Dear Donald, I thought that it was a general belief. And it was my friend who told me that thing--the equivalence. I'm not sure whether it is his opinion only....
ffrancois
ffrancois@...
Dec 1, 2000 9:15 am
10415
... In approximate order of technical difficulty, starting with the easiest (though only the Prelude is actually easy): Prelude in A minor (1913) Menuet from...
Carl Tait
cdtait@...
Dec 1, 2000 10:36 am
10416
... easiest ... Hi François, I think the Valses nobles and sentimentales (except for the first one) are not that difficult either. But if you can deal with...
willemboone@...
Dec 1, 2000 10:54 am
10417
... Rhapsody on ... Rachmaninoff ... Fokine -- I ... supposedly a ... I'm ... favorite ... enough ... essentially ... it). It ... documentary ... Although I...
willemboone@...
Dec 1, 2000 10:59 am
10418
Jeff, thanks for the enthusiastic review of the Earl Wild recital. Though I've never been a huge fan of Wild's playing, I also enjoyed the concert and will...
Carl Tait
cdtait@...
Dec 1, 2000 12:14 pm
10419
Hello Dmitry, ... This "helplessness" you must explain! What does Ashkenazy do - or what does he not do - that makes his Ballades and Scherzi so "helpless"?...
Gunnar Sama
sama@...
Dec 1, 2000 12:25 pm
10420
Yesterday I received the two CDs (Releif) of Horszowski's Beethoven's Sonatas 28-32. Curiourly, they seemed to me the erliest recording the better it was. His...
Renato Vinicius
renato@...
Dec 1, 2000 12:34 pm
10421
... What's the scoop about this Relief label? I just picked up, at Princeton Record Exchange, a Relief CD containing Horszowski doing the Chopin 1st p.c. and...
AGotthelf@...
Dec 1, 2000 1:04 pm
10422
We have now heard. among the dozens of piano recitals in New York in the past two months, Pletnev, Libetta, Volodos, Schiff, Barenboim, Katsaris, Wild, and...
Neil McKelvie
NEMCC@...
Dec 1, 2000 2:36 pm
10423
... the "Pas de ... Birthday" ... appearance; my ... usual ... My understanding is that Wild knew that Wong would play the Happy Birthday selection. He did a...
ericas@...
Dec 1, 2000 3:34 pm
10424
... There will always be honest and informed differences of opinion. In the Hamelin recital, I found the slow movement of the Schubert that Neil liked so much,...
jff@...
Dec 1, 2000 4:27 pm
10425
Jeff, My bad. I'm sorry for my misunderstanding. It looked like Berkshire made the mistake as I described below. Mitsuru Akita ... the ... original ... ...
Mitsuru Akita
akita@...
Dec 1, 2000 5:17 pm
10426
Dear Ffrancois I didn't mean to be offensive, but I cannot understand the equivalence. Chopin and Liszt are greater composers, in terms of the complexity and...
D. Dougherty
micmin@...
Dec 1, 2000 5:24 pm
10428
... equivalence. ... and depth ... surprises ... =============== hey, Hey, HEY, WATCH IT !!! (Just kidding) ... Ravel is great! I could get lost in "La...
valour@...
Dec 1, 2000 6:24 pm
10429
I guess I missed something having been diverted for several weeks. Where is this and how can I order this? I have been looking for a deal on these. Please...
James Thomas
jamestthomas@...
Dec 1, 2000 6:35 pm
10430
I boyught the entire set. I guess I can bury myself in my CD collection afterall. Maybe its not cheap but it will do the job. James...
James Thomas
jamestthomas@...
Dec 1, 2000 6:59 pm
10431
... This tells us less than nothing. What clever idiot was responsible for that remark? One has to judge such an utterance by its source. Bill Goodwin...
billmimi@...
Dec 1, 2000 7:07 pm
10432
"D. Dougherty" wrote: "Chopin and Liszt are greater composers, in terms of the complexity and depth of their music, than Debussy and Ravel. The latter,...
Fred Feinberg
feinf@...
Dec 1, 2000 7:11 pm
10433
... I should point out that Berkshire also deals in overstocks, not just discontinued items. There are plenty of Olympia and Biddulph titles offered there...
malikf@...
Dec 1, 2000 7:12 pm
10434
James Thomas wrote: "I guess I missed something having been diverted for several weeks. Where is this and how can I order this? I have been looking for a deal...
Fred Feinberg
feinf@...
Dec 1, 2000 7:15 pm
10436
malikf@... wrote: "In the case of the Philips set it's seems a clear case of oversupply. Philips made several hundred of these complete editions...
Fred Feinberg
feinf@...
Dec 1, 2000 8:01 pm
10437
... His ... I've ... what does ... you be ... I ... he has ... coherent and ... are ... growing ... waltz-like ... however ... on ... similar left ... or ... ...
Dmitry Garanin
dgaranin@...
Dec 1, 2000 8:17 pm
10438
Fred wrote: "It astonishes me that there is such a small market for what is probably the most significant and comprehensive historical reissue ever." The...
Albert Frantz
albert.frantz@...
Dec 1, 2000 9:16 pm
10439
Fred I didn't mean to downplay Debussy's greatness. I admire him as much as you do. But overall I regard Chopin as a greater and more original composer, ...
D. Dougherty
micmin@...
Dec 1, 2000 10:24 pm
10440
... I believe it was a reviewer for the Boston Globe, though it's been too many years (at least 20) for me to say for sure. In the absence of a firm source,...
Carl Tait
cdtait@...
Dec 1, 2000 10:45 pm
10441
... As evidence that Farhan is right, I have gotten this response from Berkshire to my question as to whether the CDs are marked as discontinued (with a hole ...
AGotthelf@...
Dec 1, 2000 10:58 pm
10442
... I thought the C-minor Nocturne was Wild at his best. BTW, have you been at your present place of employment long enough to remember Kittredge Cary (now...
billmimi@...
Dec 1, 2000 11:04 pm
10443
Thank you, Neil, for that word "elegance." I think you've put your finger on Mr. Wild. I wanted so badly to be able to get to NY for that recital, but it was...
Larry Davis
davislr@...
Dec 1, 2000 11:06 pm
10444
"D. Dougherty" wrote: "I didn't mean to downplay Debussy's greatness. I admire him as much as you do. But overall I regard Chopin as a greater and more...
Fred Feinberg
feinf@...
Dec 2, 2000 12:13 am
10445
Larry - Thanks for that great thoought about Earl Wild and George Beverley Shea! So true! And, along with beauty and truth, let's always make room for...
