Today I discovered a new pianist for myself. His name is Clifford Curzon.
The reason I did not know him is that he was English pianist and possibly did not visit the USSR.
Or perhaps I was too young when he was performing or not even born yet.

I am so glad I discovered his name. Unfortunately he did not record too much. His recordings now on my wish list.
He is really marvelous pianist.
My favourite English pianists are John Ogden and now Clifford Curzon.
I hope I will discover more English pianists later.
Thank you to Radio 3 for the program.

Thank you Bryn,
I am going to put some of the records to my wish list.

I am listening to the program and they say that he studied with Schnabel. He arrived to Berlin in late 1920s after hearing Schnabel.
I like the program very much. He played Schubert absolute extraordinary. I am so excited.

I am listening to ili Boulanger: 3 Pieces for violin and piano. He studied with Landowska in Paris and he knew French repertoire very well. I love the pieces very much.
I have not being so excited for a long time.
MabelJane, you pianist grandma understood pianists really well. I can tell now for sure.

I know that Lili Boulanger died young and that she was a composer, but I never before heard her music. Out of two sisters she was more talented that Nadya Boulanger. I know want to put Nadya down. She taught everybody and she was an amazing woman.
I don't know Lili Boulanger psalms. I wonder if she has anything for the piano or small ensemble. I will have to check.
I never heard Sophie-Carmen or Eckhard-Gramatte, Ruth Crawford (Seeger) or Carla Bley even by names. This is another line of inversigation for me.
I have to take it by portions so that I absorb all these information. I don't have powerful brains as you can see. I have to operate with limited capacity. I am afraid to forget or miss something.
I will do a little investigation now so that I don't forget.
I was planning to listen to Alkan and Bowen today in between everything.
Thank you, autoharp, for all your help.

Thank you, autoharp.
These three composers are very interesting.
I have nothing against jazz, but I don't like this fast blobbing passages that tell me nothing (I think abaout them like somebody is brushing his teetgh).
I like to hear the real mporvisation not a mad dash. This is about Carla Bley.

Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte is good for me to know. I might have a chance to play her repertoire (either solo or with the violin). If it is very difficult I can just play it for myself at home. If it is not I can attempt to play it publically. I have a violinist here (he is young, in his mid 20s) who is getting better and doing MA close by. He wants to explore repertoire, but he is not knowledgable like me. We are trying to find pieces to play (different styles and different times).
I am greatful for this information. I am going to look for the music.

Ruth Crawford is a new name to me too. I agree with you about Nadya Boulanger. I read a book about her. I think she was very knowledgeable and brought up well in Paric conservatory. She was a fashionable name and she did a lot for  some people's education. But it is good to preserve one's individuality and not all composers went through rigorous training in conservatory. Russian Mighty bunch did not go through conservatory training. (Borodin, R-K, Kui, Musorgsky etc).
Many composers are self taught and are very original. Some times it takes years to overcome one's education.
I think this is a very interesting discussion. Thank you again.
 

Thanks for pointing out that thread, interesting to hear Peter Katin's reminiscences.

I have the cd called Early Scriabin by Stephen Coombs that two of the first pieces on the programme are taken from. It's just been reissued on Hyperion's mid price label Helios. It is like Chopin. The programme also has a very short piano roll of Scriabin himself playing and a piece played "incorrectly" by Rachmaninov that they then show Niehaus playing "correctly".

Nicely put, t-p.

I think that when listening to competitions such as the BBC Young Musician of the Year; once you've selected the best in each catergory (and even that can be very difficult) it's impossible really to compare them fairly if they're all very good; they're all winners. Competitions are much easier to judge when the players aren't at that level of excellence.

Night night,

MJ