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#1988301 - 11/18/12 09:01 PM Like a piano ought to sound.
Bech 500 Post Club Member Registered: 03/24/10 Posts: 822 Loc: California	Just discovered Pianist James Rhodes awhile ago. Listened to about 4 other pianists play this piece and when I got to James I says to myself: "This is how a piano oughta sound." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwTJU8ga1zQ&feature=related Have to spend more time listening to this artist. Gave Valentina Lisitsa a fair chance with this piece and her Bosendorfer. Sounded very good but to my ears the treble of this piano is too mellow. Seems as I continue to listen to concert pianists I grow more and more in favor of the Steinway sound. Bech Edited by Bech (11/18/12 09:01 PM) _________________________ Music. One of man's greatest inventions. And...for me, the piano expresses it best.
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#1988307 - 11/18/12 09:29 PM Re: Like a piano ought to sound. [Re: Bech]
Cinnamonbear 2000 Post Club Member Registered: 01/09/10 Posts: 2853 Loc: Rockford, IL	Hey, Bech-- Give us the other 4 links, please, so we can says to ourselves, too. Thanks! --Andy _________________________ I may not be fast, but at least I'm slow.
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#1988316 - 11/18/12 09:53 PM Re: Like a piano ought to sound. [Re: Bech]
Cinnamonbear 2000 Post Club Member Registered: 01/09/10 Posts: 2853 Loc: Rockford, IL	Originally Posted By: Bech "This is how a piano oughta sound." ...I says to myself... Ravel-Miroirs. 5. La Vallee des Cloches in Equal Beating Victorian Temperament III Debussy--Relfets dans l'eau in Equal Beating Victorian Temperament III Rachmaninoff--[Name that tune]--in EBVT III _________________________ I may not be fast, but at least I'm slow.
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#1988320 - 11/18/12 10:36 PM Re: Like a piano ought to sound. [Re: Bech]
Cherub Rocker Full Member Registered: 02/11/06 Posts: 435 Loc: North Carolina, USA	Originally Posted By: Bech Seems as I continue to listen to concert pianists I grow more and more in favor of the Steinway sound. Bech Ah, yes. Especially the Hamburg Steinway (which is what this Rhodes guy is playing).
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#1988322 - 11/18/12 10:42 PM Re: Like a piano ought to sound. [Re: Bech]
Cherub Rocker Full Member Registered: 02/11/06 Posts: 435 Loc: North Carolina, USA	Here's another pianist playing a Hamburg Steinway. I love his efficiency, no excessive movements.
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#1988375 - 11/19/12 03:47 AM Re: Like a piano ought to sound. [Re: Bech]
debrucey 2000 Post Club Member Registered: 01/18/06 Posts: 2530 Loc: Manchester, UK	We have (had) the same teacher. clang I quite like James Rhodes, but not this particular recording. The voicing is a bit all over the place. Edited by debrucey (11/19/12 03:49 AM) _________________________ Kapustin - Preludes Op. 53, Nos. 8, 12, 9 and 10 Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata Ravel - Une Barque sur l'Ocean Esa-Pekka Salonen - Organisme, from Dichotomie Chopin - Ballade No. 4
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#1988544 - 11/19/12 01:33 PM Re: Like a piano ought to sound. [Re: debrucey]
ClsscLib Registered: 03/14/08 Posts: 1067 Loc: Northern VA, U.S.	Who's the dude in the oversized photo, and why is it on stage? _________________________ I'd be tender, I'd be gentle And awfully sentimental Regarding love and art... I'd be friends with the sparrows And the boy who shoots the arrows If I only had a heart. -- E.Y. "Yip" Harburg and Harold Arlen
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#1988578 - 11/19/12 02:57 PM Re: Like a piano ought to sound. [Re: Bech]
Cherub Rocker Full Member Registered: 02/11/06 Posts: 435 Loc: North Carolina, USA	A former Moscow Conservatory faculty member perhaps? I love the playing, though!
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#1988581 - 11/19/12 03:02 PM Re: Like a piano ought to sound. [Re: Bech]
Cherub Rocker Full Member Registered: 02/11/06 Posts: 435 Loc: North Carolina, USA	Another wonderful pianist, Vadim Rudenko.
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#1989061 - 11/20/12 07:08 PM Re: Like a piano ought to sound. [Re: Cinnamonbear]
Tmoose Full Member Registered: 10/31/07 Posts: 107 Loc: Washington State	The Debussy is stunning - who's playing it? And forgive me if it's you! Beautiful. _________________________ 1906 Steinway B (#124401)
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