Dmitri Alexeev

[greyrune]

I just bough a CD of him playing the Rach preludes, morcueaux de fantasie and mements musicaux and i'm really enjoying it.  I was wondering if any of you had heard of him.  I bought this CD becuase it was the only one with those three things (which i really wanted) but i'd never heard of him before, i'm not really that up on my pianists, just like to know what others think of him.

[presto agitato]

One of the top ten russian players of the 20th century IMO. He is great, i own his recording of Chopin’s waltzes.

BTW He won Leeds competition in 1975

[vaiva]

I have a disc, not CD, but an old one, a vinyl (I don't know the corect word). There Dmitri Alexeyev plays pieces  of Prokofiev: Concerto no.3 (with London Phiharmonic orchertra, conductor Yuri Temirkanov) and Sarcasms op.17. The record is of 1977year.
some infromation about him:
Dmitri Alexeyev was born in Moscow in 1947. He was a student of prof.D.Bashkirov in Moscow Concervatory. in 1969 he won the 2nd prize at the M.Long international Competition in Paris and a year later the top prize at the G.Enescu International Competition in Bucharest. 1974 he became the laureate of the Tchaikovsky international competition and in 1975 he scored a triumph in the international competition in LEEDS.

[joell12068]

I have his recording of Beethoven Piano Concerto no.3.  Very impressive.

[allchopin]

One of the top ten russian players of the 20th century IMO. He is great, i own his recording of Chopin’s waltzes.

I find this set of recordings pretty dry and un-Chopin like.  It's rare to find a Russian sound fit Chopin.

[presto agitato]

 It's rare to find a Russian sound fit Chopin.

A lot of piano people say that Ashkenazy was the best Chopin interpreter ever.

[allchopin]

A lot of piano people say that Ashkenazy was the best Chopin interpreter ever.

I happen to strongly disagree with this view.

[musicsdarkangel]

I just bough a CD of him playing the Rach preludes, morcueaux de fantasie and mements musicaux and i'm really enjoying it.  I was wondering if any of you had heard of him.  I bought this CD becuase it was the only one with those three things (which i really wanted) but i'd never heard of him before, i'm not really that up on my pianists, just like to know what others think of him.

YES!!! FINALLY!!!!

I've been preaching Alexeyev's Rachmaninoff preludes all the time on this forum.  IMO nothing touches his preludes.  He is incredible, and underrated.

Anyway, yes, I have his Rachmaninoff preludes cd as well, and it's amazing.



On a side note, I am in love with Ashkenazy's Chopin sonata interpretations.