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Updated: May 6, 2025

The pieces are obviously the work of one who in the course of concert-playing has come to discover the finesses of the Pole's workmanship. And yet, César Cui's caustic description of the preludes as "Bits filched from Chopin's trousseau," is eminently unjust.

Paul Rosenfeld - Musical Portraits: Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers