etc., can attest to the difference a quality pressing can make to an audio system).Do not let this rarity slip by!
Price: 29.99 USD
Location: New York, New York
End Time: 2023-12-05T01:43:02.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
CD Grading: Mint (M)
Composer: Franz Liszt, Adnan Saygun, Prokofiev, Dia Succari, Robert Schumann, Halim El-Dabh, Qigang Chen, William Bolcom, Peter Sculthorpe, Peteris Vasks
Case Type: Jewel Case: Standard
Custom Bundle: No
Color: Silver
Case Condition: Mint (M)
MPN: Reference Recordings CD RR-106
Inlay Condition: Mint (M)
Catalog Number: CD RR-106
Edition: CD - HDCD, Collector's Edition
Type: Album
Era: 2000s
Instrument: Piano
Style: 2000s
Features: Audiophile Collectible, Factory SEALED, CD made in the USA, CD issued in 2006, Pictures are of the ACTUAL ITEM, Limited Edition, Special Edition, Enhanced, HDCD, Import
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Artist: Fan, Joel, Joel Fan
Record Label: Reference Recordings
Format: CD
Release Year: 2006
Release Title: WORLD Keys
Genre: Classical Artists
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