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| Classical Music for Aficionados JimThanks for recommendation of Igor Levit.Have you heard "Life"?Reviewed today here The Sprawling Piano Odyssey of Igor Levit’s “Life”By Alex Rosshttps://www.newyorker.com/recommends/listen/the-sprawling-piano-odyssey-of-igor-levits-lifeI am dow... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados During 2012 many Debussy recitals were played all over the world, but do you know who played the first all-Debussy recital ever? Marcelle Meyer (1897-1958) was a major figure in the creation of new music from her participation in Erik Satie’s P... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Any Marcelle Meyer fans here? | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I have been listening to Anna Gourari, Russian pianistSo far, two recordings:Visions Fugitive "Visions fugitives, Gourari’s second ECM release, showcases the intense beauty of her sound in Prokofiev’s title work, a set of 20 “fleeting visions”... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados and yes, I am big fan of Nikolayeva, well aware of her closeness to Shostakovich.I have lots of her prizewinning Bach, also Beethoven, Schumann, Prokofievand of course the Shostakovich preludes and fugues (which you mention). | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados yes I have the Ashkenazy Shostakovich Aphorisms on Decca, also contains Dances of the Dolls, Preludes, Sonata #2, and other pieces toohttps://www.amazon.com/Shostakovich-Piano-Works-Dmitri/dp/B0000SWNIOI have never heard an Ashkenazy piano recordi... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Have you heard Alexander Melnikov?His Shostakovich Preludes are a treasure.He has also recorded on period instruments.Richter was his mentor (though not his teacher).Wiki says:" Melnikov’s recording of the complete Preludes and Fugues by Shostakov... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados So I downloaded some Angelich, and like it very much.But there was a real gem in one of the downloads, i.e., Marietta Petkova.She plays the Rachmaninoff Preludes as well as anyone I ever heard.Here is a review from Amazon: Before I heard this rem... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Many thanks for recommending Imogen Cooper. I was never a big fan of Schumann or Brahms, but her recordings are superb. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados newbee and schubertme tooi love radu lupu, have his complete decca compilation, it is 10 cds of beethoven, brahms, schubert and schumannalso his 2 cds of great pianists series, which also includes grieg + some mozart that is included in some Perah... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Now listening to Andrei Diev, piano, "The Fantasies"which includes Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin and SchumannsuperbFirst heard of Diev from his recordings of Scriabin in a huge collection (1.50 GB) that also includes Ashkenazy, Weissenberg, Richter, B... | |
| were do i find music online ??? I gave up on streaming. Perhaps it is because I am limited to DSL, no cable where I live.But I get great results downloading torrents, which are free. I don't bother with MP3, just download HD, eg flac.Save it all on xternal hard drive. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Now listening to Rameau keyboard suites, Angela Hewitt.So fine.In fact she is one of my favorites, so listenable.Faure, Back, Beethoven, Liszt, Chopin, Debussy, Couperin, Chabrier,Schumann + many duets and trios | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Now listening to Danil Trifonov, the best of the "youngsters" IMOHis Carnegie debut recital of 2013.From the DG jacket:The main programme of his Carnegie debut recital presentsthe quintessence of the tradition to which he is heir:Chopin’s 24 Prelu... | |
| Speaker recomendation My main room is 16x32, roof about 10 ft.I have 2 preamps & amps and 4 speakers in this room.One pair focused at this computer, the other focused on a bed where i frequently spend the night, listening to music and sleeping.It seems to be a bett... |