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Date:
Fri, 5 Mar 1999 17:28:55 -0800
Subject:
Re: Shostakovich Preludes & Fugues
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Ulvi Yurtsever <[log in to unmask]>
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Peter Lundin:

>Ulvi on my comments on Ashkenasy:
>
>>Somehow, Ashkenazy doesn't make me tremble with anticipation; after
>>all, this is not Rachmaninov.
>
>Well, I dont know if You imply that Ashkenazy playing Rachmaninov would be
>more trembling than VA playing Shostakovich? Or if You imply that SR was/is
>a better composer than DS? Or that You just mourn the fact that SR died
>long before DS ever wrote op. 87, and that he (SR), based on what 'we'
>have heard of his playing would be the perfect executor of these pieces?

All I'm thinking is that the Op.87 demands a pianist who is a formidable
Bach interpreter; after all, DSCH wrote them specifically for such
a pianist. On the face of it, Ashkenazy doesn't fit the bill.

But then again, maybe he'll prove himself to be some kind of a wild-card,
and I'll be happy to be proven wrong.

Ulvi
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