THE piano thread

Randomly, since I brought up Prokofiev, I should probably bring up THIS. It's his 3rd piano concerto performed by quite possibly the most talented musician America has ever produced. Gentleman (and ladies? are there actually women here?) may i present to you...William Kapell

 
@therealdope i didnt even know this was a thing. Have you attended a recital in that hall? I plan driving around the lake for a concert on april 23

 
Not the cleanest recording ever but LOL at this "This is an audience recording without copyright and should bear no objection by any claimant."
 
therealdope said:
I don't know why but this Horowitz at home documentary always gets to me.

The Chopin Scherzo No 1.

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He is in his 80's there, and I agree tthat gets me as well..

There was a time he was in his 20's and unleashing the Liszt sonata like THIS (pretty sure he performed this in Ann Arbor in the 70's as well. I have no clue why exactly he was fucking around up there so much in the 70's).

 
volodya said:
He is in his 80's there, and I agree tthat gets me as well..

There was a time he was in his 20's and unleashing the Liszt sonata like THIS (pretty sure he performed this in Ann Arbor in the 70's as well. I have no clue why exactly he was fucking around up there so much in the 70's).

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you've heard the story of Horwitz after he left the USSR. In his first concert he finished the Tchaikovsky concerto 3 bars ahead of the symphony.
 
therealdope said:
you've heard the story of Horwitz after he left the USSR. In his first concert he finished the Tchaikovsky concerto 3 bars ahead of the symphony.
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Thats, several years after he left, but yes I heard it. He didn't make it to NYC until 1928. There is a pretty cool story of his first concert after he escaped USSR however...and it was the Tchaikovsky 1st as well, but it was in Berlin on a few hours notice.
 
volodya said:
Thats, several years after he left, but yes I heard it. He didn't make it to NYC until 1928. There is a pretty cool story of his first concert after he escaped USSR however...and it was the Tchaikovsky 1st as well, but it was in Berlin on a few hours notice
therealdope said:
you've heard the story of Horwitz after he left the USSR. In his first concert he finished the Tchaikovsky concerto 3 bars ahead of the symphony.
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Regarding the performance you are probably talking about, yes, he made his American debut at Carnegie Hall with the Tchaikovsky 1st in January '28. He and Rachmaninoff soon met and in fact played his 3rd concerto in the steinway basement with rachmaninoff himself accompanying with the orchestral part on a second piano. Thats pretty badass.
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At Christmas I went back to Toronto to visit my dad and brother. Had breakfast at Fran's diner, an 80 yr old Toronto institution. Unfortunately the Fran's at Yonge and St Clair is no longer there (replaced by shiny new condos). Glenn Gould used eat late at night at that Fran's diner every day.

Also Glenn Gould, the master of the Goldberg Variations.

 
therealdope said:
At Christmas I went back to Toronto to visit my dad and brother. Had breakfast at Fran's diner, an 80 yr old Toronto institution. Unfortunately the Fran's at Yonge and St Clair is no longer there (replaced by shiny new condos). Glenn Gould used eat late at night at that Fran's diner every day.

Also Glenn Gould, the master of the Goldberg Variations.

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I'm not allowed to like posts right now, but i would like that one.

So, I've posted some Yunchan Lim in this thread who IMO is the absolute greatest young pianist alivel. He's why i'm asking you about Hill Auditorium; he is playing the Goldberg's there on 23 April.
 
therealdope said:
At Christmas I went back to Toronto to visit my dad and brother. Had breakfast at Fran's diner, an 80 yr old Toronto institution. Unfortunately the Fran's at Yonge and St Clair is no longer there (replaced by shiny new condos). Glenn Gould used eat late at night at that Fran's diner every day.

Also Glenn Gould, the master of the Goldberg Variations.

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i sorta gotta ask...do you prefer his earlier or later Goldberg Variations? He recorded them when he was young and then right before he died. It basically bookended hiz career...
 
Speaking of Gould and Bach, here he is looking like a young James Dean



What a talent
 
For you visual mofos here is a stunning performance of Brahms second piano concerto performed by Sokolov in the 80's. Big man playing a big piece, it is EPIC,


 
Here is an astonishing performance of the finale of Alkan;s Concerto for Solo Piano. The rest of is available, and just as mofo, but I chose this clip for the unique sherdog attention span . This couldv'e just as well been posted in the sports bar as well IMO. Enjoy peope such as @BroRogan @Sweater of AV

 
I just noticed somebody on youtube has worked very hard on on this 1968 recording of Horowitz playing Rachmaninoff's second piano sonata. And it is utterly phenomenal . You might need headphones or earbuds for this bad boy @Sweater of AV ...you probably wanna hear this one ;-) Its the real big sound ive been trying to tell you about.
 
@volodya thanks for the @ was listening to your recent posts! Appreciate it and love me some piano music :)
 
I love this tune from one of America's greatest songwriters.

I especially love it because I myself have woken up in dingy motel rooms and had to gather myself. If I were only as talented..........
 
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