{"product_id":"711298","title":"Mengjie Han - Isaac Albéniz Selection From Iberia [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA CD is a composition too. Not only does it contain compositions, but together they form a new entity. At least, that is the case with this new recording by the Dutch pianist Mengjie Han. He deliberately links Isaac Alb\\xe9niz and Maurice Ravel. \\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eOne of them epitomising all things Spanish, the other a Frenchman through and through. And rising between them, literally and metaphorically, the imposing peaks of the Pyrenees.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eHowever, nothing is as it initially appears to be. Although of course Alb\\xe9niz's Iberia and Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin can only be played consecutively, Mengjie Han would have preferred them to be heard 'simultaneously', so as to demonstrate how interwoven their idioms are. After all, Ravel is a lot more Spanish than you might expect, and Alb\\xe9niz a lot more French.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eIn 2014 Dutch pianist Mengjie Han won Third Prize at the 10th International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Utrecht, The Netherlands. As the first Dutch Prize winner of the Liszt\\r\u003cbr\u003eCompetition in nine years, he embarked on an extensive concert tour both in the Netherlands and abroad.  He won First Prizes at the Steinway Piano Competition, the Young Pianist Foundation Competition and the Princess Christina Competition, which led to performances in North-America, Africa and Asia.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eNext to his accomplishments as a soloist Mengjie Han is a passionate chamber musician with the Amatis Piano Trio. The trio has won several international competitions and has been named 'New Generation Artists 2016-18' by the BBC as well as 'Rising Stars' by the ECHO, which will lead to a concert tour of the most important European concert halls in season 2018\/19.\u003cp\u003eALBENIZ - 12 Impresiones Espa\\xf1olas, B.47 - El Albaic\\xedn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEl Puerto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvocaci\\xf3n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTriana\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlmer\\xeda\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalaga\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRAVEL: Le Tombeau De Couperin -I. Pr\\xe9lude\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eII. Fugue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIII. Forlane\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIV Rigaudon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eV Menuet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVI Toccata\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55156436337025,"sku":"711298","price":15.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51VnW6x90DL._SL1500.jpg?v=1767933753","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/711298","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}