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We have two of the Ashley Wass Bax CDs and they are excellent!
We also saw Mr.Wass play in Kendal in 2005 and he was excellent in Liszt's Annees de Pelerinage (parts of books 1 and 2) - I understand he is to record Liszt's Album d'un Voyager for Naxos - those pieces are the original versions to much of that found in the first 2 Annees and they are remarkable and very rarely played.
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« Reply #196 on: 18:57:54, 27-05-2007 » |
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I recently heard pianist Fazil Say who accompanied Meyer (clarinet). I was very impressed with their recital. I am told that Fazil Say is a very good pianist who is recording Beethoven now. I don't know if it is true, but I was very impressed with his playing solo as well as in a duet with Fazil Say.
I heard them in French repertoire.
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« Reply #197 on: 19:46:34, 27-05-2007 » |
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Composer of the week starting tomorrow is Scriabin and Bank Holiday Monday's programme concentrates on his piano music. Some good current pianists like Stephen Coombs, Marc -Andre Hamelin and Piers Lane but it also says it has a performance by Scriabin himself ( ! ) as well as one by Rachmaninov.
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« Reply #198 on: 19:53:21, 27-05-2007 » |
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I am looking forward to Scriabin as COTW. I heard about Andre Hamelin, but don't know about others. I never heard Scriabin, but I did hear recordings of Rachmaninoff.
There is a story about Rachmaninoff. When Scriabin died Rachmaninoff participated in a concert (or he played some Scriabin piece).
I don't remember what pianist came after to a green room and said: You played this piece very well. To which Rachmaninoff answered: And you thought I was going to play it badly?.
They did not speak after that for a long time. I can not remember who was that other pianist.
Scriabin and Rachmaninoff knew each other from childhood, but they were so different. I can not imagine how Rachmaninoff would play Scriabin.
I am looking forward to the program and I am looking forward to hear all this pianists. I am so happy about that. Thank you BobbyZ for reminding me about COTW.
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« Reply #199 on: 21:27:19, 27-05-2007 » |
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there seems to be rather a plethora of scriabin's piano music throughout the week. i'm looking forward to it too - it's not played all that often. yank out audacity again though, i fear.
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« Reply #200 on: 16:04:48, 29-05-2007 » |
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Nobody adviced me on Bowen. It is not suitable for first second or third dates I suppose. ... Also Alkan op 63 will have to be explored. May be there are some erotic pieces there. Also I think it could be played on a first few dates (not that I am dating or anything). I'm a bit behind with this thread, t-p, but can you explain to me what is all this about dating?? <confused> |
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« Reply #201 on: 16:13:15, 29-05-2007 » |
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I'm a bit behind with this thread, t-p, but can you explain to me what is all this about dating?? <confused>
It starts around about post 170 t_i_n. Messrs Pace and Increpatio had some suggestions of music suitable for seduction to assist one of t-p's students I seem to recall. |
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« Reply #202 on: 16:25:43, 29-05-2007 » |
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Ah yes, I do remember now, thanks BobbyZ. It's those holes in my brain.  |
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« Reply #203 on: 17:10:53, 29-05-2007 » |
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Also Alkan op 63 will have to be explored. May be there are some erotic pieces there. Just noticed this now. I flick through Martin's recordings.... La Vision or les Soupirs might be good for the end of a night. Maybe le frisson, Notturnino-inammorato or pseudo-naivete, but I don't know if I could pull them off. Could take the other tack and go for Les Diabolotins or Scherzeto, if you're like that (which Martin seems to play very slowly :S ). |
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« Reply #204 on: 17:00:50, 11-06-2007 » |
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Paul Lewis' Beethoven Klaviersonaten on Performance on 3 every day this week (except Wednesday   ) starting tonight. Delayed broadcasts from that hive of snootiness the Wigmore Hall. |
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« Reply #205 on: 21:37:44, 13-06-2007 » |
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i have an idea of learning one (or more) of the Bax piano sonatas at some point. RCM doesn't have recordings of any of them, so any information / recommendations on them would be welcomed.
I have played nos. 2 and 3, and recommend both, although I probably prefer no.2. By the way, I think Rachmaninoff was impressed by no.1, but I think it's not quite as good as the next two. No.4 is a closed book to me, much more introverted. There are, I think, earlier unnumbered sonatas, as well as a piano solo of the First Symphony. Although I could be mistaken about that. |
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« Reply #206 on: 14:34:35, 16-06-2007 » |
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Recently I was reminded of a good method to practice. I always was practising arpeggio like passages forward and backward to teach the fingers the map.
However, recently I found that one can take two chords and play them from one to the second and then reverse starting from the second to the first.
I was able to learn a few things very fast. I am dissappointed that I forgot about this principle of going backward (if I can say so).
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« Reply #207 on: 22:45:03, 16-06-2007 » |
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No.4 is a closed book to me, much more introverted. it sounds like a good choice for me, then!  danke schön! I know that t-p (and probably others) will come down on me like a Bösendorfer for asking this, but which is the "correct" (no better word  ) way of spelling Rachmaninoff / Rachmaninov ?? I tend to favour the method of the country of the composer's origin, taking it to extreme lengths such as Händel and Schönberg. But which is that in this case? |
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« Reply #208 on: 22:48:25, 16-06-2007 » |
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eruanto,
It is difficult to say. In Russian language they spell Rachmaninov with v, but if the word ends on the consonant that is voiced people don't say it, but change it to f.
Rachmaninov is spelled with v, but it in reality when people say it they say it with f.
Can you understand that?
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« Reply #209 on: 22:52:59, 16-06-2007 » |
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a very comprehensible post, t-p. do people say it as f just because it's easier to hear, or is there some other reason? |
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