just found this video of Lazar Berman quote
Lazar Berman playing 6 Schubert-Liszt songs, Liszt's Mephisto Waltz, Sonetto 104 del Petrarca, Chapelle de Guillaume Tell, Nuages gris, and
de Falla's Ritual Fire Dance, live in Moscow on 11 June 1981. I think
this is a magnificent recital. Лазарь Берман - Франц Шуберт - Ференц Лист - Мануэль де Фалья endquote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C4SOb_gA2M |
glad you liked it Jim
yes, Berman got taken out of international circulation for years
i read that it was because he married a french woman
Eventually he was allowed to move to Italy
I think it was Ashkenazy that first broke out of USSR control, gradually, by first moving to Greenland with permission
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Jim
re Bolet, Schubert Song Transcriptions
I have a collection of 9cds by Bolet, on Decca
"Liszt, The Piano Works"
and cd2 includes the Schubert Song Transcriptions + Wanderer Fantasie
I have no idea if this is the same recording you mention
but I love it
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Re Gould and Richter
There are so many recordings of Richter, and of course some are better than others technically. But the good recordings establish Richter in my mind as the premier pianist of his era.
I heard a recital by a man originally from Czechoslovakia, born a jew and became a usa citizen and born again christian. He said he had heard Richter 20 times, from his debut at Carnegie Hall to his concertizing across France. He thought Richter the best pianist ever.
And yes, Richter preferred live concerts, especially in the days when he was not allowed out of USSR (except for UN dedication ceremony). He drove around eastern europe with Yamaha van following, and set up wherever he found a nice church to play, gave a free concert for the locals. I appreciate his absence of histrionics, often lighting a few candles and dimming the lights so that audience would not be distracted from the music.
Glenn Gould was certainly a great talent, senseless to dispute that.
But I find some of his recordings deficient - his humming along is a distraction that my teacher warned me against. Also, some of his recordings were simply poorly prepared with inadequate preparation, eg his duets with Yehudi Menuhin.
But yes, Gould did produce some memorable recordings.
However, I have been listening to Evgeni Koroliov this weekend, and prefer his Bach and Mozart to any of Gould's recordings.
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I also love Angela Hewitt, especially her Bach.
A worthy successor to Gould's Canadian crown.
Playing this week in Vienna!
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yes yes
I have the Pollini Stravinsky "petrushka" as part of a 13 cd set from GD
and I love Angela Hewitt's Couperin (3 cds on hyperion), her Chabrier, Faure, Debussy, Chopin, Liszt, Beethoven, Handel & Haydn
and she plays well with others too
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I have 3 different publications of the same Petrouchka recording by Pollini.
The original DG, the 13 cd compilation, and the Great Pianists of 20th Century.
I also have Gilels' recording, which is magnificent.
And Weissenberg.
And Marcelle Meyer.
All these recordings are wonderful.
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thanks newbee, that is 11 hours!
i have been listening to Vladmir Feltsman, A Tribute to Tchaikovsky,
but it is only an hour!
I also like the old Gary Graffman recordings
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Ginette Doyen, as good as it ever got Listening to her Mendelssohn Song Without Words Also recommend her complete Faure and her French Piano School (Indy, Magnard, Severac, Causson, Ropartz, Roussel) Still looking for her Chopin Ballades, Saint-Saens and Chabrier can be heard here: https://www.forte-piano-pianissimo.com/Ginette-Doyen.html |
ftm
my favorite Tchaikovsky player is Pletnev.
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now listening
Tchaikovsky Piano Recital, Sviatoslav Richter (1983) RRC 1093
the master
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yes, Pletnev's Schuman is a gem
yes, Argerich is superb
and I have a recording of them playing together
Prokofiev Cinderella Suite
Ravel Ma Mere l'Oye (Mother Goose)
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Nina Dorliac on Richter:
When he sat on the jury at the first International Tchaikovsky
Competition, he immediately singled out Van Cliburn as having no rival
among the other contestants. He gave Cliburn the highest mark and zeros
for the others. Then he changed his mind. It wasn't very nice to give
them zeros. lots more here: http://sviatoslavrichter.blogspot.com/2011/04/nina-dorliac-i-met-richter-at.html |
and Artur Pizzaro, Rachmaninoff Complete Piano Works
7 cds, exquisite
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yes indeed jim What a saga From his teenage job accompanying the Odessa opera rehearsals to the death of his father (father was german, was warned to leave, but his mother was too attached to her lover, so dad stayed and was arrested, executed - while Sv. was in Moscow studying with Neuhaus) to his long hibernation in USSR (allowed out once to play at UN) and his final world wide recognition when he was finally allowed out in 1960 at age 45. I hear rhythms within rhythms where other pianists are struggling to keep up. Do you have the Richter in Hungary (1954-93) set of 14 cds? Have you seen
Bruno Monsaingeon's 1998 documentary, “Richter the Enigma"? https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=richter+the+enigmaCompilation of his recordings here: http://www.doremi.com/sr.html |
thank you apd
just downloaded and now listening to Ekaterina Derzhavina
Haydn piano sonatas 9 cds
Somehow I had never heard of her
Gavrilov is one my favorites, his old recordings
(Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Schubert, Handel, Prokofiev, Schumann, Shostakovich, Bach , Balakirev, Scriabin, Tchaikovsky)
as well as his newer (esp Chopin nocturnes)
another USSR musician saga!
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thanks for the tip, will look for that
i have Pollini playing Mozart Concerto no 23 with Vienna Phil.
