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...Minneapolis. When working, Anderson likes to have Chopin on the hifi. When relaxing, he likes to stretch out on the floor in his shorts, drink beer and watch television. His wife admits, "It is hard to think of him as the Governor then...
...translate your perfect breathing control into my own phrasing, and I feel certain that Chopin had exactly that on his mind when he required rubato in his works." The technical musical discussion only infuriated the diva...
...family-he romanced the two daughters, titillated the mother, excited the son, who was afflicted, as Rubinstein quaintly puts it, "by a chronic physical deficiency which resulted in his inability to make love to a woman." In Paris, a countess eased up to the piano as he was playing Chopin and kissed him square on the lips "with a wild passion," while her husband dozed on the sofa...
Great Pianists of the Century Play Chopin (Cortot, Rubinstein, Gieseking, Arrau, Horowitz, Cherkassky, Malcuzynski, Lipatti, Anda, Seraphim; $2.98). Nine artists are represented in this Chopin collection assembled from monophonic recordings made between 1933 and 1959. The sound is not equal to contemporary standards, but it in no way obscures the distinctive style of each artist. Collectors will want this one. 25th Anniversary Season: Graffman Plays...
...Chopin (Gary Graffman in a selected re cital including the Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Andante Spianato and Grande Polo naise, Columbia; $5.98). Celebrating 25 years on the concert stage and still young at 44, Graffman gives a spirited performance infused with the authority of a master. Most revealing of all, perhaps, are the little pieces whose shift ing eminences of light and shade are as carefully traced and polished as the face of a fine jewel...