Word: rachmoninoff
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...last round of the 1993 competition was dominated by Rachmoninoff concertos, but Taylor impressed the judges with his interpretations of the Brahms concerto in B-flat major and Bach’s concerto in d minor, and received wide acclaim for the resulting recording. He saved Rachmaninoff for an encore, when he played the “Etude-Tableau...
...second encore consisted of “Spring Wonders,” another Rachmoninoff work which, despite his flourishing runs on the piano, Thibaudet had allegedly learned the day before. Fleming then showcased some of her jazz repertoire—she has previously been featured on a jazz album, Two Worlds—with a new rendition of “Over the Rainbow.” Fleming attempted a lot with Judy Garland’s classic, but crossing genres with such a popular song is always fraught with peril. In the future, Fleming would be wise to choose...
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