... simple: In My Huble Opinion... Regards, Andrea Andrea <gasparo@...> ICQ #: 21958958 ... eGroups.com home:...
Andrea
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Jun 1, 1999 11:56 am
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If you want lots of Sofronitsky, Arlecchino, warts and all, has it. Over twenty volumes. The sound is catch-as- catch can, indeed the entire series from a...
Peter Schenkman
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Jun 1, 1999 1:35 pm
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Grab them while you can. This entire label has been discontinued. Leslie Gerber ... eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/greatpianists ...
Leslie Gerber/Parnass...
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Jun 1, 1999 7:20 pm
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the discography of vladimir sofronitsky can be found alongside his biography in the autumn 1998 on IPQ (17 pages) Benoit Vanasse Philadelphia ... eGroups.com...
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Jun 2, 1999 1:47 am
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Does anyone know of a reliable discography of recordings by Erno von Dohnanyi? Zoltan Kocsis has written that the number of recordings by Dohnanyi and by...
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Jun 4, 1999 4:51 pm
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Marc-Andre Hamelin's recording of Frederic Rzewski's"The People United Will Never Be Defeated" has just been released in Toronto, and I would imagine, New York...
Peter Schenkman
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Jun 5, 1999 12:25 am
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Dear Peter, I appreciate your bringing "The People United Will..." into the discussion group. Your estimation of the work itself (whatever the merits of its...
RJMACE@...
Jun 5, 1999 2:46 pm
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Hi i have heard this piece played by Hamelin at the HUSUM festival, a fantasic playing and piece, one has not often an opportunity when listening to such a ...
KREIPL
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Jun 5, 1999 3:03 pm
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I don't mean to take away what Hamelin has accomplished in his version of "The People...", which is technically astonishing but, having listened afterwards to...
Dr. Ates Tanin
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Jun 5, 1999 4:04 pm
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Rich in New York wrote concerning words I had written about Mark-Andre Hamelin's new disc of "The People United Will......" "Your own estimation of the work...
Peter Schenkman
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Jun 5, 1999 4:30 pm
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The funny thing about comparing Oppens and Hamelin with regard to their respective techniques: Consider that the former has made her reputation on championing...
RJMACE@...
Jun 5, 1999 7:22 pm
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Dear Peter, Your response to my comments deserves the following: Schnabel's technique in his recorded version of the Beethoven 32 was often suspect but the...
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Jun 5, 1999 7:22 pm
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I had the exciting experience of hearing Rzewski play "The People United" twice in 1976, both times on programs with the Beethoven "Hammerklavier" Sonata,...
Leslie Gerber/Parnass...
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Jun 5, 1999 7:47 pm
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Re the comments cited below: Schnabel's Beethoven, smudged notes, blurred pasage work and all still stands at or near the top of the complete recorded versions...
Peter Schenkman
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Jun 5, 1999 9:43 pm
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Just my own personal observation on your comment regard Marc André Hamelin: he has one of the most phenomenal techniques I have ever seen. He plays ...
Tristan Lauber
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Jun 5, 1999 10:19 pm
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Marc isn't the only pianist who doctors that thirds run in the Brahms; many others have told me of their creative solutions to that ridiculously difficult...
JPPiano@...
Jun 6, 1999 12:27 am
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In regards to the discussion of contemporary piano music (Carter, Bolcom, etc.), wanna hear something funny yet also somehow sad? During my piano lesson...
Nicholas Fox
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Jun 6, 1999 12:47 am
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The few remarks I made about Schnabel's Beethoven Sonata, as cited below were not an effort on my part to become involved in a battle over competing versions ...
Peter Schenkman
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Jun 6, 1999 1:40 am
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The Denon Softronitsky "Edition" has thirteen volumes to date with seventeen cds. The sound and overall production is vastly superior to Arlecchino, although...
David Kadish
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Jun 6, 1999 1:43 am
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Glad to hear someone else lamenting Kuerti's exclusion from the Great Pianists series. Over the past 25 years, he has remained near the top of my own personal...
Thomas Wells
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Jun 6, 1999 5:39 am
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I hate to sound smug or blase, but that run in the Brahms really isn't that difficult, with lots of practice. With a careful use of the pedal, one can pull it...
Nicholas Fox
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Jun 6, 1999 8:00 am
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What's Sylvia Zaremba doing these days? Has she played any concerts or recitals recently? John A. Erickson http://www.SexuallyMutilatedChild.org/ ...
John Erickson
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Jun 6, 1999 8:15 am
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Which pianists who have made commercially available recordings studied with Isabelle Vengerova? John A. Erickson qsmd@... ... eGroups.com home:...
John Erickson
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Jun 6, 1999 8:19 am
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John-- The most famous are Gary Graffman and Leonard Bernstein. I recommend Graffman's version of the Tchaikovsky Concertos and Prokofiev 1st and 3rd concertos...
Nicholas Fox
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Jun 6, 1999 8:33 am
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"Who is Malcolm Frager?" This question was posed below. Frager was born in 1935, began playing the piano in 1939, gave his first recital in St. Louis in 1941....
Peter Schenkman
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Jun 6, 1999 2:50 pm
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Jacob Lateiner has, of course, made a number of commercial recordings, although the only ones currently available are chamber music recordings with Heifetz....
Leslie Gerber/Parnass...
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Jun 6, 1999 2:50 pm
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It is regrettable that Frager is all too soon forgotten. You can get a feeling for his Mozart, however, on Fidelio 1833 (CD) where he plays the A major...
Dr. Ates Tanin
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Jun 6, 1999 3:32 pm
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As is all to frequent, a day late and a dollar behind: Happy Birthday Martha Argerich!! June 05, 1941 JPrevite previtejoseph@... ... eGroups.com...
Previte, Joseph
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Jun 6, 1999 11:20 pm
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... Another was Leonard Pennario, who of course made many recordings. And another was Carl Schachter, whose fame is however in musicology. He's a good pianist,...
Nigel Nettheim
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Jun 7, 1999 4:38 am
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You can if you're lucky enough to find it. This disc, and its companion with two more Mozart Concertos, has been out of print since the label went out of...