Purchases Today

[Brian]

I streamed the Rota Alpha CD and thought it was really great music.

[Brian]

Couldn't resist this 11 CD smorgasbord of rising young performers (and some who've risen enough to be established) in a wide variety of music, including one full CD of Australian music. In the notes, competition leader Piers Lane explains that in 2016, he changed the Australian music requirement for competitors from a specific set piece everyone had to play to a simple requirement that they choose any Australian work. The idea was that the pianists would choose works they genuinely loved and incorporate them into their regular concert repertoires, and continue to play them after the competition.

Also couldn't resist this:

[Mirror Image]

Tansmania!

Indeed! I'm excited to get more into this composer's music.

[Madiel]

Couldn't resist this 11 CD smorgasbord of rising young performers (and some who've risen enough to be established) in a wide variety of music, including one full CD of Australian music. In the notes, competition leader Piers Lane explains that in 2016, he changed the Australian music requirement for competitors from a specific set piece everyone had to play to a simple requirement that they choose any Australian work. The idea was that the pianists would choose works they genuinely loved and incorporate them into their regular concert repertoires, and continue to play them after the competition.

Please tell me there's at least one Vine piano sonata in there. At least.

[North Star]

Please tell me there's at least one Vine piano sonata in there. At least.

Sorry, but here's the contents of the Australian disc via translator that apparently could handle Sculthorpe once but not twice.

https://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Piano-Collection_000000000017977/item_Virtuoso-Pianists-of-the-Sydney-International-Piano-Competition-1992-2016-11CD-Limited_11972311

Disc9: Australian Piano Piece
1. Sculthorpe: Evocation (Arseny Tarasevic-Nikolaev / 2016)
2. Katz-Chernin: Page-turning (Roman Lopatinsky / 2016)
3. Benjamin: Two Improvisational Etudes (Toni Lee / 2016)
4. Kelly: Figured in the Drift of Stars (Rem Urasin / 2004)
5. Ford: Thin air (Daniel Zvetkov / 2008)
6. Skull Soap: Gilile (Ayesha Gough / 2016)
7. Kabarli Meditation (Dawn) (Avan You / 2012)
8. Vine: 5 Bagatelle-No.1 Darkly (Victoria Laxova / 2000)
9. Vine: 5 Bagatelle-No.2 Leggiero (Shan Deng / 2000)
10. Vine: 5 Bagatelle-No.3 (Shan Deng / 2000)
11. Vine: 5 Bagatelle-No.4 (Victoria Laxova / 2000)
12. Vine: Five Bagatelle-Threnody. Gently (Kenneth Broberg / 2000)
13. Agnew: Poem-1 (Aryosha Yurinich / 2016)
14. Benjamin: Scherzino (Toni Lee / 2016)
15. Dean: Equality (Martin Malmgren / 2016)
17. Skull soap: Night Thought No. 1 (Alexei Melnikov / 2016)
18. Skull soap: Harbor Dreaming (Yui Fushiki / 2016)
19. Vine: Tokkatissimo (Ilya Rashkovsky / 2016)
20. Hair: Under Aldebaran (/ 2016)
21. Smalley: Morceau de concours (Tomoki Kitamura / 2008)

[Madiel]

Well, that's a little disappointing. It looks like they've gone for smaller-scale pieces.

I know people played Vine's 1st sonata one year, because that's how I ever heard about it. And it seems to have been his most successful single work.

[Brian]

Last year I bought a used copy of a CD where Sergei Babayan (!!) plays the Vine First Sonata coupled with Messiaen. Definitely worth seeking.

(Haha "skull soap")

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Ran across a couple of used CDs at a price too good to pass on ($1 each):

Sviatoslav Richter playing Rachmaninov and Prokofiev


and Leif Ove Andsnes playing Rachmaninov


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[Florestan]

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[Pohjolas Daughter]

Couldn't resist this 11 CD smorgasbord of rising young performers (and some who've risen enough to be established) in a wide variety of music, including one full CD of Australian music. In the notes, competition leader Piers Lane explains that in 2016, he changed the Australian music requirement for competitors from a specific set piece everyone had to play to a simple requirement that they choose any Australian work. The idea was that the pianists would choose works they genuinely loved and incorporate them into their regular concert repertoires, and continue to play them after the competition.

Also couldn't resist this:

So, I see that you went both [for] old school and new school? 

Part III

You were busy today Florestan! 

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[aligreto]

Part I

Part II

Part III

Targeted listening in abundance, Andrei 

[Florestan]

You were busy today Florestan! 

A little. 

[Florestan]

Targeted listening in abundance, Andrei 

In a world gone mad, and going madder still, music and literature are essential for preserving my sanity and peace of mind. 

[André]

Clementi is one of my musical heroes. The disc played by Olivier Cavé is a gem. I don't know the other two though.

[Traverso]

In a world gone mad, and going madder still, music and literature are essential for preserving my sanity and peace of mind. 

Ah.... you're already hoarding stock 

[Florestan]

Ah.... you're already hoarding stock 

I've piled a high stock of unread books and un-listened-to CDs long before the damned Covid-19 stroke our lives... 

[Traverso]

I've piled a high stock of unread books and un-listened-to CDs long before the damned Covid-19 stroke our lives... 

Don't waste your time reading books but they are excellent for giving an idea of shelter, CD stacks however fall over easily, so be careful not to create a false sense of security ! 

[Symphonic Addict]

Stupendous purchases these.