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Jorge Bolet (1914-1990) - piano The Philadelphia Orchestra cond. Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Academy of Music Philadelphia November 23/24 1984 Radio broadcast introduction and interview with Jorge Bolet [0:00] FRANCK (1822-1890): Symphonic Variations (Variations symphoniques) M. 46 [5:22] introduction to Weber and short interview with Jorge Bolet [22:26] CARL MARIA VON WEBER (1786-1826): Konzertstück in F minor for Piano and Orchestra Op. 79 J. 282 [24:20] closing comments by Jorge Bolet on the performance of Liszt [41:56] piano: Baldwin SD-10 from the Philadelphia Enquirer November 24th 1984: 'Jorge Bolet is in some ways a representative of a much earlier age of pianism. The 70-year-old pianist does not hide the strong personality of his playing, nor does he stand as the faceless servant of the composer. His performances are of Bolet playing the music of X, rather than the music of X as exactly realized by Bo
