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of 1955 that "This is no programme for the ordinary public", writing that some people considered
Scarpini to be "off form". Smith Brindle describes the performance as "magnificent ... every voice had crystal clarity, and he transformed what has been termed a series of exercises into a marvellous
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stage" adding that he and the orchestra "safely and on the whole admirably negotiated the longest and, in the opinion of many pianists, the most difficult piano concerto ever composed." His playing "created a sensation in New York", but the concert did not please all the
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Classics have recently released an edition of all Scarpini's recorded material, mainly from privately recorded tapes, on 33 compact discs, under the series title "Discovered Tapes".
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