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now listening to Louis Lorte and Helene Mercier, Rachmaninov Piano Duetssuperb! 
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SchubertYes indeed, I have read that Russians who had political power preferred Czech pharmaceuticals, in the 60's this included birth control pills. 
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now listening to Shostakovich plays ShostakovichIt is a Czech cd of broadcast recordings from 1955-7.I like it very much, especially the piano quintet, the cello sonata,and the preludes (one of them arranged for violin & piano).It also include... 
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begging your pardonnow i see that the Fazioli she is playing has "only" 3 pedalsso it is not the one recently destroyed 
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now watching/listening to Angela Hewitt at BBC Proms 2011playing Brahms and Schuman on her late lamented Fazioli 278 four pedalexquisite, and of it is all from memory, no paperworkit is difficult to see her pedaling, and I have no idea what a 4th ... 
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Angela Hewitt’s unique F278 Fazioli was destroyed in an attempt to lift it on to a trolley Hewitt said her F278 Fazioli, the only one in the world fitted with four pedals, and worth at least £150,000, was “kaputt”. She said: “I hope my piano w... 
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Listening to Angela Hewitt' s Couperin.It does not get any better! 
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Paul Lewisjust listened to his Beethoven sonatas, his Weber, and his Schubert recordings, still downloading his Haydni really like his Schubertthanks for the tip! 
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Host David Dubal begins a new series on two keyboard masters born in 1685: Johann Sebastian Bach and Domenico Scarlatti. These two composers were the titans of the late Baroque period, and their work has continued to ... 
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Now watching Yuja Wang, Verbier 2010, playing Schuber/Liszt, Gretchen am Spinrade, etc.One of my favorite pieces, played as well as any ever. 
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Yuja Wang, Fantasiafantastic!  esp Rachmaninov Elegie 
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Jim Love Barenboim's playing most anything, one of my favorites.Have you listened to his "on my new piano"?I don't know about his "dark side".I do appreciate his collaborations with the late Edward Said to form the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. 
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i did not write it, entirely quotessource is the link providedthere is a lot more there including pictures etcabout Bolet's lifeincluding his "Mikado" in occupied Japan in 1946 
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The famous (notorious) Etudes Godowsky's most famous work in this genre is the 53 Studies on Chopin's Études (1894–1914), in which he varies the (already challenging) original études using various methods: int... 
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Leopold Godowsky It is during these early years of the 1930s that Bolet had some sessions with the legendary pianist Leopold Godowsky, going up to New York City for lessons.   JB’s teacher at Curtis, David ...