CHAM-BER HUANG - PERFORMANCE AND RECORDING REVIEWS
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Cham-Ber Huang's concerts won enthusiastic recognition from leading
music critics . . .
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"Mr. Huang is very accomplished both musically and
technically. He phrased with sensitive taste and performed
miracles of articulation.. ."
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- Theodore Strongin. New York Times |
"If you like your Coperin, Bach or Mozart performed on the
harmonica, Cham-Ber Huang is definitely your man. Mr.
Huang did his utmost to bring each of the works to life, and
we have nothing but admiration for his enormous skill both as
interpreter and technician."
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- John Gruen,
New York Times |
"Mr. Huang is definitely a skilled harmonica player. He was
persuasive in showing how successfully the harmonica can fit
into the Baroque scheme of things. The tone of the
instrument seemed reasonable for the music involved and
phrasing and expressivity were well managed. In the chamber music, the harmonica blended in beautifully
and needed no amplification to hold its own with the pungent
sonorities of violin, oboe, bassoon and harpsichord."
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- Allen Hughes,
New York Times |
"Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue' brought
out the best in both
performer and instrument. Huang and accompanist, Michael
May, gave an earthy rollicking, no-holds-barred performance
that brought down the house."
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- Harry Haskell, Kansas City
Times |
Cham-Ber Huang - Recording Reviews |
"Chem-Ber Huang is probably the most
accomplished
virtuoso of the harmonica in the recent history of the
instrument and a keen and sophisticated interpreter of serious
music as well."
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- STEREO REVIEW |
"There are a great many remarkable
things about Mr.
Huang's record release not the least of which is that the Bach,
Couperin and Telemann are by far the best things on the
disc...superb sense of rhythm, a perceptive sense of
proportion, and an altogether remarkable taste in such
music...the instrument is admirably suited to the material in
the hands of such an artist, and the entire experience, while
novel, is remarkably interesting... suggesting that Mr. Huang
do a record of, possibly an all-Bach program."
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- The American Record
Guide |
"Cham-Ber Huang's playing is wonderful
on the album. What
is striking to me is the way that he can achieve the sensation
of sweetness with strength at the same time. It always seems
fluid, sweet, and lyrical, but there is an underlying strength
and force that is present at the same time. This is remarkable
to me. And it is a pleasure to hear again and again."
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- John Santana - Music Critic, and Music director of
Classical Radio station KKGO-FM, Los Angeles |
"I have to say that it is quite a revelation.
I have to say that Mr
Huang's playing leaps out into a third dimension, he has such
a depth and variety of intonation, vibrato, and even different
attack techniques. We were absolutely entranced with his
performance."
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- Michael S. - Rare Baroque Recordings |
More about Cham-Ber Huang in Kim Field's Harmonicas, Harps & Heavy
Breathers, published by Simon & Shuster.
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