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Nothing comes easy

recently attended a ‘hot ticket’ recital at Wigmore Hall: Martha Argerich and Sergei Babayan playing Mozart and Prokofiev on two pianos. It was the encore, though – the Barcarolle from Rachmaninov’s Suite No 1 – that had me spellbound. It sounded so effortless, so cascades sound so perfect takes phenomenal coordination and touch.

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