The only time I heard Kissin in concert was with the NY Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall March 26, 1997. The piano, S&S CD405, was extremely bright and glassy, juiced to the limit. Kissin had no trouble being heard over the orchestra, but the trade of was loss of flexibility of tone color. The piano sounded the same at pp and ff, just a softer or louder version of the same partials. The audience loved it, so what do I know. John D. Chapmam RPT Wake Forest University Winston-Salem NC
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