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Date:
Thu, 27 Jan 2005 13:11:15 +1100
Subject:
Re: Bortkiewicz Piano Concertos
From:
Richard Pennycuick <[log in to unmask]>
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Dave Harman:

>I never heard the Mitchell/Strickland recording, only the Hyperion.
>But the Hyperion notes mention the recording: "The Bortkiewicz
>Concerto has been recorded once before, albeit in a heavily cut
>version."

True enough.  I just checked the old LP on which the concerto runs about
28 minutes.  The Hyperion is about 36.

If I have the right CD, I think the Milennium containing this with the
Britten Piano Concerto omits the last movement of the Britten.  Now that
*is* drastic surgery!

Richard Pennycuick

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