In Reply to: Greatest musician? Of what kind of music? I cannot think of a pianist who could be said to posted by tinear on November 15, 2011 at 16:05:47:
That's news to me - and Heifetz lumped together with Wilhelm Kempff? I can't imagine two more disparate artists - Heifetz the very definition of brilliance, with Kempff the personification of middle European moderation.
BTW, in the Earl Wild memoirs I've just finished, he devotes a whole chapter (or close to that) to how much he hates Isaac Stern! One of Wild's assertions is that when Stern "saved" Carnegie Hall (Wild is very skeptical about this!), he had a private sound feed built in from the stage to his (Stern's) NYC apartment so that he could "spy" on what people were saying during rehearsals!
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Follow Ups
- Stern is a consensus favorite in Bach??? - Chris from Lafayette 17:13:37 11/15/11 (5)
- When I listen to Heifetz, as opposed to Szeryng and Oistrakh, - tinear 07:52:35 11/16/11 (3)
- Kempff and emotion - DemSpinner 08:40:39 11/17/11 (0)
- Two Names Solve The Whole Question - Mike Porper 14:12:06 11/16/11 (0)
- I kind of see what you mean - Chris from Lafayette 09:00:03 11/16/11 (0)
- RE: Stern is a consensus favorite in Bach??? - rbolaw 17:48:01 11/15/11 (0)