from the New York Times Review:
"Piano works by Friml? The Prague-born composer of sentimental operettas popular on Broadway in the 1910's and 20's? I kept meaning to listen, but never got around to it. Now I have, and I can hardly stop listening. Ms. Buechner's program is a small revelation and a vindication of her devotion to Friml, a more complex figure than I had imagined... It's refreshing to hear music from the early decades of the 20th century by a composer so utterly at peace with his conservatism. There is no sense of struggle, no attempt to prove anything here. The music is what it is: something very fine. There is no struggle in Ms. Buechner's supple, articulate and nuanced performances, either, though some of these works have finger-twisting difficulties. I can't imagine this music played with more integrity and affection." - NEW YORK TIMES

Also Available - Bygone Days - Chamber Music of Rudolf Friml
This is music from the dawn of the twentieth century that unashamedly captures the sentimentality, elegance, and grace of its time.