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Title: poor brahms
Review: the greatest genius of 19th century tonal music deserves better than to be played by this, excuse me, hack. stoltzman is one of those artists better praised for his marketing and his popularization of the repertoire for the masses than for his playing. his brahms is just too uncouth, too impure. the vibrato i find inappropriate, and the playing sloppy. passion is no excuse for uneven rhythm and messy phrases.
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