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Recording engineer and producer Sergei Kvitko has completed degrees in music from Russia and the US, including Doctorate in Piano Performance from Michigan State University. (Read more...)
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A Touch of Brazil. Piano Music of Edino Krieger

Alexandre Dossin, piano
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Alexandre Dossin's Bio

Liner Notes

Reviews
Dossin plays this compelling music with great heart and skill. Well worth a listen. Fanfare Magazine Jan/Feb 2006 (Read Full Review)

Alexandre Dossin plays with an astute balance of excitement, technical finesse, and fluid expressivity; The recording is close to ideal rich but clear, truthful, and immediate. American Record Guide Nov/Dec 2005 (Read Full review)

[Dossin] seems to play it with both devotion and delight; Krieger, at least, has lavished praise upon these performances, and I hear no reason to dispute the composer's seal of approval. Fanfare Magazine Nov/Dec 2005 (Read Full Review)

Run, don?t walk, to buy A Touch of Brazil... The music is immediate, arresting, and also subtle. Dossin presents it as though he is a pane of glass through which admirers can see the composer. I highly recommend the CD. Clavier Magazine April 2007 (Read Full Review)

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Track listing (Click for 1-minute preview)    
Sonatina (1957)    
1 I Moderato 3:51  
2 II Allegro 2:20  
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3 Nina. Valsa (1997)* 3:05  
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Sonata No. 1 (1954)    
4 I Andante 6:01  
5 II Seresta (Homenagem a Villa-Lobos) 4:59  
6 III Variacoes e presto 8:02  
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Sonata No. 2 (1956)    
7 I Allegro 6:43  
8 II Andantino moderato e con motto 3:50  
9 III Vivace molto e con spirito 4:57  
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Preludio e Fuga (1954)    
10 Preludio (Cantilena) 3:23  
11 Fuga (Marcha-Rancho) 3:20  
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12 Choro Manhoso (1956) 2:12  
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13 Estudo Seresteiro. Para Dante (1957) 2:38  
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Estudos Intervalares (2000)*    
14 I Das Sequndas 1:53  
15 II Das Tercas 3:55  
16 III Das Quartas 3:22  

 

* World Premiere Recording

Support for this project came in part from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, University Research and Creative Activity Grant program

Produced and engineered by Dr. Sergei Kvitko

Cover painting O Pescador by Tarsila do Amaral
Graphics by Robert Hammer

Recorded in Gantner Concert Hall, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, on August 10-11, 2004

Piano Steinway & Sons, Model D
Piano technician: Tom Gunderson