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January 1985 London
Two reviews of the first Jorge Bolet concert I ever heard. At that time, I travelled up from Oxford for the evening and went backstage (of course) afterwards. I remembered being surprised to see him smoking (!) and he had a huge black overcoat/cape lying on a table, every inch the dapper gentleman from a past age.
Blue Pumpkin
Feb 181 min read
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Jorge Bolet "Claire de Lune"
Jorge Bolet "Claire de Lune" I recently came upon this gem from Larry Yungk's YouTube Channel (he has been an occasional but very fine source of JB information over the many years of this website). It's been online for 12 years but I knew nothing about it. I'm now ashamed to say -also - that I never spotted it on the Marston 6 CD set, or if I did, I don't recall. Christian Johansson's website on pianists has given some background. He suggests. a date of 1980: University o
Blue Pumpkin
Nov 25, 20251 min read
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