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Eliso Virsaladze This pianist is truly incredible. She is almost as old as I am.  From Tbilisi and then Moscow.  quoteWhat are you conscious of when you approach, for example, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, etc.?(Virsaladze)Well, you can't expre... 
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Maria Tipo, Chopin Nocturne >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGnLj4F0yas  
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I heard Nathan Milstein play Tchaikovsky concerto with Eugene Normandy and Philadelphia Orchestra, Thanksgiving 1960.  His bow began shedding, concertmaster offered his, offered shaken off, music proceeded with NM pulling loose hair off the bow wh... 
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Angela Hewitt has a new Fazioli piano to replace the one that movers dropped.  But the new one has only 3 pedals, whereas the old one had 4.You can't always get what you want.https://www.facebook.com/Angela-Hewitt-201013549988366/videos/angelas-ne... 
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JimHis Chopin mazurkas are superb, unhurried, deeply melodic.His Scarlatti sonatas bounce! 
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more links to Fou Ts’ong recordings & videoshttps://www.forte-piano-pianissimo.com/Fou-Ts-ong.html 
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https://scroll.in/video/982703/legendary-pianist-fou-tsong-dies-of-covid-19-watch-his-captivating-pe... 
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Fou Ts’ongChinese pianist, 86 years old, has died of corona virus.  He gained fame in europe beginning in 1955, and eventually sought refuge during Mao's time.I found 2 recordings by him: Chopin mazurkas and Scarlatti sonatas.Article about him in ... 
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JimMustonen is scheduled to play in London in March.https://de.schott-music.com/shop/autoren/olli-mustonen/ 
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jimlove that mustonen recording, both the alkan and the shostakovichhttps://www.allmusic.com/album/shostakovich-preludes-op-34-alkan-preludes-op-31-mw00018409902leftearslove that  Alkan's Grande Sonate "Les Quatre Agespianist is Hamelin, awesome 
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Schubert:try looking for it under Cuarteto Casals (with a C instead of a Q) 
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The Yale Quartethttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f81GcoYsxfg&list=PLHuZcgj4as6XCF7H_HieHEVR29lz2zZb3https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftK3eT_Tlik&list=PL9W1r-HCuTOZh0Epwlx6TLMuk5EpxYBF3 
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BEETHOVEN The New Complete Edition 118 cdshttps://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/catalogue/products/beethoven-the-new-complete-edition-4944 
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" he remained an engaged and worldly businessman, who managed to sell the score of the Missa Solemnis to three different publishers at once (the triple-dating only came to light when two of the publishers met at a trade fair in Leipzig). "http... 
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Hamelin at VerbierI have not been a big fan of Hamelin.  Have always appreciated his skill and his daring to play difficult pieces, but always found something lacking.  Until now.His Field Andante just blew my mind!  And his countenance at the key...