Tag: Classical music
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The Death of the Death of David Debrizzi, Paul Micou
I simply cannot understand why this wonderful novel is out of print and languishing at 1p second-hand on Amazon. My own copy has been reread so often that it’s falling apart more than my Real Book is (and that looks like confetti). Actually, I can understand why. The current trend in fiction publishing seems to…
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A Pianist’s A-Z, Alfred Brendel
I’m quite a fan of Alfred Brendel. Certainly as a pianist – his playing has great honesty and clarity, serving always the music, rather than himself. He is sincere about music without being precious about it, and heaven knows, we need more like that. He has made many excellent recordings, but I can single out…