Beethoven/ Ejiri - Nami Plays Diabelli VariationsDiabelli's popular theme is not only the basis for Beethoven's famous cycle of variations, but also for umpteen variations by Liszt, Schubert, and others. Following up on her acclaimed debut recording, Nami Ejiri opens this release quite simply with this very theme. What follows is high pianism: refined, virtuosic, sensitive. From her grand piano, Nami lures all that which the aforementioned composers do in the variations, all of the things that

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