Summary
Dhuga reviews Chopin's Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 by Maurizio Pollini and Chopin's Sonata No. 3 in B-minor, Op. 58 by Schiff.
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Chopin at Carnegie Hall
Chopin at Carnegie Hall
RARELY TODAY DOES ONE ATTEND, in New York, a piano recital at which Chopin is not on the program. More rarely still does one hear, outside of Europe, Chopin played on a piano other than a Steinway. The present music chronicle is less chronologically expansive than my previous essays, focussing instead on three excellent piano recitals held this autumn at Carnegie Hall. Dovetailing with my reviews of Carnegie Hall's piano recitals, I shall conclude by discussing a broader cultural problem which has received, as far as my eyes can see, no attention from American music critics-viz., what has become Steinway's deplorable monopolization of certain American concert venues (and record labels). For a country which prides itself on cultural a...See the full content of this document
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