Deryk Barker <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>Madge's 1983 recording was substantially shorter than Ogdon's. JO's
>weighed in at 4 3/4 hours and I think GM's was just over 4.
Ah, my mistake, sorry. I knew that they were quite different but
forgot which way the comparison went.
>Have you ever looked at the score?
Yes, and I followed it while listening to the Ogdon recording.
>I don't think an accurate rendering is physically possible by a
>single pianist. The final page IIRC extends to something like six
>staves.
I can understand the performer fudging those parts of the piece, but I'm
talking about mistakes all the way through. (I also realize that the score
has a lot of typos, but I can't imagine that that accounts for all the
discrepancies.)
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