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1.Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Maria Yudina from: Great Pianists of the 20th Century February 01, 1999
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I strongly suspect some previous reviewers have been to some degree swayed by the reputation of Mariya Yudina as some sort of sainted personage during the Stalin regime. In her personal behavior that may have been the case, but if one listens to her playing of these three giant sets of variations, surely among the greatest ever written, one comes to the conclusion that these are fine but not great readings. And there are some worrisome aspects to them as well. For instance, in the 'Diabelli' Variations she plays some passages in the wrong octave; granted others have done that with Bach (Feltsman, for instance) and one supposes that could be an artistic choice rather than simply wrongheaded. But she also leaves out some measures along the way. ... Read More:

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