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Author Topic: Famous pianists  (Read 857 times)
trained-pianist
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« Reply #15 on: 01:58:39, 29-05-2007 »

My friend who is not a musician says that there is place for all people here and in art there is no competition. She is such an unusual person. Some people are too competative, but she is wonderful.
Who is better Scriabin or Rachmaninoff, Chopin or Liszt, Wagner or Brahms, Schostakovich or Prokofiev? Good night, sleep tight. Kiss
Richter or Gileles? Rubinstein or Horowitz?
People like different things and some people like all.
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« Reply #16 on: 09:14:49, 30-05-2007 »

There is Scriabin on COWT this week. So far there was an early Scryabin piano music.

As it happens I am playing Rachmaninoff@ two preludes. I am comparing them as I am playing.
They are such a different personalities.
In my view Rachmaninoff is more placid of the two. Scriabin is either refined (later) or he is so passionate in his music. For some reason when I played Scryabin I played him in too refined way (if I may say so).
I think what helped me in understanding him is the discussions in a program COTW about hie love life, many affairs, many wives. I did read a book about him by his brother in a law, but this side of Scryabin's personality did not come to light in that book.

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