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Music: Among the Recitalists

Adler, Lawrence | April 24, 1929 issue

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This article focuses on Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff who plays Beethoven with prophetic violin and Chopin in the truly grand manner. Few pianists have succeeded in molding the sonata in B-flat Minor with such noble largesse of contour and at the same time such exalted but austere heroism. Indeed, Mr. Rachmaninoff has advanced beyond the stage of what is often miscalled pianism, that is, merely bringing the composer's intentions into close rapport with his own virtuosity and the powers of display offered by the instrument.

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RACHMANINOFF, Sergei, 1873-1943; MUSICIANS; INSTRUMENTALISTS; MUSIC; COMPOSERS; VIOLIN

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