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Steve Schwartz <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 26 Feb 2000 06:29:35 -0600
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Cody Obst asks:

>Hi!  I am looking for some good recordings of the Liszt Piano Concerto
>Number One in E-Flat Major.  I was wondering if any of you had any
>suggestions about your favorites.

I always liked Richter.  Rubinstein (which I heard once) seemed OK.
Brendel was surprisingly bland.  Avoid Entremont.

>Also, what is your opinion about the speed at which it was taken? I was
>doing some reading about how performers tend to take this concerto much
>faster that what Liszt may have originially intended.

I have no opinion.  You already know more than I do.

Steve Schwartz

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