Leslie Kinton ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>If one defines technique as "the physical means one employs to create the
>desired sound", then I still say the Hammerkavier is the most difficult
>piece technically as well.

There are certainly pianists - Demidenko is one - who never programme it
in their recitals.

deryk barker
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