Aaron Rabushka ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>I was recently listening to Schnabel's late Beethoven sonatas (28-32), and
>for musicality they can't be beat. His Hammerklavier has some noticeable
>wrong notes, the type of flub that many would now take the time to do over
>in recordings.
Don't forget that, in the days of 78s, you couldn't do that. Any retake
had to be of a whole side (c4 minutes).
Astonishing, the majority of Casals' Bach cello suites are first takes -
the remaining sides are all second.
Deryk Barker
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