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Classical 101Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Paul Hindemith: two Russians and a German, one a repatriated son of Mother Russia and two permanent exiles from…
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Classical 101It was just over a year ago that changes at Steinway and Sons, mostly behind-the-scenes to that point, began to be visible to the general public. They…
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Classical 101The "Rach 3" as it's sometimes called, strikes fear into the heart of lesser pianists--but not Stewart Goodyear, who will be heard as the soloist in a new…
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Classical 101The story goes that Sergei Rachmaninoff had huge hands, so big that it makes playing his music quite difficult for those of us who don't have NBA-sized…