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Boston went on a pianistic spree over the week end, with Mr. Bauer and Mr. Grainger conducting the celebrations. The latter gave a recital Saturday afternoon, in Jordan Hall, of which it is hard to speak moderately. Playing the Chopin B minor sonata, a Bach prelude and fugue, Schumann's Symphonic Studies, and Balakirev's Islamey, he proved himself to be a skilled pianist and musician, truly worthy of being classed with the greatest. His playing of the Bach fugue drew enthusiasm even from the most skeptical, who were...
...seemed a recital to be remembered, along with few others. His playing of the Chopin sonata was masterly; he is master of every mood, and one movement seemed better played than the preceding...
This afternoon, in Jordan Hall, Mr. Percy Grainger, returning after a long absence from Boston, will play the Chopin sonata in B minor, the Schumann Symphonic Studies, and sundry other pieces, including two sonatas of Scarlatti...
Vladimir de Pachmann gave his second recital. He played the piano and did not talk. He played Chopin and nothing else. His audience was amazed at his vocal silence and delighted with his instrumental melody...
...Chopin is de Pachmann's specialty, and at this second recital Chopin was revealed in utter beauty...