Word: rigolettoã
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...four. As if the overwhelming virtuosity of Pictures was not enough, the encores were transcendental displays of Romantic pianism. First, he played Balakirev’s arrangement of a Glinka song, “The Lark,” then offered Liszt’s “Rigoletto??�� paraphrase of Verdi. Both demonstrated the utmost in fluidity and lyricism—in Kissin’s hands, the hideously difficult becomes the sublimely simple, even if the material is third-rate fluff. Scriabin’s D-sharp minor Étude (Op. 8, #12) was next...
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