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13 hours ago, soulpope said:

Rather new with me too .... really appreciate (t)his rather muscular approach ....

I think Hungerford's approach is somewhat reminiscent of Gilels'. Hungerford is perhaps a shades less "Olympian" than Gilels -- but they have a sort of TOUGHNESS and "no nonsense" command in common.

Or at least that's how I think about them.

 

EDIT: I think Hungerford is underrated, simply because he recorded for Vanguard and never had much of a career as a concert artist. But Hungerford has been recognized by some connoisseurs, which I assume played a part in Piano Classics reissuing his LvB piano sonatas. 

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7 hours ago, HutchFan said:

I think Hungerford's approach is somewhat reminiscent of Gilels'. Hungerford is perhaps a shades less "Olympian" than Gilels -- but they have a sort of TOUGHNESS and "no nonsense" command in common.

Or at least that's how I think about them.

 

EDIT: I think Hungerford is underrated, simply because he recorded for Vanguard and never had much of a career as a concert artist. But Hungerford has been recognized by some connoisseurs, which I assume played a part in Piano Classics reissuing his LvB piano sonatas. 

Believe the Gilels comparison is a valid point ....

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Terry Lynn Hudson playing Claude Debussy's Préludes Books I & II on MSR Classics.

http://www.msrcd.com/catalog/cd/MS1620

Magnificently played and recorded. Much better than one of those cold Osborne Hyperion Debussy discs (not préludes) I bought at a discount and suffered through for some time. Both the playing and recording are better here IMO.

One track from this 2CD available on soundcloud:

 

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