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Mon, 8 Jan 2001 09:04:16 -0500
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Fredrik Soderstrom <[log in to unmask]>
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Steven Martin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I have heard the Previn/Ashkenazy and it is also pretty good but not in
>the same league as Munch/Janis.  I would be curious to hear what Naxos
>has to offer.  IIRC they have a cycle with the same pianist who has done
>some wonderful Prokofiev Sonatas but whose name escapes me.

You are probably thinking of Bernd Glemser.

Naxos has also recently recorded a new cycle with Idil Biret.  I have not
heard it, but apparently it is not so bad.  But the best Naxos recordings
are the historical ones where Rachmaninov plays himself.

Fredrik

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