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2leftears, give these a listen:RichterBrendelGilelsSolomonBoletArgerichFreireOgdonCziffraRubinsteinHorowitzBiretVolodos 
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now listening toPiano Trios, Gilels, Kogan, Rostropovich, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Schumann, Saint-Saens, Borodin+ Quartet by Faure and Horn Trio by Brahms6 cdsit does not get any better 
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My Favorite String QuartetFifty years ago, the Alban Berg Quartet was founded. A huge box set, comforting yet daring, is an immersive celebration. The two occasions on which I saw them, however — a Bartok-Mozart program in London and a grippi... 
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Nikita Magaloff - Pianist & Teacher [DVD] [2011]Magaloff listening and teaching 3 different students, including Philip Cassard.  This video greatly increased my appreciation of the nuances of classical piano.It's in French, available from Ama... 
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Dina Ugorskaja Bach Fugue No 24 in B Minor, BWV 869exquisiterecently deceased Dina is daughter of AnatolAnatol is still going strongone of my favorite recordings is the two of them playing together https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH5lgcw6eD4 
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More Nikita MagaloffChopin, The Complete Piano Music, 13 cdsScriabin, Les trois cahiersGreat Pianists 067, 2 cdsawesome, highly recommended there is also a 21 cd collection that I cannot find 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZfHsE6Kc1Y 
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Stephen Hough I hear there is a new recording of Beethoven Concertos since the Brahms you mention.I love Stephen Hough.  My fav is his Mompou.  But don't take my word for it:http://www.stephenhough.com/https://www.classicfm.com/artists/stephen-ho... 
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Ivan MoravecHis Chopin Nocturnes are recognized as best ever.Moravec was already well known in Czechoslovakia when he was "discovered" by Alan Silver, who ran Connoisseur Records.Alan recorded him playing Chopin, and helped him get his first engag... 
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Yvonne Lefébure Debussy: Jardins sous la pluie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGIUXx5elYAinterviews, a riot, must watchhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoBZHQ9P6no\ Schumann Variations posthumes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mHW0kGnsR4 Bach/... 
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Rachmaninov, Vespers Live from Southwell Ex Cathedra, directed by Jeffrey Skidmore, perform Rachmaninov's Vespers. Carris Jones, mezzo-soprano Jeremy Budd, tenor  
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from pianostreet: This performance given by Georges Cziffra took place September 20, 1962 in Montreux, France, under conductor Roberto Benzi with the Orch. National de la RTF. The live recording was never commercially released and is not availa... 
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Listening to Vladimir SofronitskyLiszt, Annees de Pelerinage. recorded 1949-53takes my breath away, so beautiful, masterful 
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Puccini based his Madame Butterfly on a short story by John Long, which was based upon a French novel by Pierre Loti.  Subsequently, David Belasco wrote a one act play "Madame Butterfly, A Tragedy of Japan" which Puccini saw in Londonin 1900. 
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On Madame butterfly, Puccini made extensive use of Japanese melodies.  Quite different from "North Africa" melodies."One of the more striking aspects of exoticism in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is the extentto which the composer incorporated Japane...