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Old 07-06-2022, 05:47 PM   #30 (permalink)
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I take your point but wonder if you understand what it feels like for someone suffering ‘perfect pitch’ ? Try running your fingernails over sandpaper and you may get the idea.
As to today’s pianists, yes, they’re mostly a dull lot specialising in demonstrating how fast they can play. The Chinese are the worst at this game. Lucky for me there's a local piano teacher, once a small time concert pianist, who gives intimate little recitals on her Berzendorfer Grand. To my ears these make Yamaha’s & Steinways sound dull. Elizabeth Schwarzkopf refused to be accompanied by Bersendorfers claiming “They out-sing me”.
How the **** do you think I knew that the Schumann recording was in D minor rather than in C sharp? You must be a bit of a thicko...
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