Great classical pianists


Alexandra Dovgan is the pianist of her generation.

 

In the last century there was Richter. Today Trifonov. Now a new phenom. What is it in the Russian water that produces such giants of the keyboard?

We enjoy all great pianists. Rubinstein, Pollini, Argerich, Backhaus, Kempf, Michelangeli, Schnabel, Pogorelic, Gilels. Please add your favorite to this embarrassment of pianistic riches. But there is primus inter pares. 

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A piano lesson on Scriabin interpretation by a pupil of Heinrich Neuhaus : Lev Naumov ...

very interesting ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkdXzTjPr18

Glad to see another mention of Mitsuku Uchida, her Mozart Piano Concertos are my favorites, and I have many other recordings of them. Also her Schubert. I'm lucky to have lived in NYC for a very long time, and so have seen most of the greats from the 1970s on.

I met my wife at a very young age, as a teenager in fact, and we started going to classical music concerts back then. One day we went to Carnegie Hall to see Ashkenazy. She only told this to me recently, but she said that was the concert when she finally 'got' classical music. I guess that counts for something. 

it is also my favorite version ... 😊

Glad to see another mention of Mitsuku Uchida, her Mozart Piano Concertos are my favorites, and I have many other recordings of them.

 

For me, Mr. Horowitz is beyond criticism, but I'm surprised that I haven't seen a mention of Evgeny Kissin. Started playing at 18 months old and was composing variations at 3 years old. I think he is an amazing interpreter. 

All great pianist are beyond criticism by definition of being great....

When we pick some passionately as i did, it is not to disparage others great one, it is to express a part of myself resonating with one ...

Comparison is not reason , it is passion....

 

For me, Mr. Horowitz is beyond criticism