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beach Posted by virginia eskin on August 13, 2012, 4:20 pm 71.181.123.113 Hello: I am a pianist who spear-headed the revival of Amy Beach's music- back in 70s. I read an unflattering comparison of me to Polk- in your website of her CDs- ""Polk's dark, intent playing....as compared to eskin's airier virtuostic......" this is strange since I am on an Arabesque CD- with Portland Quartet (Dvorak)and might be considered one of your artists- have never read nasty comparison in reviews And you need to correct a run you typed in Young b###hes, which should be Birches on a Polk Cd good luck, Virginia

Re: beach Posted by Len Mullenger on August 13, 2012, 4:52 pm, in reply to "beach" 217.155.206.169 Could you give me the URL of the review or the disc catalogue number so I can find the review. Thanks Len

Re: beach Posted by chris howell on August 13, 2012, 11:02 pm, in reply to "beach" 93.96.121.0 The idea that being one of "our" artists is a guarantee against unflattering comparisons needs immediate scotching. As a reviewer I have never held back from unflattering comparisons where the situation requires them, of whomever and on whatever label, and as a pianist whose recordings appear on a label sold through MusicWeb, and to that extent one of "our artists", I have never supposed that reviewers would hold back where necessary. What credence could I give to their praise if I were not confident they were free to blame? Chris Howell

Re: beach Posted by Len Mullenger on August 14, 2012, 12:07 pm, in reply to "beach" 217.155.206.169 I have not been able to locate the review you refer to. In general reviewers do not make nasty comparisons but it is their job to attempt to indicate differences in approach as each artist will have a unique interpretation. This makes me think you may have picked up a review from somewhere other than MusicWeb International. I am unsure what you mean by 'I ...might be considered one of your artists'. You have no connection to MusicWeb International at all. We do have reviewers who are musicians but they are reviewed without fear or favour should one of their recordings come our way. I am sorry I cannot be more helpful. Len

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