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Review title: The man is a pedal freak !
Product review: Mr. Szidon makes excessive use of rubato and pedal, he screws up No.2 and No.12, the greatest ones in my opinion.In No.2 for example, he plays the most cold LASSAN I've ever heard (and I've heard 24 versions of this rhapsody), with very staccato chords, and pedal lack. Then in the Friska, he seems like he wants to make it up for the LASSAN, he uses the pedal in places that are not indicated, in the last chromatic octave run he uses so much pedal that the sound is distorted (I think he saw fffff on the score). His cadenza is awful and the final Prestissimo is screwed up by a ridiculous pianissimo.No.12 is so rubatoed that it seems like he's pausing every minute to change the page.A bad impression in general, get Campanella's version, it is far more warmer than this one. (Too bad it doesn't include the Rhapsodie Espagnole)
