![]() ![]() But I'll say no more other than I might enjoy Susan Boyle in her repertoire a bit more! (I did talk to a lady who thought the blind tenor was better than Bjoerling.) So now your question might be reversed as to what/how people actually listen TO in music. He also recorded for RCA (at least three CDs), but the technique wasn't really there (he tried!) and the musicality was lack-lustre. There is also the pianist, David Helfgott, of whom a movie was made. Base on the two 10-inch LPs I have, I don't believe it would have happened. Obviously, a presidential daughter would get special attention for possibilities of having a career. She probably shouldn't have, and maybe should have stuck to writing novels, instead. President Harry Truman's daughter, Margaret Truman, made some recordings for RCA Victor. Probably well meaning, his performances lacked in most everything (listen to some of his Vox recordings I don't believe they were ever reissued on CD). There was one person who made several recordings who probably never should have, and that was Richard Schulze of the Telemann Society. This happens to many great artists both classical and popular. just, perhaps, sloppy at times, or forgetful. ![]() But none of these artists were technically deficient and were musically "rich". 2 in G Major is legendary for a real slip-up. His musicianship/interpretative abilities were generally supreme (except, perhaps, in his recording of the Grieg Lyric Pieces - the heaviest "Butterly/Papillon" I've ever heard, weighing in at over 100 pounds!) His live recording of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. Emil Gilels had a superb technique and is one of the great masters of piano literature who had a broad repertoire. Both Horowitz and Rubinstein are known masters of the keyboard literature they play, though Rubinstein's recordings rarely show any technical glitches Horowitz, however, has "missed the boat" on occasion, but no matter, his readings are truly legendary and exhilarating - and memorable. However, even some of his recordings have flaws that would not be acceptable by today's standards yet his musicality is astounding. Among the outstanding interpretive and highly musical pianists comes to mind Alfred Cortot, one of the world's best known pianists in the 1920s to the late 1940s. There were/are, of course, pianists and other musicians who are top rank and can be expected to give outstanding performances technically and "musically." Of course, those who are not proficient generally do not make any recordings unless they issue them themselves. "Bang Bang" is a good example of outstanding technicality but performances are generally lacking in the musicality you allude to in your note.
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