According to the critic, in no other recorded concert did a

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According to the critic, in no other recorded concert did a pianist master the passionate lyricism of Schubert's "Wanderer Fantasy" as  did Sviatoslav Richer's New Year's Eve performance in 1961 .

(A) did Sviatoslav Richer's New Year's Eve performance in 1961
(B) had Sviatoslav Richer's 1961New Year's Eve performance
(C) in Sviatoslav Richer's New Year's Eve performance of 1961
(D) Sviatoslav Richer's New Year's Eve performance of 1961 did
(E) Sviatoslav Richer's New Year's Eve performance in 1961

shaselai · Answer

You are comparing performances here and I think A is the correct answer here.

hogann · Answer

Between A and E for me.

I will go with A as it completes the comparison.

Casinoking · Answer

the modifier starts with " in no other recorded concert ..."C" for me.

gmattokyo · Answer

Official Explanation:

The original sentence compares illogical items. The non-underlined portion of the sentence is set up to compare what happens in no other recorded concert. The second item compared, after as, must name the concert or performance that is being referred to as the other.
However, as the sentence is written, it compares what happens in no other recorded concert to ...as did a certain performance. In the non-underlined portion, the subject, the pianist, performs the action did (master). Beginning the underlined portion of the sentence with the verb did attributes the action in this part of the comparison to the performance; the actions of a pianist cannot be compared to the actions of a performance. It makes no sense for a performance to master the passionate lyricism...The non-underlined portion must compare what happens in the "other" performance referred to.
The only option that follows the structure of the non-underlined portion of the sentence by comparing what happens in no other recorded concert to what happens in Sviatoslav's performance is choice C. 
Choices B, D, and E illogically compare the actions of a pianist to those of a performance. A parallel, logical comparison must compare what happens in certain concerts to what happens in a specific performance.
The correct answer is C.

diogoguitarrista · Answer

First of all, I guess the not underlined part is missing the "as", right? According to the critic, in no other recorded concert did a pianist master the passionate lyricism of Schubert's "Wanderer Fantasy" as did Sviatoslav Richer's New Year's Eve performance in 1961 . If that is true, my answer is D "no other concert did as Y did " It needs to have the to be verb in order to maintain the parallel structure The only answers which have "to be" verb are A and D. But A is still not parallel because it inverted the parallel structure If someone does not agree with what I said, let me know

SC is one of my weakest parts :oops:

gmattokyo · Answer

Thanks! your edit is correct... underlined portion is "did Sviatoslav Richer's New Year's Eve performance in 1961"
i'll modify it above. The right answer is C

MBAhereIcome · Answer

IN no other concert ... as IN sviatoslav's performance

jlgdr · Answer

In no other...as in.. Parallel

C looks good.

Is the OA (c)?

AliciaSierra · Answer

Hello  sudarshan22 ,  GMATNinja ,  GMATNinjaTwo ,  aragonn ,  broall ,  generis ,  hazelnut ,  Vyshak ,  Bunuel ,

What could be OA of this question ?

aragonn · Answer

ammuseeru - I have updated the OA as C. Following link has official explanation. Let know if you need more help. https://gmatclub.com/forum/according-to ... ml#p644488

monk123 · Answer

According to the critic, in no other recorded concert did a pianist master the passionate lyricism of Schubert's "Wanderer Fantasy" as  did Sviatoslav Richer's New Year's Eve performance in 1961.

POE:
Stop sign - 'as', search for comparison.
Still could not be able to identify the things to compare. 
TRY THE MEANING AND IT WORKED.
Read the sentence again and you will get it here they are comparing the performances. 
'in no other..............as in'
 
(A)  did  Sviatoslav Richer's New Year's Eve performance in 1961
(B)  had  Sviatoslav Richer's 1961New Year's Eve performance
(C) in Sviatoslav Richer's New Year's Eve performance of 1961 -   CORRECT  
(D)  Sviatoslav  Richer's New Year's Eve performance of 1961 did
(E)  Sviatoslav  Richer's New Year's Eve performance in 1961

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