Racthree is a gorgeously melodic, very romantic piece. At times it's almost too much. It's like your being taken to the edge of a precipice. Gracthri incredibly virtuosic throughout. One recent performance that absolutely stunned the music world was the performance by lim jun chan at the van kliburn competition.
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