American Record Guide
Vol. 62, No. 5, September/October 1999

Porter: Violin Sonatas & Pieces
 
  Fritz Gearhart; John Owings, p
      Koch 7439--69 minutes

In John Owings (whom I remember well from his days as [a] young Oberlin professor when I was a student there in the early 1970s) Mr. Gearhart has found an ideal collaborator. Indeed, Mr. Owings is a phenomenally gifted musician in his own right, in whose hands innumerable complexities of the Porter's piano writing become lucid and transparent.

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