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Announcements => Introductions => Topic started by: rigormortis on December 21, 2012, 04:13:00 PM

Title: Hoi, Piano Fan here!
Post by: rigormortis on December 21, 2012, 04:13:00 PM
Well, I'm new and I just came across your forum and would like to introduce myself to you guys.
I'm collecting LP records since 3 years now and have some 7000 classical records and I like my Piano records the most.
They are all photographed and put on my photo site to search through, with a high res photo of front and back and inside,
in case people want to know what and who is on those records.
The site is this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hansthijs/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hansthijs/)
Have fun if you want to search for anything and have a good Christmas holidays

Greetings from Hans in Holland
Title: Re: Hoi, Piano Fan here!
Post by: david johnson on December 22, 2012, 12:36:38 AM
hi, hans!   :)
Title: Re: Hoi, Piano Fan here!
Post by: Que on December 22, 2012, 01:52:23 AM
Van harte welkom op het forum, Hans! :) You'll find that we have several Dutch members BTW.

Q
Title: Re: Hoi, Piano Fan here!
Post by: Lisztianwagner on December 22, 2012, 07:29:14 AM
Hello, Hans, welcome to the forum!
I think we could get on well, I've studied piano and I absolutely love piano music too. About musicians, do you like Ashkenazy, Rubinstein and Richter?

Ilaria
Title: Re: Hoi, Piano Fan here!
Post by: Brahmsian on December 22, 2012, 07:32:19 AM
Welcome to GMG, Hans!  :)

You will fit right in here, as there are many piano music fanatics!  8)
Title: Re: Hoi, Piano Fan here!
Post by: bhodges on December 22, 2012, 11:48:03 AM
Hi Hans, and welcome to GMG. 7,000 LPs is quite a collection! Enjoy yourself here and let us know what you're listening to.

--Bruce
Title: Re: Hoi, Piano Fan here!
Post by: rigormortis on December 22, 2012, 02:15:27 PM
Hi Guys, Thanks!
Just came across The Doors - Absolutely live and Jimmy Hendrix's Experience today and although it's not classical it is still Classic to me. So the have just been played tonight and the're good.
Heard Hartmann 5th symph. and Mahler 4 th this afternoon by the Residency Orch. in the ConcertGebouw and it was pretty overwhelming! Very nice dark first half and going to the light with Mahler 4 was good in Christmas time ;-)
See you around!
Title: Re: Hoi, Piano Fan here!
Post by: mc ukrneal on December 22, 2012, 02:22:15 PM
Welcome and enjoy!
Title: Re: Hoi, Piano Fan here!
Post by: rigormortis on December 22, 2012, 11:32:19 PM
Thanks!
I specially like the feminist oeps typo! feminin I meant ;-) )piano players, such as Jeanne Bovet, iLana Vered, Alicia de Larrocha, Martha Argerich, Yuya Wang of the later generation is also amazing
Some men I just think of now are Richter, Francois, Solomon, Lupu, Sokolov, the last two I saw live this and a few years back and that was an incredible event too, for a piano lover I mean ;-)
I made a recording from the Radu Lupu Debussy Preludes Book 1 part, for it is rather unknown for him to play this:
http://vimeo.com/12335545 (http://vimeo.com/12335545)
Till Later!
Title: Re: Hoi, Piano Fan here!
Post by: Hollywood on December 23, 2012, 12:29:37 AM
Howdy there Hans. Greetings from a L.A. Woman living in Vienna, Austria. Welcome to the forum.  8)
Title: Re: Hoi, Piano Fan here!
Post by: North Star on December 23, 2012, 12:30:27 AM
Welcome to the forum!
Some fine pianists you list there, although I can't say I've ever heard of Bovet or Vered before.