It's on DG - Mauricio Pollini Edition (2001) 13 cd
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yes, love Dershavina's Haydn, but could not finish her Metner
as for Haydn v. Mozart, Sv. Richter made clear his preference for Haydn
I am listening to Bart Van Oort's Mozart (14 cds), played on fortepiano as written/played by Mozart
The package includes an explanation by van Oort of the differences between modern piano and 18th Century fortepiano, and "as a result many puzzling aspects of Mozart's style and notation fall into place."
I also love Oort's Haydn piano sonatas, and his nocturnes including Field, Chopin, and others.
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jim
Also have a 2 cd recording of Schwetziner Festival recital where Arrau plays 3 Beethoven sonatas, + rondos + some Brahms.
It says recordings were made in 1963 and 1973.
"hanssler classic"
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I was just listening to John O'Connor's "autumn songs".
Very nice
And yes, I join the crowd praising his Beethoven sonatas.
Also love his John Field Nocturnes.
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jim
I have the 1998 Philips set of Arrau Beethoven, which includes the Sonatas and the 5 piano concertos, as well as some other Beethoven, including Szeryng, and Starker on the triple concerto (14 cd) It says it was recorded from 1962-66, 68, 70, & 85.
"24 bit analogue to digital conversion"
I also have an 11 cd collection with the sonatas and variations,
also Philips (1991).
I think these are the same performances in different packages.
If I comprehend what you are saying, you have an analogue set.And these are different performances? Or the same performances in original analogue state?
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have you seen
Claudio Arrau, The Maestro and the Masters
A film by Peter Rosen (1988)?
Martin Bookspan narrator,
filmed in Santiago, Chile
includes:
Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3
Schubert
3 Klavierstucke, D. 946
No. 1 in E-flat minor
Chopin
Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47
Liszt
Les Annees De Pelerinage, Seconde Annee: Italie, S. 161
Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
Debussy
L’isle joyeuse
Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58*
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O'Conor's Field sonatas are also excellent (Telarc)
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Newbee
I love French classical piano music, have over a dozen french pianists in my collection. My favorites, the ones i play again and again are:
Aldo Ciccolini (I know, he was born Italian, but became French citizen)
Jean Martin
Angela Hewitt
Jean-Philippe Collard
Jean Doyen
Margeurite Long
of course there are many others who were/are not French
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oops
did i say Angela Hewitt is French? Not.
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I am a big fan of pianist Laurent Martin.
Just "discovered" his recording (with Claudine Simon) of Mel Bonis'
"Le Songe de Cleopatre"
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Juho Pohjonen
? NYT:
"He again conquered Mr. Salonen’s “Dichotomie.” The second part of the
piece unfolds in passages of oscillating chords and pummeling repeated
figures, until the music bursts into a long episode of sweeping
glissandos, through which thematic lines and pungent chords must break
through. As he did 15 years ago to ease the execution (and protect the
fingers of his right hand), Mr. Pohjonen managed to quickly slip on a
thin glove to dispatch the glissandos, then deftly slipped it off — a
neat trick.
" NYT also likes Pollini, still going at 77. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/08/arts/music/pollini-pohjonen-carnegie-review.html?action=click&... |
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my favorite Faure recordings are by Jean Martin
Fauré* -
Jean Martin
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Nocturnes Nos. 1-6 / Theme And Variations, Op. 73
Label:
Naxos – 8.550794
Fauré* /
Jean Martin
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Nocturnes Vol. 2
Label:
Naxos – 8.550795 |
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Jim
almost all my music is on hard drive
so easy to search, find and select
just added a new 8Tb hard drive for security
it is normally not connected to anything
while another hard drive records new music
and occasionally a copy gets transferred to the secure 8Tb
another advantage: easier to maintain, no cleaning
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reminds me of a story . . . In 1955 Yehudi Menuhin got Ali Akbar Khan to leave India and play in the "West". They went to recording studio, director said "OK start" and AAK played his sarod for an hour, accompanied by Chatur Lal on tabla. Then the director said "OK that's a good sound check, now play it again." They did not realize AAK never "played it again". The recording, unedited, was released on Angel. https://www.discogs.com/Ustad-Ali-Akbar-Khan-Pandit-Chatur-Lal-Music-Of-India/release/2977633 |
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2leftears, give these a listen:
RichterBrendelGilels
SolomonBoletArgerichFreireOgdonCziffraRubinsteinHorowitzBiretVolodos
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rv
love starker
his music, his lifestyle, his attitude
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Tamas Vasary
Some time ago I downloaded "The Piano - Legendary Rcordings (40CD) (2015) DG
and I just got around to listening to "Liszt Piano Works" by Tamas Vasary,
Hungarian pianist plays Liszt!
and I love it.
Also downloading his Debussy.
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rv
i have the Lalo Cello Concerto in D minor
and I love it,
but it is Maria Kleigel and Bernd Glemser
I have never heard the Starker recording you endorse
now downloading it
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pardon me, that should be
Jörg Demus
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Jorge Demus died on April 16, 2019, age 90.
“I do not have a career,” he said. “I’m a person who had a life to live.
I am leaving ‘careers’ to other people. A career is like a racetrack
for horses — I’m neither a horse nor am I running on a racetrack.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/arts/jorg-demus-dead.htmlNow listening to his Chopin - Debussy, PIano of Erard Freres Wonderful recording |
David Oistrakh Edition Vol 3 / Oistrakh, Richter
here http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=93218&album_group=14includes
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Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 in A major, Op. 100 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
David Oistrakh (Violin),
Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
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Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 108 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
Sviatoslav Richter (Piano),
David Oistrakh (Violin)
21.
Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8 by César Franck
Performer:
David Oistrakh (Violin),
Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
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Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1, Sz 75 by Béla Bartók
Performer:
David Oistrakh (Violin),
Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
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Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 134 by Dmitri Shostakovich
Performer:
David Oistrakh (Violin),
Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
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