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JEAN-PHILIPPE COLLARD 27 Rachmaninoff himself recorded some of the Moments musicaux . Have you made these a model for your interpretation? I haven’t listened to Rachmaninoff’s recordings much and I immediately ruled out taking them as a benchmark. That also applies to recordings by other performers, of course! It’s certainly not for lack of admiration. I simply try to approach the work without preconceived ideas. In fact, Rachmaninoff’s recordings are surprising: he plays in a rather distant, reasoned way, as if he were denying himself any hint of sentimentality and had invested all his emotion in the composition.