... For Medtner playing Medtner I would suggest the series on the APR label. Volume one includes his recently discovered and never before published recordings...
Farhan Malik
malikf@...
Jan 1, 2000 1:07 pm
2150
... musical ... the ... <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Well ,it is true, but it's almost a rule the composers are not the best interpreters of their...
Gerardo Constantini V.
geconst@...
Jan 2, 2000 2:11 am
2151
In a message dated 12/31/99 7:43:40 AM Eastern Standard Time, marnest@... writes: << Can't add much. There are several references to Szalit in...
Ptnegun@...
Jan 2, 2000 2:12 am
2152
Patrick: You ask Mark for the name of the book by Ethel Newcomb: it is Leschetizky As I Knew Him published by Da Capo Press. Leon Whitesell...
LDW208@...
Jan 2, 2000 1:04 pm
2153
Of course, this is often true, but ----------both Prokoviev and Bartok were virtuoso pianists and in total command of their music and the instrument. Leon...
LDW208@...
Jan 2, 2000 1:04 pm
2154
Shostokovich certainly broke that "rule" as did Beethoven until he could no longer hear others...Mozart, Haydn and Schubert all excelled at the keyboard, ...
RJMACE@...
Jan 2, 2000 1:04 pm
2155
"it's almost a rule the composers are not the best interpreters of their own music." Well, there were some who were either never really good executants in the ...
Neil McKelvie
NEMCC@...
Jan 2, 2000 1:04 pm
2156
"Well ,it is true, but it's almost a rule". Re the words written below and quoted here. I don't know, In the last century Rachmaninoff was about as good as it...
Peter Schenkman
peter_schenkman@...
Jan 2, 2000 3:46 pm
2157
Hi Mark, Read your post on Great Pianists. I'm curious about the Michelangeli Rach 4 recording with Gracis and the Philharmonia. Is there a catalog number...
Georges Cziffra
gcziffra@...
Jan 2, 2000 6:26 pm
2158
I don't agree with this statement at all. Composers who aren't especially good performers may not be the best interpreters of their own works, as Samuel Barber...
Leslie Gerber / Mr. P...
piano@...
Jan 2, 2000 6:26 pm
2159
Hello ,Peter Schenkman wrote: "Well ,it is true, but it's almost a rule". Re the words written below and quoted here. I don't know, In the last century...
Gerardo Constantini V.
geconst@...
Jan 2, 2000 6:26 pm
2160
Of course, any statement about the piano playing of Beethoven, Chopin, or Liszt isn't really capable of being proved or disproved. We DO have recordings of...
Neil McKelvie
NEMCC@...
Jan 2, 2000 8:55 pm
2161
This recording of Rachmaninov 4 by ABM is on CD released by EMI with cat. no. CDC 7 49326 2 .You can also find a Michelangeli's discography , compiled by...
Davide Ciaccia
davideci@...
Jan 2, 2000 8:55 pm
2162
Sorry, I don't agree. If Rachmaninoff made bad recordings of his own music I have yet to hear them, and I think I have them all. Prokofiev's recording of his...
Peter Schenkman
peter_schenkman@...
Jan 2, 2000 10:12 pm
2163
Gerardo, what's so bad about Rachmaninoff's recordings of his own works? I have yet to hear a more convincing, musically and emotionally coherent rendition of...
Felix Delbruck
fdelbrueck@...
Jan 2, 2000 11:13 pm
2164
Due to formatting problems I am resubmitting this year 2000 Toast. A Toast to ... extraordinaire. Shostakovich was always the best interpreter of his own ...
Dick Fairfield
dfairfie@...
Jan 2, 2000 11:58 pm
2165
... Or, as S.J. Perelman, pointed out: De gustibus ain't what dey used to be. jvb...
john burke
john.burke@...
Jan 3, 2000 1:19 am
2166
and the list (LISZT) goes on...on...on... and on... Keep on...try Moisievitch...Friedman...Myra Hess... Leon Whitesell...
LDW208@...
Jan 3, 2000 2:48 am
2167
Recent threads on Michelangeli and Romantic stylistics got me thinking about one side issue: Rachmaninoff's 4th Piano Concerto. My understanding is that the...
J Doe
kiwifur@...
Jan 3, 2000 11:39 am
2168
Hello Peter .You wrote: Sorry, I don't agree. If Rachmaninoff made bad recordings of his own music I have yet to hear them, and I think I have them all....
Gerardo Constantini V.
geconst@...
Jan 3, 2000 11:39 am
2169
Due to egroup formatting problems 12/31 I am resubmitting this post. ... Some of these are banal. But the exercise is fun, an indulgence that this list and...
Dick Fairfield
dfairfie@...
Jan 3, 2000 5:47 pm
2170
... and lets not forget Shostakovich's extraordinary pianism! JPrevite...
PreviteJoseph@...
Jan 3, 2000 5:47 pm
2171
... Well, one can always hope. I believe it has been since 1979 or the early 1980's that she has not concertized with solo material, preferring chamber and...
PreviteJoseph@...
Jan 3, 2000 5:48 pm
2172
Peter Schenkman writes: I think we should agree to disagree. I've always considered Berloiz a great composer and music critic as well and yes, I (and just...
Paul Geffen
lpaul@...
Jan 3, 2000 5:49 pm
2173
... I´ve heard something about that. But I have more curiosity for the first piano concerto. I´ve got two scores of this concerto. One which is the original...
Claudio Constantini M.
clconst@...
Jan 3, 2000 8:54 pm
2174
Does anybody have any opinions about Walter Gieseking's recording of the Rachmaninoff 3rd Concerto? (The second recording of that piece) Rick...
Rick Masters
arrau_2000@...
Jan 3, 2000 8:54 pm
2175
previtejosep-@... wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/greatpianists/?start=2171 ... every new ... remaining ... repertoire. ... ...
Michael Glover
mglover@...
Jan 3, 2000 8:54 pm
2176
Yes, and the Second as well. Both recorded live with Mengelberg and the Concertgebouw Orchestra. Number Two from a performance on October 31, 1940 and Number...
Peter Schenkman
peter_schenkman@...
Jan 3, 2000 9:35 pm
2177
... The original version of the Rachmaninoff 1st Concerto was issued on the CD: MUSICA 780010 with a pianist named Wisniewska. Not a particularly thrilling...
Farhan Malik
malikf@...
Jan 3, 2000 11:42 pm
2178
I seem to recall Don Manildi telling me that the original version of the First Concerto had been performed at U.Maryland. Joe Salerno-A Battery is Always on...
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