hello,I'm korean high school student, and piano lover. I 've opinion on DBUSSY recording so I send a message to you. You suggested Pollini's Etudes recording....
argerich2@...
Sep 1, 1999 11:31 am
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... I don't think Uchida's approach is 'Asian', though Debussy's sensibility could be described that way in some respects. (I don't want to get into this...
gakusha@...
Sep 1, 1999 11:40 am
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I'm too sorry that I misunderstand your writing,too soory. I'm not good at english,so it's difficult for me to find out english. Anyway I'm very happy to...
argerich2@...
Sep 1, 1999 11:49 am
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... Michael, I usually find I agree with your views on 'things musical', and also discovered for the first time since its publication that I adamantely...
PreviteJoseph@...
Sep 1, 1999 1:36 pm
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these comments pertain to Pollini- I heard him in concert many years ago in NYC- he played the first 12 Chopin etudes and they were VERY disappointing- the...
abachrach@...
Sep 2, 1999 12:00 am
838
Dear Readers, A recent message on this list caused me to wince when I read it. This was a personal attack by one critic on another. Although the message did ...
Paul Geffen
lpaul@...
Sep 2, 1999 1:33 am
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Paul Geffen is obviously very uncomfortable with controversy. He reminds me of a school teacher imploring unruly children to be "nice." He is dead wrong...
Gregor Benko
gregorbenko@...
Sep 2, 1999 3:17 am
840
abachrach@... wrote: "Remember him first playing a Schubert sonata- within a minute, I turned to friend and said "this guy is no good"- the notes...
Fred Feinberg
feinf@...
Sep 2, 1999 4:11 am
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Gregor Benko [2.9.1999 5:46]wrote: "I for one vote for more hard information and fewer "stimulating questions from beginners" for this group - there are other...
Mölläri Markk...
markku.mollari@...
Sep 2, 1999 5:40 am
842
Dear Gregor & Co, I do positively not want to support any personal attacs on private persons in a public domaine media. But public persons like critics and...
ANTTI SAIRANEN
antti@...
Sep 2, 1999 8:09 am
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Dear Paul and friends, yesterday, while reading Farhan Malik's message, i didn't find anything wrong with it. Actually, I sent a private, enthusiastic message...
a.notar@...
Sep 2, 1999 8:50 am
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original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/greatpianists/?start=839 Without repeating what was said, I want to add that if someone takes issue with facts...
andrys@...
Sep 2, 1999 9:10 am
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It seems we have some real issues and differences. OK. As a practicing critic myself you might think I wanted to dodge the kind of message Farhan sent about...
Leslie Gerber/Parnass...
parnassus@...
Sep 2, 1999 12:28 pm
846
... Etudes. ... I'm afraid I have no particular expertise or wisdom to offer in the Chopin Etudes or recordings of the complete set; the "finest versions" for...
mglover@...
Sep 2, 1999 12:36 pm
847
... For the completist, Japanese pianist Takahiro Sonoda has also recorded the complete set, issued not so long ago. I don't believe it is listed in Manildi's...
Kwan Weng Kin
wengkin@...
Sep 2, 1999 12:43 pm
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Did Horowitz ever play Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini in public ? There is a reference to him playing the orchestral part in his lessons with...
Dr. Ates Tanin
atanin@...
Sep 2, 1999 1:29 pm
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Thanks for the kind words but I'm sure I'm as prone to slip-ups and pre-judgments as anyone else. Considering how little record critics get paid for their...
Leslie Gerber/Parnass...
parnassus@...
Sep 2, 1999 2:23 pm
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Horowtiz probably did not perform the Rhapsody. It was composed in 1934, he was absent from the concert stage in 1936-39, during the war years he played the...
MarcLevin@...
Sep 2, 1999 2:46 pm
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Leslie Gerber/Parnassus Records wrote: "s for Lupu, I consider him one of the supreme artists of the piano today, although I agree that his relatively limited...
Fred Feinberg
feinf@...
Sep 2, 1999 4:00 pm
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MarcLevin@... wrote: "...Horowitz probably had one of the widest in memory repertory of any pianist as is clear from the many stories by students and those...
Fred Feinberg
feinf@...
Sep 2, 1999 4:04 pm
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... Yes. I have found, of any version of the sets of impromptus, aside from selections by other artists (Richter immediately springs to mind, and Lonquich has...
PreviteJoseph@...
Sep 2, 1999 6:39 pm
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"Thomas R. Jones" wrote: "Several lists have almost been demolished because of flame wars and I think Paul is being protective of the list so it does not...
Fred Feinberg
feinf@...
Sep 2, 1999 9:12 pm
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I took lessons with Anievas for 5 months at Brooklyn College about 10 years ago- very nice fellow, I do have the original LP of the chopin etudes- he has a...
abachrach@...
Sep 2, 1999 9:16 pm
857
I know Mr. Benko from the time the IPL was in Manhatten- Mr. Benko told me years ago he was going to write a biography of Josef Hoffman- So, Mr. Benko- I hope...
abachrach@...
Sep 2, 1999 9:16 pm
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... when ... skirts ... nor ... fact, they ... An Open Letter to Gregor Benko Dear Mr. Benko, Okay, here goes. I intend no disrespect in what follows - in...
marnest@...
Sep 2, 1999 9:17 pm
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original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/greatpianists/?start=850 ... the ... points ... was to ... Navah Perlman played that concerto in Colorado Springs...
marnest@...
Sep 2, 1999 9:17 pm
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abachrach@... wrote: "I took lessons with Anievas for 5 months at Brooklyn College... His technique far transcends people like, Brendel, Feltsman...
Fred Feinberg
feinf@...
Sep 2, 1999 9:31 pm
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Horowitz recorded one piece by Medtner, the Fairy Tale Op. 51#3 for Columbia in 1963 (not sure about the date)........ Joe P....
JPPiano@...
Sep 2, 1999 10:36 pm
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Anievas played several concerts, including a series of four one summer, at the Byrdcliffe Barn in Woodstock. His playing was extremely uneven. Sometimes he...
Leslie Gerber/Parnass...
parnassus@...
Sep 3, 1999 12:34 am
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original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/greatpianists/?start=845 ... The "I think" was the choice of wording, so I see a little reservation there, or...