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Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Favourite pianist who emer...
Last post by Atriod - Today at 05:44:04 AMEasily Dina Ugorskaja.
Lucchesini had been making recordings in the 80s and 90s.
Lucchesini had been making recordings in the 80s and 90s.
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Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Favourite pianist who emer...
Last post by Hobby - Today at 05:43:11 AMOf course would also be expected to hear reasons for the choice of favourites and possibly suggestions for recording you would most like them to add to their repertoire.
All views will be subjective (except possibly Todd?) and based on making a connection with the pianist. I assume that having heard them live might help inform subjective judgements.
All views will be subjective (except possibly Todd?) and based on making a connection with the pianist. I assume that having heard them live might help inform subjective judgements.
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by vandermolen - Today at 05:39:38 AMShostakovich: Symphony No.12 'The Year 1917'
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Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: New Releases
Last post by ritter - Today at 05:39:05 AMQuote from: pjme on Today at 05:08:10 AMIntriguing (or simply weird?) cover illustration!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nvLU0w5q-X1kfqPoZ1Ovc25_BfW6dUnZU
The other symphonies will follow.
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The Diner / Re: What are you currently rea...
Last post by ritter - Today at 05:37:25 AMPlease stop this political OT diversion AT ONCE! Thanks!
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Great Recordings and Reviews / Favourite pianist who emerged ...
Last post by Hobby - Today at 05:37:12 AMI became a member GMG just over three years ago. The combination of the GMG and first accessing Qobuz as a streaming service helped keep me engaged and sane during enforced lockdowns, exacerbated by a hernia that could not get treated for months due to COVID restrictions. I have greatly enjoyed reading the wisdom and learnt a great deal, though some of the petty spats are irritating.
I thought it would be fun and illuminating to start a thread on this topic. Pianists who emerged into the recording domain in the first decade of the 21st century have had about 15 to 25 years to build up a recorded repertoire. As a result I expect a significant range of composers, preferably including both core repertoire and some less well known composers. Through GMG I have had a chance to discover several wonderful pianists who fit the bill - examples being Kosuge, Lucchesini, Schuch and Chamayou. As always members will welcome some flexibility at the margins - selected favourites might have an early recording just before 2000. Equally my intention is to include and welcome diversity across solo piano, chamber music and concertos.
I thought it would be fun and illuminating to start a thread on this topic. Pianists who emerged into the recording domain in the first decade of the 21st century have had about 15 to 25 years to build up a recorded repertoire. As a result I expect a significant range of composers, preferably including both core repertoire and some less well known composers. Through GMG I have had a chance to discover several wonderful pianists who fit the bill - examples being Kosuge, Lucchesini, Schuch and Chamayou. As always members will welcome some flexibility at the margins - selected favourites might have an early recording just before 2000. Equally my intention is to include and welcome diversity across solo piano, chamber music and concertos.
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The Diner / Re: What are you currently rea...
Last post by AnotherSpin - Today at 05:32:10 AMQuote from: Florestan on Today at 05:24:18 AMThat's a widely off topic joke.
Joke?
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The Diner / Re: What are you currently rea...
Last post by Florestan - Today at 05:24:18 AMQuote from: AnotherSpin on Today at 05:07:41 AMJust a hint that Ukraine today is again defending Europe, and not only Europe, from the Mongol-Tatar horde, just as Kievan Rus did many centuries ago.
That's a widely off topic joke.
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: Your favourite Tchaikovsky...
Last post by Jo498 - Today at 05:24:10 AMI rarely listen to the symphonies nowadays and I don't know Manfred well enough (although I have 3 of the most highly regarded recordings, Svetlanov, Silvestri, Markevitch), so its getting fuzzy in the lower half
6-5-4-1-2-3
I probably rated 1 in second place years ago when I was rather sick of 4 and 5. However, 5 was my "first love" and I think the middle movements of 4 are among the best. The first movement is good although a bit long (and I dislike the fatum fanfare) and while I tire quickly of the finale its infectious energy is undeniable. Whereas the wonderful atmosphere of the 1st's 1st movement cannot carry the whole piece and the finale is boring. #2 is more like suite with the finale presenting instrumentational changes as variation and while I want to like the 3rd, it just remains mostly boring (like the 2nd & 3rd piano concertos or most of the orchestral suites).
6-5-4-1-2-3
I probably rated 1 in second place years ago when I was rather sick of 4 and 5. However, 5 was my "first love" and I think the middle movements of 4 are among the best. The first movement is good although a bit long (and I dislike the fatum fanfare) and while I tire quickly of the finale its infectious energy is undeniable. Whereas the wonderful atmosphere of the 1st's 1st movement cannot carry the whole piece and the finale is boring. #2 is more like suite with the finale presenting instrumentational changes as variation and while I want to like the 3rd, it just remains mostly boring (like the 2nd & 3rd piano concertos or most of the orchestral suites).
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: Your favourite Tchaikovsky...
Last post by Atriod - Today at 05:11:14 AM4-6-5-3-1-2
I would have to think hard about where to place Manfred. This is one rare instance where a specific performance completely changed my mind on it.
Even the symphonies I didn't typically listen to these days until discovering Eschenbach, Gatti for the last three, and Pletnev in the first three. Which had caused me to go back to all the old performances I knew I liked and made me realize I was wrong to neglect these works for 10+ years.
I would have to think hard about where to place Manfred. This is one rare instance where a specific performance completely changed my mind on it.
Even the symphonies I didn't typically listen to these days until discovering Eschenbach, Gatti for the last three, and Pletnev in the first three. Which had caused me to go back to all the old performances I knew I liked and made me realize I was wrong to neglect these works for 10+ years.