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...music in the collection was previously unavailable on CD, and some pieces, such as Clifford Curzon playing Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 27, have never before been released commercially in any format. Deacon scoured the archives--and his own collection--for rare and historic performances. He passed over Alexis Weissenberg's famed 1971 recording of Scriabin's Nocturne for the Left Hand, and hunted down the master of Weissenberg's obscure 1950 version of the piece, which, says Deacon, is "perhaps the most poised and beautiful recording ever made...
...Alexis Weissenberg and Boston Symphony play Rachmaninoff and Ravel in open rehearsal at Symphony Hall...
Boston's Symphony Hall offers an outstanding opportunity for good music next Wednesday. The BSO is presenting open rehearsals for the twentieth consecutive year, and the second of the season is February 22 at 7:30. Pianist Alexis Weissenberg performs Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 with Seiji Ozawa conducting; also on the program are Ravel's Valses nobles et sentimentales and his La Valse. This rehearsal promises to be exciting and enjoyable, and it should not be missed. Weissenberg is one of the premier technicians and artists of the day and Rachmaninoff's Third Concerto one of the most...
Before Kayden locked the doors to the seminar, Weissenberg said he welcomed the seminar's "informal basis, where communication can happen." He said it shoold be open to whoever was interested--"both pianists and those interested in music...
...Weissenberg was in town to play Tchaikowsky's First Piano concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra...