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Lara Logan posted this on Twitter: Note the contradictions............(sorry if you all have seen this before)

Phenomenal performances! The Tarantelle is a little too frantic, but they pulled it off. Trifonov looks like he's possessed when he plays. Has an incredible technique. Thanks for sharing!

I thought all chemistry jokes argon. You post good jokes periodically, Mik.

Just curious Jon, how did you upload the CD cover with the recording?

@jon-nyc Nicely played, but a little too subdued. My benchmarks are Ashkenazy, Lugansky, and more recently Steven Osborne. I also have an old Jean-Phillipe Collard box set which include some of the Etudes. I really like it. I heard him once in a recital. I found out afterwards he played with the flu. It showed me how the pros can play really well even when feeling like crap.

@Rich you can watch his program again if you click on the link above. I watched it again from the beginning. I still marvel at Hamelin's musicianship and astounding technique.

Wow! The best performance of "Fireworks" I've ever heard. The palette of sounds he gets from the piano is awesome.

@jon-nyc It's marked "sff sec" which is sforzando, dry sound. I guess he wanted a true "thud"

@jon-nyc I don't know, must be in the score. I'll have to look.

Supreme control. He gets such a beautiful sound.

Live performance going on now.........

https://livestream.com/92y/events/9068034

@Mik Nice! I well remember the blooming of tulips in Cincinnati during springtime.