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# I wrote that I was impressed to hear Wagner performed by Currentzis's orchestra; a music critic replied: a mediocre performance of a mediocre arrangement
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/napisal-o-tom-kak-vpechatlen-poslushat-vagnera-v-ispolnenii-orkestra-kurentzisa-muzykalnyi-kritik-otvetil-posredstvennoe-ispolnenie-posredstvennoi-pererabotki/
- Published: 2025-12-15T20:37:30.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:27:41.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Art, Books, Observations, Humour

I recommended Smirnov von Rauch's book "The Board of Dionysius" to my book club, and my fellow members say: a dreadful book, Alexandr, why did you choose it?

I find no answers; such, it seems, is my taste 😭

*The photograph shows a portrait of Pushkin by the contemporary artist Tatiana Chuvasheva; I hope that, at least, is in order with him*

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