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At National Sawdust, Ligeti's 18 études and 18 responses are presented as a whole and are best heard that way, too, indulging in Han Chen’s fluency and the richness of his Fazioli concert grand.

Downes' playing is soulful, perhaps rather American, which gave Schumann a late-night jazziness. That tendency fit better with selections by Nina Simone and Harlem Renaissance composers Margaret Bonds and Florence Price.