Dear friends, admirers of Martha Argerich will be glad to know that her PDU recordings, once distributed by Emi and out of stock since some years, are now...
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Mar 1, 1999 11:15 am
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Allow me to make two predictions, one fairly obvious, the other perhaps more of a risk. Two young pianists are destined for lasting fame. You have probably...
Paul Geffen
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Mar 2, 1999 7:30 pm
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the Argerich PDU recordings currently distributed in Italy by RTI Music are: Franck Violin Sonata w. Accardo - SC 60432 Dvorak Quintet op. 81 w. Accardo &...
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Mar 3, 1999 8:29 pm
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Hamelin's Medtner sonatas are phenomenal. New to Medtner, I don't know how much of this is Medtner, and how much Hamelin, but the combination is truly special....
leslie mantrone
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Mar 4, 1999 12:50 pm
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A long portrait of Rosalyn Tureck and review of her new recording of the Goldberg Variations (in French) at: ...
Robert Gray
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Mar 4, 1999 1:11 pm
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Hamelin gave two concerts here in Tokyo not long ago. I did not attend either of them but have seen many reactions to the recitals from those who did. My...
Kwan Weng Kin
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Mar 4, 1999 1:22 pm
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I am intrigued to read that Hamelin is playing Rzewski's "The People United Will Never Be Defeated." Since I first heard Rzewski himself playing that piece...
Leslie Gerber/Parnass...
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Mar 4, 1999 2:58 pm
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... He played the Rzewski work at one of his two recitals in Tokyo this January. From the reactions I saw, he gave it a rather Romantic gloss. Thanks to...
Kwan Weng Kin
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Mar 4, 1999 3:07 pm
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Greetings: Does anyone have a detailed discography of Michelangeli, including LPs, CDs and live performances that goes beyond the web version? Can anyone shed...
Matthew S. Joffe
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Mar 6, 1999 5:14 am
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... There was a fairly good one published in Italy as part of a gigantic book (in Italian) devoted to ABM. It included LPs, CDs, Japanese only releases, and...
Farhan Malik
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Mar 6, 1999 6:14 am
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Preferring my Chopin more 'Teutonic' than 'Sissy', to quote a recent entry from one Richter list member, I find myself drawn only very selectively to his...
leslie mantrone
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Mar 6, 1999 3:57 pm
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I too am curious about Hamelin's "The People United...", since I think highly of the piece and have been somewhat less impressed with Hamelin's musicianship...
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Mar 7, 1999 12:01 pm
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... musicianship ... about ... himself ... Oppens on ... According to one Japanese Hamelin fan who was at his Tokyo concert, the "free part" sounded like a...
Kwan Weng Kin
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Mar 7, 1999 11:26 pm
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Dear Leslie, I, too, have struggled to find satisfactory interpretations of this great work. I don't like 'my' Chopin either "teutonic" or "sissy," because...
Miriam Fleer
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Mar 8, 1999 8:16 am
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In the mid-seventies Fred Rzewski gave several concerts in the Woodstock area, under the auspices of the Creative Music Studio. I heard him play two programs a...
Leslie Gerber/Parnass...
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Mar 8, 1999 5:14 pm
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I strongly recommend Rzewski's CD recording for the hat Art label. Leslie Gerber ... eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/greatpianists Free Web-based...
Leslie Gerber/Parnass...
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Mar 8, 1999 5:22 pm
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I also admire Rubinstein's performance, much more successful than his of the "Funeral March" Sonata. A profound if somewhat technically limited performance is...
Leslie Gerber/Parnass...
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Mar 8, 1999 5:24 pm
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Does anyone know where I can get a Rudolf Serkin discography? Thanks, Nick Fox _______________________________________________________ Get your free, private...
Nicholas Fox
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Mar 9, 1999 7:31 am
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... and does anyone know where I can get an Arthur Schnabel discography? Thank you, best to all alberto ... eGroup home:...
a.notar@...
Mar 10, 1999 11:32 am
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... Alberto: There is one without live material, in the Artur Schnabel, a Biography by Câesar Saerchinger. It's a start. Matthew ... eGroup home:...
Matthew S. Joffe
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Mar 10, 1999 11:46 am
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I did one much more recently (only about 15 years ago!) for The Piano Quarterly. Right now I'm trying to find my copy of that issue, which seems to have gone...
Leslie Gerber/Parnass...
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Mar 10, 1999 3:23 pm
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many friends will be glad to know about a very interesting batch of japanese piano issues - their wallets, probably, will not. Pianists include Friedrich...
a.notar@...
Mar 10, 1999 5:55 pm
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Unfortunately, I took this tip. Thanks anyway. If I get everything I ordered my collection will be enriched with some very unusual items. I am most excited...
Leslie Gerber/Parnass...
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Mar 11, 1999 3:30 am
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The on-line music magazine Music & Vision has posted a list of upcoming UK piano recitals: http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/1999/03/ppwho12.htm including this...
Paul Geffen
lpaul@...
Mar 13, 1999 5:01 pm
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I recently bought the first volume dedicated to W. Kempff from the Philips Great Pianists Series (Brahms - Schumann). I found his Kreisleriana very special...
Tasos Krommydas
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Mar 15, 1999 9:44 pm
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As I recall from hearing them many years ago, the Brendel Vox Beethoven series was generally rather bland, the Liszt transcriptions considerably better. Leslie...
Leslie Gerber/Parnass...
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Mar 15, 1999 10:27 pm
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I have all of Brendel's Beethoven on Vox (I don't own the Liszt transcriptions). While the recordings are a far cry from the more refined and present sound one...
Miriam Fleer
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Mar 16, 1999 9:24 am
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You may have read about Freddy Kempf, who won the 3rd prize at the 1998 Tchaikovsky competition (the audience and many of the jurors thought he should have won...
Neil
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Mar 16, 1999 3:10 pm
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I risk responding given the harsh tone lately regarding Horowitz. However--the CBS/Sony Horowitz Kreisleriana is indeed splendid. It is much less eccentric...
David Kadish
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Mar 16, 1999 4:25 pm
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Alfred Brendel and Walter Klien were two major pianists on Vox starting from the late 50's and early 60's. Brendel's Schubert and Beethoven were all well...
