William Beatty-Kingston in Berlin - 1865
from Music and manners; personal reminiscences and sketches of character, page 208:
Reverting for a moment to his [Tausig] characteristics as a performer, I may add that he produced a broader tone than any other Berlin pianist of his day — that his lightness of touch in rendering the fanciful and elaborate ornamentations of Chopin and Liszt, as simply exquisite, and that he was especially remarkable for the verve and ton with which he executed those amazing tours de force invented by himself as well as by the mighty Hungarian ecclesiastic, which are the terror of ninety-nine expert pianists in … more >>
William Beatty-Kingston, Music and manners; personal reminiscences and sketches of character, volume 1 (London, 1887), p. 208. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1447969041714 accessed: 11 December, 2024
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written by Litz, Carl Tausig, Chopin |
performed by Carl Tausig |
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Date/Time | 1865 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | indoors |