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Why tone matters more than speed, why reading Goethe matters as much as practising octaves, and how a single insight can transform a performance. Italian pianist and scholar Andrea Bonatta has spent decades exploring the contradictions of Franz Liszt, from performer to man of faith, virtuoso to poet. Here, in conversation with Piano Street at Liszt Utrecht 2026, he shares his vision. Read more

Topic: The Best of the Romantic Era  (Read 1639 times)

Offline mjames

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The Best of the Romantic Era
on: October 23, 2014, 05:08:59 AM
I'll go first.


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Re: The Best of the Romantic Era
Reply #1 on: October 23, 2014, 09:20:29 AM

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Re: The Best of the Romantic Era
Reply #2 on: October 23, 2014, 05:22:45 PM
pls no jokes

they hurt me

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Re: The Best of the Romantic Era
Reply #3 on: October 23, 2014, 05:42:41 PM
The Best of the Romantic Era

Impossible for me to answer.

Right now, however, I really can't get enough of Lazar Berman's super Romantic rendition of the ossia cadenza in Rachmaninoff 3 (I know it's not exactly that era, but it's that style ;)):



The whole concerto by Berman (with Claudio Abbado and the London Symphony Orchestra) is here:
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