tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post2360707033976369567..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: The ministry of silly talksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-83737712437188706942010-11-10T18:01:26.103+00:002010-11-10T18:01:26.103+00:00Halldor, there is also a much more serious story r...Halldor, there is also a much more serious story relevant to this post which you may well know.<br /><br />In November 1993 the great Russian pianist Tatiana Nikolayeva had a cerebral haemorrhage while playing Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues and died nine days later.<br /><br />Tatiana Nikolayeva had given the first performance of the Preludes and Fugues 41 years earlier. Her 1987 Melodiya recording of them is essential to any CD collection, but currently seems to be unavailable -<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/24-Preludes-Fugues-Piano-Shostakovich/dp/B000001HBQPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-4988768065653489412010-11-10T13:21:56.132+00:002010-11-10T13:21:56.132+00:00"How many times have you heard a pianist dead..."How many times have you heard a pianist dead in concert?"<br /><br />Didn't Percy Grainger play a posthumous Prom in the late 80s?<br /><br />So that's once, at least...Halldorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003785622088730831noreply@blogger.com