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Jorge Bolet & Emil Gilels
On 6 March 1983, Gilels performed in London's Royal Festival Hall: Brahms Variations on a Theme by Paganini Opus 35 (Book 1); Fantasias Opus 116Schumann 4 Klavierstücke Opus 32; Symphonic Studies Opus 13 Jorge was in London to record Liszt's Années de pèlerinage: Suisse S160 during 8-11 March 1983 in Kingsway Hall, which would constitute volume 5 of his Liszt series for Decca. Peter Wadland, JB's producer for DECCA, remembers Bolet & Russian pianist Emil Gilels (1916
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Jorge Bolet and the Train Driver
Sunday, 21 October 1956, Åmål in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. Svenska Dagbladet says 'the famous American will visit the Music...
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Arthur Rubinstein quotes Godowsky
In a BBC television interview in 1968, Bernard Levin asked Rubinstein if it helped for the audience to have a technical knowledge of the...
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Bolet and Schiff: change the text?
What about the notes the composer wrote on the page? "I have been criticised for saying something like this; butI still. believe it:...
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"There isn't much time for the Ivory Tower"
Very interesting section added, after I found an article by JB in Etude, November 1951. Once you are on your way, artistic abstractions...
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Bolet on Cuba and Poland
An interview with the Leidsch Dagblad (5 December, 1983) became quite animated. There was a big feature, with Charles van der Leeuw...
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