"During the war she had given The Well-Tempered Clavier at a splendid concert, even if she polished off the contemplative Prelude in B-flat minor from Book Two at a constant fortissimo. At the end of the concert, Neuhaus, whom I was accompanying, went to congratulate her in her dressing-room. 'But, Maria Veniaminovna,' he asked her, 'why did you play the B-flat minor Prelude in such a dramatic way?' 'Because we are at war!' It was typical of Yudina. 'We’re at war!' She absolutely had to bring the war into Bach."
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Maria Yudina
Maria (Mariya) Veniaminovna Yudina (Russian: Мари́я Вениами́новна Ю́дина; 9 September O.S. 28 August], 1899 – 19 November 1970) was a Soviet pianist.
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