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- From: dozonoff@bu.edu (david ozonoff)
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- Subject: Re: DSCH's String Quartets
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- Date: 25 Jan 93 01:04:58 GMT
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- Bob Sutton (bobs@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu) wrote:
- : In article <1993Jan19.012624.6555@news.yale.edu> kwok@radiant.eng.yale.edu writes:
- : >
- : >Anyone has any opionions on his piano concerto?
- :
- : I assume you are refering to the TWO piano concerti. The first one is pretty
- : good (and rather unique in the repertoire.) The second concerto is good and
- : his its moments of brilliance of typical DS sentimentalism. But the first
- : concerto is better. IMHO, get a CD with *both* if you can find one.
- :
- There is a MCA Classics Double Decker (often selling for under $10 for 2 discs)
- that has both piano conerti on it as well as symphonies #1 and 5 and Age of Gold
- Ballet Suite! Recordings are old, but sound is not bad, and performaces of conerti by Eugene List terrific.
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