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  1. Alexander Hawkins
    Thank you!
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    Indeed! Actually went back to this Gerontius the other night after watching a nice new BBC documentary about Baker...
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    Wow...Janet Baker on this recording...incredible...
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    Absolutely! This recording is new to me, but as you say...incredible clarity.
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    Tunes, but pretty open!
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    For me, some of the greatest piano playing committed to record. (Apologies for hyperbole, but...)
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    Don’t know this one, but listened to Neumann/Czech Philharmonic doing Mahler 2 only yesterday...also wonderful!
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    Now playing:
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    Was revisiting the Stephen Kovacevich recordings recently...also wonderful IMHO!
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    Very much so...desert island stuff in practically everything he plays, for my tastes at least!
  15. Alexander Hawkins
    I think Pollini is a genius (even with all the provisos for this being an overused word) in Beethoven concerti (and the sonatas and Diabellis, FWIW). I also find this recording, of him playing some when very young, fascinating: And this document is also very special:
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    WTC II
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    WTC I.
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    Really wonderful Schumann 'Noveletten'.
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    I'm not sure if this is available to listen to outside the UK (certainly the download seems to be UK only, but streaming may be fine?), but I always enjoy listening to this BBC programme, and that's the link to a comparative listening they did of Brandenburg recordings.
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