I collect Erroll Garner,David Orsborn and David Lantz..plus many others...I especially like solo piano...Does anyone have recommendations...or favorite piano pieces?
Jim brickman John Tesh Also Narada has a double cd called piano solos it is a mix of all great players its in the new age section. Also along jazz lines you have david benoit
Richie Beirach on Concord. Yeah, Glenn Gould. Herbie Hancock made some solo acoutic albums in Japan in the late 70's...awesome, in this case, is not an overworked word.
Keith Jarrett is my favorite. Try these solo piano improvisations: Koln Concert (recorded 1975, two LPs on one CD); Bremen & Lausanne (1973, three LPs on a two CD set); Sun Bear Concerts (1976, six CD set)
Try the Telarc recording Rachmaninoff, A Window In Time cd (1998). The music is excellent and the recording of the Bosendorfer 290SE reproducing piano is stellar. It is absolutely one of the best recorded piano performances I have on disk. Some of the recordings by Evgeny Kissin are very good too and his performance is always on top.
I will second the Kieth Jarret Koln concert . If you like Beethoven, Robert Silverman does all 32 piano sonatas on a 10 CD set. I think I got this set direct from Stereophile magazine. I am rather spoiled,since my wife plays the piano and the sounds of live piano in your own home are hard to beat.
Curzon: buy them all. Solomon's Beethoven recordings are nice. Lipatti: Chopin Waltzes; Ashkenazy has some nice Schuber sonata and Chopin prelude recording. Same for Perahia. Solo recording by Pressler are hard to find; most are with Beaux Arts Trio. I've heard him live in solo recital and its the best I've ever heard in person. I guess I will also throw in older recordings of Daniel Barenboim playing Mozart Sonatas (I have them on LP).
Nope, I wasn't. If we get the get together - together this summer I will play it for you. Remember, I only promised not to play Johnny Rivers. Dudly is a classically trained pianist and is a fine player of contemporary music. He played at a party which my wife attended in the 70's otherwise I probably would have never known about his talent.
yes Keith Jarrett of course, and Paul Bley has some beautiful solo piano albums out. for duo there's a nice one I've been listening to lately- also recorded well- Kenny Barron & Charlie Haden. For more on the classical side: I like, (as others have said) Murray Perahia for Chopin, (that 70's recording of sonatas # 2&3 is sooo nice), besides all the others... Andras Schiff for Bartok, oh- and Zoltan Kocsis plays Debussy beautifully. What I've really been blown away with recently though is a 2CD set of Messiaen's "Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jesus" played by Pierre-Laurent Aimard, on the Teldec label. WOW! Amazing playing, and writing. and recorded well to boot, albeit it maybe a bit bright.. worth checking out, especially if you like Messiaen.
Ivan Moravec - an extremely intelligent and compelling musician, particularly rewarding as an interpreter of Chopin. Try any of his recordings for the Connoisseur Society label.
I'll check out some Ivan Moravec, thanks for the tip. By the way- your moniker- I have a friend who's family once had a beautiful home by the same name...
He has cut albums that are solo piano, some with a band, and some combo. Solo efforts include "Spirit" and "Soul Nature". "Gateway" is a great CD cut with his band. Good combo performances include "Coming Home" and "Collection"(a best of). His works are usually listed under the New Age category.
Phillip Aaberg had a solo album out in the the mid "80s called "High Plains" on Windham Hill. Nice recording of some wonderful stuff. Wonder what ever happened to him, Montana boy?
As always, I've got to mention Bill Evans. I never heard a release of his that I did not absolutely love. Got to agree with Jay@viaccess.net, for suggesting Jerrett, Bley and Haden.
Shostacovich: Preludes and Fugues, 2CD set on Melodiya, played by A.Nikolajeva. You can have the same by Keith Jarret on WEA I think, much less impassioned and less thoughtful rendering, more "romantic".
Jessica Williams has quite a few CDs out (www.jessicawilliams.com - get them direct from the artist) and always amazes me in concert and on disk.
Michel Petruccianni "au Theatre Champs-Elysses" has a 40 minute improvisation of his favorite songs that causes me to marvel at his inventiveness and technique.
Beam yes, you are right, he gives a very romantic rendering. I suggest you try Friedrich Gulda on Beethoven or Sljatoslav Richter, if you can find the LP's. Its also interesting and I find rewarding, speaking of Kempf, to compare some of his renderings of the sonatas with his contemporaries, which would be Claudio Aarau and Backhaus and last not least Clara Haskil, who however was rather a Mozart,not so much a Beethoven pianist. Also, if you find old monos with Solomon, it will probably prove to be a revelation. Cheers,
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