Fang-Fang's Piano Studio

CD Description:

~Beethoven Sonata Op. 28 "Pastoral"~

Imagine yourself walking in a remote countryside, breathing fresh thick clean air right after a thunderstorm.  Pillars of bright yellow sunlight beam through the clouds above.  Multi-colored butterflies flutter among the purple foxgloves and white dandelions.  Off in the distance, farmers, sharecroppers, and laborers begin to gather in the town’s square for the annual Spring festival...

~Liszt Transcendental Etude No. 11 "Harmonies du Soir"~

As the sun is setting, you hear the bells from a campanile in a distant valley.  The last remnant of sunlight turns the earth into an incandescent hue as a tenor serenades his lover.  The sweet flowery aroma of blooming nocturnal jasmine permeates the evening air...

~Ravel "Albarada del Gracioso"~

In a Spanish courtyard, a jester is frolicking to and fro with everyone and anyone he encounters.  Suddenly, he begins to sing a sad slow ballad that builds more and more energy as he sings it over and over.  Guitars start to buzz and drums begin to beat as the jester begins to dance in a wild flamenco style with his arms flailing and thrashing about, ending his romp in a passionate and climatic crescendo.