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Babayan delivers steel-fingered pianism in marathon Columbus recital

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“rarely will one hear the rumbling runs in the bass played with more chillingly ferocious intensity”
Reviewed at Southern Theatre, Columbus on 23 October 2021
Pärt, Für Alina
Liszt, Ballade no. 2 in B minor, S 171
Ryabov, Fantasia in memory of Maria Yudina, Op.21
Bach, Well-Tempered Clavier (24 Preludes and Fugues) - Book 1 (selection)
Chopin, Polonaise no. 1 in C sharp minor, Op.26 no.1
Chopin, Waltz no. 7 in C sharp minor, Op.64 no.2
Chopin, Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op.60
Rachmaninov, Étude-tableau in E flat minor, Op.39 no.5
Rachmaninov, 6 Moments musicaux: Allegretto in E flat minor, Op.16 no.2
Rachmaninov, 6 Moments musicaux: Maestoso in C major, Op.16 no.6
Bach, Goldberg Variations, BWV988: Aria
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