''The Promise'' is a
solo album by Greek composer and pianist
Vassilis Tsabropoulos
Vassilis Tsabropoulos is a Greek pianist, conductor, and composer.
As a concert pianist, he has taken the stage with Europe's several important orchestras including, among others, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Stockholm Philharmonic, the Balti ...
recorded in 2008 and released on the
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Reception
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review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3½ stars stating "This album lives up to its under-the-surface, ruminative nature, but should be slotted in for the appropriate mood or time of evening, when lights are either very low, or turned off".
[Nastos, M. G]
Allmusic Review
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Track listing
:''All compositions by Vassilis Tsabropoulos''
# "The Other" - 5:07
# "Tale of a Man" - 6:00
# "Smoke and Mirrors" - 6:59
# "Pearl" - 3:10
# "The Promise" - 5:14
# "The Other, var. I" 3:50
# "Djivaeri" - 4:43
# "The Insider" - 7:01
# "Confession" - 3:56
# "Promenade" - 4:57
# "The Other, var. II" - 4:01
:*Recorded at Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall in Megaron, Athens in January 2008
Personnel
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Vassilis Tsabropoulos
Vassilis Tsabropoulos is a Greek pianist, conductor, and composer.
As a concert pianist, he has taken the stage with Europe's several important orchestras including, among others, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Stockholm Philharmonic, the Balti ...
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piano
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References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Promise (Vassilis Tsabropoulos album), The
2009 albums
ECM Records albums
Vassilis Tsabropoulos albums
Albums produced by Manfred Eicher