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Jan 20, 2022
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Piano gems
I enjoyed Malcolm Hayes’s article exploring beyond Tchaikovsky’s greatest hits (, Christmas) but found it ironic that even he wholly ignored his nearly nine hours of piano music! If I had to pick a favourite? The lullaby Tchaikovsky wrote shortly before his death (Op. 72 No. 2 Berceuse) – with its repetitive minimal riff and lovely melody it sounds like a precursor to Satie, or Ravel’s . Michael Ponti’s recording is
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