When the young American composer Daniel Gregory Mason came to Boston to interview the great pianist and composer Ignacy Jan Paderewski, there was trouble from the start.

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Ignacy Jan Paderewski resumed his musical career abroad after a stint as prime minister.

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Individual sets are being issued in batches until the summer, and the list of 72 pianists amounts to a pantheon of virtuosos, stretching from Ignacy Paderewski (born 1860) to the likes of Mr Pollini and Mr Kissin.

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