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Splendid piano music and interpretation.

Robert Manari | San Francisco, CA United States | 01/07/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Fine piano music hardly gets any better than this release. The music on this CD makes it one of the favorites in my entire collection. Katz's superb rendition of the Khachaturian Piano Concerto makes it, without any doubt, one of the best around. The same can be said about his Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1. I cannot recommend it high enough."

A Legend, but not in his own time.....

Charles Yulish | Washington, DC | 10/11/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"To me, Mindru Katz has been a legendary pianist since the late 1950s when I first heard his recording of the Prokofiev 1st and Khachaturian concerti on Vanguard Everyman records. I was in Cleveland, Ohio at the time and occasionally met with George Szell at rehearsals of the Cleveland Orchestra. I praised Katz's playing and gave him several of Katz's records to evaluate. I suggested that Dr. Szell might want to consider inviting Katz to perform with the orchestra. Some time later Szell remarked "Yes, he is very good, but there is no shortage of very good." I often think that performances by Katz, Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra would be have been truly legendary. Charles Yulish

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