OK, this may go into the dumper faster than that three month old celery you just found at the back of the crisper...but I'm feeling pretty good about gettin' the new VCR workin' (Thanks one more time for Mudcat help and kindness) and I just saw ddw's mention of Vladimir Ahshkenaz's playing of the #2 Concerto.Any fans Of Mr. Rachmaninoff around? My mom used to play SOME classical music on piano when I was young, but she absolutely LOVED to play various LPs (remember them?) and entertain me with made up stories to go along with them. Although she was as wasp as could be, she could transport me to the Russian Steppes in about one minute flat.
Our recording of the C#m was done by Artur Rubenstein, and lordy, lordy, I got to SEE the great man (at Massey Hall in Toronto) shortly before he died. WHAT an experience! He did a whole program of Chopin, and I like to have died. Two nights later, I went to the same place and saw Pete Seeger. Yikes, what a week!
Cheers
Rick