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Nina Dorliac on Richter: When he sat on the jury at the first International Tchaikovsky Competition, he immediately singled out Van Cliburn as having no rival among the other contestants. He gave Cliburn the highest mark and zeros for the other... 
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and Artur Pizzaro, Rachmaninoff Complete Piano Works7 cds, exquisite 
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now listeningTchaikovsky Piano Recital, Sviatoslav Richter (1983) RRC 1093the master  
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yes, Pletnev's Schuman is a gemyes, Argerich is superband I have a recording of them playing togetherProkofiev Cinderella SuiteRavel Ma Mere l'Oye  (Mother Goose) 
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ftmmy favorite Tchaikovsky player is Pletnev. 
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thanks newbee, that is 11 hours!i have been listening to Vladmir Feltsman, A Tribute to Tchaikovsky,but it is only an hour!I also like the old Gary Graffman recordings 
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Ginette Doyen, as good as it ever got Listening to her Mendelssohn Song Without WordsAlso recommend her complete Faure and her French Piano School (Indy, Magnard, Severac, Causson, Ropartz, Roussel)Still looking for her Chopin Ballades, Saint-Sae... 
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I have 3 different publications of the same Petrouchka recording by Pollini.The original DG, the 13 cd compilation, and the Great Pianists of 20th Century.I also have Gilels' recording, which is magnificent.And Weissenberg.And Marcelle Meyer.All t... 
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yes yesI have the Pollini Stravinsky "petrushka" as part of a 13 cd set from GDand I love Angela Hewitt's Couperin (3 cds on hyperion), her Chabrier, Faure, Debussy, Chopin, Liszt, Beethoven, Handel & Haydnand she plays well with others too 
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I also love Angela Hewitt, especially her Bach. A worthy successor to Gould's Canadian crown. Playing this week in Vienna! 
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Re Gould and RichterThere are so many recordings of Richter, and of course some are better than others technically.  But the good recordings establish Richter in my mind as the premier pianist of his era.I heard a recital by a man originally from ... 
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Just "discovered" Vladimir Viardohe was not allowed outside USSR until Gorbachevthen he went to Texascheck out this youtube compilation:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFmEBtLQk1s&list=PLB_VhZSvJ9Clb9b-5_6NmZSNCEEPr7dNB 
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Been listening to Dang Thai Sonvery nice, lots of Chopin on youtube, also some Rachmaninoffhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1YIgziL7mU 
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Jimre Bolet, Schubert Song TranscriptionsI have a collection of 9cds by Bolet, on Decca"Liszt, The Piano Works"and cd2 includes the Schubert Song Transcriptions + Wanderer FantasieI have no idea if this is the same recording you mentionbut I love it 
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glad you liked it Jimyes, Berman got taken out of international circulation for yearsi read that it was because he married a french womanEventually he was allowed to move to ItalyI think it was Ashkenazy that first broke out of USSR control, gradu...