Andras Schiff from Bach to Beethoven, Horowitz for anything thereafter. Obviously Neuhaus as the founder of the Russian School deserves a special place and then there always is Argerich, seldom reached, never surpassed.
Great classical pianists
Alexandra Dovgan is the pianist of her generation.
In the last century there was Richter. Today Trifonov. Now a new phenom. What is it in the Russian water that produces such giants of the keyboard?
We enjoy all great pianists. Rubinstein, Pollini, Argerich, Backhaus, Kempf, Michelangeli, Schnabel, Pogorelic, Gilels. Please add your favorite to this embarrassment of pianistic riches. But there is primus inter pares.
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My prefered version of the Bach well tempered klavier is first Feltsman and second Schiff ...I enjoy the two but with a preference here ... The Russian is more balanced between perfection and expression ...😊 So impressive the self controlled german could be , and he is ... This Schiff interpretation is the top of his career ... But Feltsman give something more than perfection... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4271Rm9TSU&list=PLTL_aYkQ5li7bET5sqlPJVRqWEF2JVCJZ Feltsman is also my favorite Goldberg interpretation because he is irresistible in joy expression and we feel as if he spontaneously improvise the piece ... ...For me it exceed Gould mannerism so interesting Gould can be and it is ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIujuXIwQms&list=PLr0MsaDpKsY-biupbCUhZf55V3rNEzU_v |
Thanks for the correction ... 😊 But you certainly know more about Schiff playing than about Schiff origin ... Sir András Schiff (Hungarian: [ˈɒndraːʃ ˈʃiff]; born 21 December 1953) is a Hungarian-born British classical pianist Wikipedia... And here is the source of my confusion : Schiff, known for his video broadcast masterclasses, is currently on the faculty of the Barenboim–Said Akademie in Berlin, Germany, serving as distinguished visiting professor of piano.[17] Wikipedia
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«Sofronitsky met Elena Scriabina, Scriabin’s daughter in 1917, two years after the death of her father, and they were married in 1920. He never met Scriabin, but Scriabina said that her husband was the ‘most authentic interpreter’ of his works. He’s little known in the west due to his few appearances outside the Soviet Union but he was held in high regard by other pianists such as Sviatoslav Richter and Emil Gilels. They held him in such high esteem that when he acclaimed Richter as a genius, Richter responded by calling Sofronitsky a god.» Maureen Buja
listen to this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx1FN-a47eg Now compare the God to a great pianist, Horowitz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xudZ3J4EeoQ So extraordinary Horowitz is here , Sofronitsky exceed him in sheer intensity without loosing anything in mastery of colors ... Richter is nearer to Sofronitsky in intensity : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwqaOGikyNs As a comparison the young Kissin look only like a first of the class , under the great Horowitz and under the intensity of Sofrontisky ......
In Russia Neuhaus was a god , beside Scriabin and Sofronitsky ... Listen to the expressive and perfect rendition of Bach : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UwQqePIpRA His son is one of the great russian pianist too : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvIMWyMxjq0
I forgot to say that all the above are only my impressions ... Others can differ ... 😊 |
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