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In the Thread: The today’s take on Rachmaninoff’s Third.
Post Subject: Trophy PiecePosted by Paul S on: 9/22/2009
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I could think of a list of these sorts of programs that seemingly every aspiring musician must prove him/herself with. Also, there is a very tough, resiliant layer of suck-up "critics" that gush in chorus whenever "big name" or "future big-name" artists and ensembles perform or record any of these pieces.
And the various interpretation-du-Jour cycles seem to recur periodically. For example, apparently I was not alone in listening to Rachmaninoff play his own work. It seems like his rather "eliptical" take on the piece was subsequently "copied" and exaggerated by new waves of musical aspirants looking for a "genuine" interpretation.
At least some of these trophy pieces are actually great music, and fortunately there are actually some fine performances of these pieces.
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