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Topic: Interesting playing of Chopinīs Op 10-4 (Video)  (Read 1852 times)

Offline presto agitato

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Interesting playing of Chopinīs Op 10-4 (Video)
on: January 22, 2010, 03:02:03 AM
Funny? Grotesque? Interesting?

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Re: Interesting playing of Chopinīs Op 10-4 (Video)
Reply #1 on: January 22, 2010, 11:53:21 AM
A fine comedy act and each seem to continue playing the piece right along   :)
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Offline quantum

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Re: Interesting playing of Chopinīs Op 10-4 (Video)
Reply #2 on: January 22, 2010, 05:02:53 PM
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Made a Liszt. Need new Handel's for Soler panel & Alkan foil. Will Faure Stein on the way to pick up Mendels' sohn. Josquin get Wolfgangs Schu with Clara. Gone Chopin, I'll be Bach

Offline mousekowski

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Re: Interesting playing of Chopinīs Op 10-4 (Video)
Reply #3 on: February 24, 2010, 12:24:41 AM
I like it. Maybe that's how Godowsky got ideas for his transcriptions of the Chopin Etudes!
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Offline horowitzian

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Re: Interesting playing of Chopin´s Op 10-4 (Video)
Reply #4 on: February 27, 2010, 11:55:46 PM
That skit has Victor Borge written all over it. :)

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