Many pianists play S & A much better than the Chopin piece. But thankfully not only the birds with the most beautiful voices in the forest sing. Regardless,...
... note ... How much Alkan do you know? I'm currently learning his nocturne which has nothing resembling note spinning but it does have some exceptionally...
... spinning, full of force and fury, but signifying nothing. [ incidentally, i could not disagree more - re. alkan ] ... that nocturne is a supremely...
... Have to disagree there. I've never been bored by the Preludes, which are a testament both to Chopin's supreme art and originality as a composer for the...
Actually, Hamelin does some ridiculously amazing things with Alkan. Check out the Concerto for Solo piano for one. I think its a beautiful piece, but I can see...
OK, I'll have to check it out. The only Alkan I have is John Ogden playing the Concerto for Solo Piano. Michael On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 12:41:14 -0800 (PST), Jason...
In general, I would have to agree with Michael Brown's assessment of Alkan, Godowsky et al. I remember hearing Raymond Lewenthal playing the Festin d'Esop many...
... of ... signifying ... This is crap. Most of his pieces don't even have very many notes at all. Listen to the nocturne. It has amazing tunes. Also, the tune...
Thank you, Andrew! Much of Alkan's output is not as immediately "hummable" as something by, say, Chopin. At first my brain couldn't make any sense out of the...
... immediately "hummable" as something by, say, Chopin. Indeed, but I found the strange thing was that even when I could hum the tunes and thought I'd got to...
Now, what is all this nonsense about the inacceptability of subjective aesthetic judgments. It seems that what Paul Kohler wants is to outlaw negative opinions...
Agreed! Even pieces which everyone (presumably) does love such as Le festin d'Aesop demand further study. I would go so far as to say that this set of...
I've always had a problem with this piece. After the statement of the main theme, I cannot resist singing "Oompa Loompa Doobadee Doo" Apologies to anyone who...
HAHAHA! I was afraid to admit that I have on occaision, yes rarely thought that myself . . . PLEASE STUDY IT MORE EVERYONE!! This too shall pass! Caleb Greg...
Thanks a lot Serge, it's very nice playing these wonderful waltzes. I've got a nother question: I hear the orchestral suite : "the comedians" by Dmitri...
Nernoff: I wish to remind the panel that it was I, not the other guy, that stirred up this controversy about the utter ennui invoked by Alkan & Shaphjairu[?]...
<<<<--- In the_horowitz_experience@yahoogroups.com, John Nernoff <nearenough@e...> wrote: Nernoff: I wish to remind the panel that it was I, not the other...
From a posting by Geoffrey Dorfman (pianophiles): Horowitz in Leningrad (Palexa) is already being sent to distributors. Yes, the 'other' concert. A live...
I recently read a short news item about Alexey Koltakov. He was a finalist at the last Cliburn competition and will be competing again this year. Evidently he...
I've taken the liberty of uploading Horowitz's Metropolitan Opera recital of 15 May 1983 to Smartgroups, a service which permits public sharing of files. ...
Hi, anyone wanting a copy of this recital but experiencing problems downloading from Smartgroups please e-mail me privately. I'll send the individual files as...
Thanks a lot! I've been looking for this for years (though I admit that I have his 1983 recital in Tokyo on a very poorly recorded DVD). Would you please...
... now that's equally intriguing ... feel like making some clips available? ;) michael r. brown http://www.marymaclane.com http://www.beyondfragmentation.net...
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