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Ahhh.....I see. In my experience most reductions were done much later than the composition by a discretely if at all credited person, and playing concertos, particularly piano concertos (due to monotony of texture) have always been considered a kind of evil necessity to perform pieces, approximating...

Just out of complete curiosity, why would you want such a thing? A recording of the concerto with piano reduction instead of orchestra, right? Maybe I'm misunderstanding something here...

It took me many years to do that lick (and Gershwing Rhapsody in Blue) reliably. I think someone said something about sliding fingers off and loose embechoure here earlier, that's good advice. But I would like to add- be attentive which direction you slide your fingers off- I mean, they are going to...

I had the time of my life there and cannot recommend it enough. I learned valuable life lessons, played a ton of great music, much of it for the first time, was immersed among like minded talented artistic peers, made lifelong friends, etc. I could go on and on. I even learned to canoe there. All ne...

I think Horenstein should be on the list. I'm not sure if I would vote for him, but I think he belongs on the list.

Very first post in this forum! First, with all due respect, Perlnerd666- I don't think you can count the Mozart Serenade or the Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments. Those are both chamber pieces. But if those are 'kosher', I would TOTALLY throw them in. No disagreement from me there. I'm just ...