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In the Thread: William Kapell legacy and patting behavior.
Post Subject: Cult FiguresPosted by Paul S on: 1/8/2009
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Well, Kapell is another of those "cult figures", whose legacies seem to take on lives of their own. Once the worshiping of them becomes a self-sustaining industry it becomes difficult to have reasonable discussions about them anymore.
I have not listened to Kapell via my present system. I will put an LP out where I can see it and then wait for good electricity. I wonder how his timing will fare with good AC. I think I have him on RCA Red Seal, so that's good.
Of all the weird-timing pianists, I love the way Hofmann makes me suspend my anticipation in order to hear the way he himself unfolds a piece in his own, unique "time". I don't remember Kapell this way, but then I haven't listened to his playing for some time.
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