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Title: Slam, bang -- Ta daaah!
Review: Horowitz was never highly regarded as a Chopin player. Yes, he could play really fast and really loud (and sometimes, both at once!!), but the tone often turned clangorous and the interpretations were often showy and downright vulgar. Thankfully, we now live in an era of more respectable musicianship. Many of our current Chopinists (eg. Biret, Pollini, Ohlsson) have technique to spare, but are infinitely more subtle and probing musicians.
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