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"Never one to be content with merely being a New Age piano player, Spencer attacks her new. set with a high-octane energy right from the start fusing classical and NAC elements into her New Age presentation. Spencer also includes some dark elements you don’t normally associate with New Age piano.

This set feels like Spencer is taking it to a whole new level of the game. No stranger to hard work and accomplishment, it sounds and feels like she wants to keep pushing the boundaries and keep her chops sharp. The playing is sharp and focused making it a good soundtrack for almost anything except munching granola and sipping herbal tea."

-Chris Spector/MIDWESTRECORD.COM

"Lesley Spencer is an accomplished classical pianist, composer and producer based out of Chicago, IL. Her compositions/recordings are heard regularly on NPR’s Morning Edition and Weekend Edition, and she has even had a composition placed in the Disney film “Stick It.”

She receives airplay internationally…Spencer also has a flair of exploring melodies in a way that invites contemporary music fans to dig deeper into the classical realm. She has a gift for making classical music more accessible while staying true to the music’s roots. On “Moments Musicaux,” Spencer presents 16 original compositions that dance, sway, twitter and spark their way into your imagination. “Moments Musicaux” opens with Dance Of Life, which seems to portray the almost frantic, relentless quality that life has of reinventing and reconfiguring itself to thrive. You can almost hear the musical metaphors for overcoming and becoming in every passage. The set moves on to Chid’s Play which could have walked right out of a Charlie Brown cartoon (Ala Schroeder). The song seems to explore the light and airy side of play, while acknowledging a darker undercurrent. “Moments Musicaux” is full of highlights, from Fellini Waltz to Ode To Harry Potter to Scherzo, Spencer is on her game throughout.

My personal favorite piece here is Pirouette, a dark and starkly beautiful melody over the backdrop of an incessant and plaintive waltz. If this were the only song on “Moments Musicaux” it would be worth purchasing, but Spencer has crafted an album full of beautiful, surprising and memorable moments."

-WILDYSWORLD.BLOGSPOT.COM