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From: DeepBlue <dan.koren@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: WAYLTL: Liszt by Pierre Pradier
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:27:57 +0000
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On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 3:41:50 +0000, DeepBlue wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 3:17:03 +0000, Pluted Pup wrote:
>
>> On 6/10/25 7:51 PM, DeepBlue wrote:
>>> On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 1:09:52 +0000, Pluted Pup wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 6/10/25 2:32 PM, Pluted Pup wrote:
>>>>> So I picked up at a thrift store recently a 4 LP set
>>>>> of Liszt played by Pierre Pradier.  It was unwrapped
>>>>> and still had a Tower Records sticker price of 15.99.
>>>>> I paid 3.
>>>>
>>>> I mean it was unused, it was wrapped with the
>>>> original price tag.
>>>
>>> Does this set have any merites
>>> besides saving you 12.99 dollars?
>>>
>>> Inquiring ears would like to know ....
>>>
>>> Pierre's Pradier recordings are
>>> on YouTube and can be downloaded
>>> for free.
>>
>> You're wrong as usual when you say youtube
>> has everything, it's incomplete, and doesn't
>> have all the tracks from the 4 LPs.
>>
>
> I did not claim YT has "everything".
> Your reading and comprehension skills
> are incredibly low, even for librarians.
> Read again what I wrote.
>
> Otherwise, Mr. Pradier's recordings
> raise doubts about the value of
> owning or hearing them. There
> are very good reasons why he
> is not better known.
>

I sampled a few of the recordings.

To my ears they sound as pluted as
anything I've ever heard. They are
extremely heavy handed, mechanical
and metronomic. The sound is harsher
than hammered sandpaper. They also
show symptoms of Arrauthritis.

Great find, Pluted!

Cheers!