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BEETHOVEN: CELLO SONATAS 3 & 5 (EMI). The preternaturally gifted cellist Jacqueline Du Pre exudes sensitivity and breathtaking virtuosity as she teams up with pianist Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich on this digital reissue...
Among the few modern concert performers whom even the tone-deaf have heard of, none is more intriguing than the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould -- not only because of his electrifying reinventions of Bach's Goldberg Variations, among other pieces, but also because of the strikingly eccentric artistic creation that was his life. Who could forget the singular genius who shuffled about on summer days swathed in mufflers and overcoats (because of his hypochondria), and in concerts sat himself down on a pygmy chair and proceeded to sigh, groan, sing and wave his hands about as he played? Who could resist...
...young vice consul senses an approaching malaise in Hamburg: "The city talks with a thrilling breathless strength through the restless machinery of its harbor, and yet talks with the voice of unutterable horror, through the lurid, repulsive alleys of St. Pauli." Kennan watches a 23-year-old pianist who is "Jewish, from Russia, and evidently is rumored to be near to death with tuberculosis . . . When he played . . . it seemed as though he himself were being played upon by some unseen musician -- as though every note were being wrung out of him." Many things have altered in six decades...
Asked to characterize his playing style, Hinton says he tries to avoid excessive emphasis on technique. "Some people think the [pianist] should be some kind of transparent glass window that you can look through and see the composer," he explains. "I think it's more complicated than that...
According to Garraway, Hinton joins select company with his December victory. Past competition-winners include cellist Yo Yo Ma '76 and pianist Ursula Oppens...