THE WEIGHT OF A PIANO

Cassandra Campbell brings the practiced touch of a seasoned performer to her narration of this story in which a piano figures heavily. Katya Dmitrievna and Clara Lundy begin their lives a generation and a continent apart, but an old Blüthner upright piano connects them to each other like a piano string connects hammer and key. Campbell fluidly advances their separate stories, moving deftly between the accents and attitudes of Soviet Russia and current-day California. Campbell's performance lifts up this story, even--or especially--when the truths Clara begins to discover about her piano (a gift from her father before his death) and about herself seem set to bury her under their weight. K.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine [Published: MARCH 2019]