21 May 2012
New in Blog: Accusing finger pointed at today's mediocre pianists
What strikes me most in recent years in Holland (and maybe it’s the same all around the world for all I know) is that, for the most part, only the old recognized masters are performed by today's pianists - and by old masters I mean such figures as Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt, Debussy and to a lesser extent Schönberg, Stravinsky and Messiaen. Performances of more “modern” works by post 1950 composers are virtually non-existant. .... read more in my blog