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eioI love Sofronitsky.I have several collections of his recordings, including Melodiya, Vista Verdi, Brilliant Classics, and Denon (which is Japanese I believe).  I find all of his recordings wonderful.  Technically, some are better than others, b... 
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Been listening to Paul Badura-Skoda, some very old recordings.some modern piano, some historic pianos."He is the only person to have recorded the complete piano sonatas of Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert on both historic and modern instruments."T... 
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Re James LevineSo perhaps the Parthenon should be bulldozed? 
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Alexandre Kantorowoutstanding young Russian pianistBrahms Bartok and Liszt (2020)andA la Russe (2017) 
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ftmFeltsman's "Tribute to Tchaikovsky" is superb. 
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Vladmir FeltsmanTruly great pianist, love his Bach, Chopin, Beethoven, Scriabin. 
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Ross also recorded Couperin (12 cd), Soler, Rameau (3cd). 
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" Ross, by then adept at the organ, entered the Nice Conservatory, where he delved into — and increasingly concentrated on — the harpsichord.“A friend and I used to let ourselves get locked in the conservatory at night,” he told an interviewer... 
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Alexandre Tharaud  
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re Mompou, please do not forget Aethur Rubinstein, Music of Spainalso The Rubinstein Collection Stephen Hough, Piano Music of Mompou Jenny Lin, Silent Music Andrew Tyson, Landscapes Josep Colom, Momou - Piano Music Mompou hims... 
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I am a big fan of pianist Laurent Martin.Just "discovered" his recording (with Claudine Simon) of Mel Bonis'"Le Songe de Cleopatre" 
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schubertMozart was born 27 January 1756.So yesterday was his 265th birthday. 
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http://www.cinetecavirtual.cl/cineteca/index.php/Detail/objects/4523link to 1935 movie "Dreams of Love" starring Claudio Arrau as Lisztmore about this movie herehttps://www.thepianofiles.com/claudio-arrau-plays-liszt-literally-in-1935/ 
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Dreams of Love (1935) This movie cast Arrau as Liszt.Has anyone ever seen it?Do you have a link? 
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Yes, she studied with Neuhaus.quote(Virsaladze)A bad pianist can either play a Steinway well or ruin it. It doesn't bother me to play any instrument, and not just because of that. But unfortunately the pianos provided at Moscow Conservatory are in...