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Sorabji: 100 Transcendental Studies, Nos 84-100
BIS-2433 (BIS Records, CD, 2 discs)
DDD
NEW RELEASE (8 January 2021)
Playing time: 45'23"/72'35" - TT 117'58"
Tracks: 15 + 7
Booklet pages: 56
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Main country of recording: Sweden
Country of manufacture: European Union
Reviewer: Giuseppe Pennisi
Review of Sorabji: 100 Transcendental Studies, Nos 84-100 published on 14 June 2021
Listen: Sorabji: Quasi organo pieno (Transcendental Study No 100) (CD2 track 7, 11:00-11:48)
Fredrik Ullén, piano (Steinway D)
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892-1988):
100 Transcendental Studies, Nos 84-100
CD1
1-15 Nos 84-98
CD2
1-7 Nos 99 and 100
Recorded in June 2018 (Nos 84-88 and 92), May 2019 (Nos 89-91 and 93-98) and December 2019 (Nos 99 and 100) at the Aula Medica (Karolinska Institutet), Stockholm, Sweden