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...collective white spade beard about a brand-new horror. At year's end Delacroix' place would be up for sale, and rumor had it that a nightclub was dickering for the property. The Société felt that Delacroix, who had been a close friend of Chopin, would conceivably have found le jazz hot even weirder than the art of his modernist descendents...
...strong and sure...Not only does he play such numbers [as the Paderewski Minuet in G] completely and correctly, seldom if ever missing or muffing a note, but he evidences keen insight into the composer's intent by subtle shadings of interpretation...[When] he tackled a bit of Chopin...I was downright floored. I knew he played well-but not that well...
That was nine years ago. Since then, the First Piano Quartet has crisscrossed the U.S. on concert tours, made dozens of recordings for RCA Victor (their Chopin Favorites album is No. 3 bestseller among classical albums), was co-winner of this year's Musical America award for the best instrumental ensemble on the air and helped NBC win the Peabody award for "good music." Last week, the First Piano...
...when the four boys had romped cleanly and lightly through their special arrangements of such numbers as Schubert's Impromptu in B-flat Major, the finale of Prokofiev's Classical Symphony, the first movement of Bach's Concerto in D Minor and some Chopin études -one to show that four pianos can ripple as fast as one-the near-sellout audience thumped their hands for more...
...sipped & supped at ten round tables, Concert Pianist Jose Iturbi and Barriee Breeskin, one of Washington society's favorite orchestra leaders, took turns at the piano. After the last toast, the President strolled to the piano himself, rendered a competent Paderewski Minuet in G and a work of Chopin whose title escaped him. General George Marshall and Presidential Adviser John Steelman joined the three piano players for a friendly argument about music. "I'm nuts about Chopin," said the President...