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"Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time."
-Albert Camus,
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Josef Hofmann
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
William Kapell
Maria Grinberg (some things I love, some things I hate, but for some selection of repertoire there is simply nobody better.)
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Cool Thread! Tough to choose just 5!
Garrick Ohlsson
Horacio Gutierrez
Stephen Hough
Horowitz
Rachmaninoff
'I couldn't wait for success, so
I went on without it.' --Jonathan Winters
'I'm listening to a higher partial.' --Thomas McDowell
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Martha Argerich
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Originally posted by Thracozaag:
After hearing this (again), I can certainly see why he's been mentioned multiple times--gorgeous playing. Yeah, and listen to his Liszt! Rachmaninov's super-human prowess really comes to the fore around 2:39. BTW Koji, I recently encountered your Scriabin 10th on YouTube. Wonderful. You're as beautiful to watch as you are to listen to. With all the discussion around here about stage mannerisms and such, I would highly recommend people view that video. One imagines you don't have much patience with the contortions of LL or Uchida.
Jason
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Originally posted by sotto voce:
Oscar Levant
I recall hearing his Gershwin Preludes several years back. Knocked me flat. This guy was good.
Jason
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Vladimir Horowitz
Alfred Cortot
Emil Gilels
Glenn Gould
Artut Rubinstein
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Alfred Brendel
Arthur Rubinstein
Walter Gieseking
Claudio Arrau
Rudolph Serkin
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Originally posted by argerichfan: Originally posted by sotto voce:
Oscar Levant
and very witty too! Too bad his career was derailed somewhat by a lot of personal and health problems. Sophia
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Maurizio's still the best pianist since Liszt, maybe who ever was...so give it up and move on...
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Martha Argerich
and, these days:
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Michelangeli
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Martha Argerich Nikolai Lugansky Valentina Lisitsa Mitsuko Uchida Emil Gilels (Gosh only 5?  )
Currently working on:
-Poulenc Trois pièces
-Liszt Harmonies du Soir
-Bach/Brahms Chaconne for Left Hand
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And I must add, it ABSOLUTELY tickles me that Kissin only has 1 vote, and Mr. Lang has none. Daniel
Currently working on:
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Ridicolosamente,,,  Seconded
"Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time."
-Albert Camus,
Jim
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I'm glad this topic was phrased as your favourite, or most beloved, rather than who do you think is the greatest etc. No one can argue with a list of most beloveds Not in any particular order, the first four were easy: Richter Brendel Schiff Argerich And for the fifth? What about a collaborative pianist/accompanist? And my favourite is Geoffrey Parsons.
Du holde Kunst...
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Originally posted by currawong:
And for the fifth? What about a collaborative pianist/accompanist? And my favourite is Geoffrey Parsons. Funnily, just last night I was trying to think of a 5th pianist for my top 5, and the name Gerald Moore popped up. It takes a very confident pianist to tackle so successfully the elaborate (but glorious) accompaniments of Schumann, Strauss and Wolf. But I can certainly agree with your admiration of Mr. Parsons... and lucky him to have worked with singers of the calibre of Jessye Norman and Christa Ludwig.
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My Top 5:
Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Maurizio Pollini
Sergej Prokofiev
Bernd Glemser
Frederic Rzewski
I have an ice cream. I cannot mail it, for it will melt.
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my top 5-
Vladimir Horowitz
Ian Pace
Sviatoslav Richter
Marc-Andre Hamelin
Jonathan Powell
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