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Of the Russian pianists I like only one, [Sviatoslav] Richter. [Emil] Gilels did some things well, but I did not like his mannerisms, the way he moved around while he was playing.

— Vladimir Horowitz

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Interesting pianist, but I think he is just a little bit meshuga.

I was impressed mostly by [Walter] Gieseking . He had a finished style, played with elegance, and had a fine musical mind.

I heard another pianist in Berlin who had a big success and I thought he was awful — Mischa Levitzki. Just fingers, and you cannot listen only to fingers.

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