Francesco Libetta

[stevie]

a phenomenal talent, i have 2 of his DVDs, and in particular the 'la roque d'antheron' DVD is the best piano DVD that i have, i have watched it innumberable times.

his name should be more well known, he has one of the best piano techniques EVER, and he is the true master of the chopin-godowsky studies.
his recordings and live performances of these works are generally(imo) superior(alot faster...) to hamelin's.

the most interesting quote ive seen about libetta is this one by bruno monsaingeon(who, i think, was the guy that made documentaries about legendary pianists like gould, richter etc.)
he simply said libetta is 'the greatest virtuoso in the world'(!!!)
thats some of the most insane praise ive ever seen, and from such an authority...

i also like these quotes(especially the 1st review )

"Fury, demonically charged and technically staggering. Here is big piano playing in its most unfettered and dangerous state. What a performance!" - Gramophone

"He takes his wonderful fingers for granted and he is a master of every period or style represented...the pieces sing. I have no hesitation calling him an important pianist.." - Harold Schonberg

https://www.miamipianofest.com/artists/libet.html

check out this link, the godowsky is astonishing, and the alkan phenomenal, but i think the saint-saens etude is just some of the best piano playing ive ever heard, i prefer his interpretation to both cortot and cziffra.

https://www.francescolibetta.it/

this is his website(hasnt been updated for a while..)

[maxy]

yup yup, he is good.  Makes insanely hard pieces look quite easy

[pita bread]

Legendary.

[thierry13]

He's great, but I like Hamelin's Alkan better.

[da jake]

Libetta doesn't convince me.

[joell12068]

Libetta's performance of the Strauss-Risler Till Eulenspeigel is my favorite.  How come nobody else plays this wonderful transcription ?

[stevie]

Libetta's performance of the Strauss-Risler Till Eulenspeigel is my favorite.  How come nobody else plays this wonderful transcription ?

ive heard that the score doesnt exist...well it does, but only in hand written form and theres 1 copy

thats what i read somewhere

[chromatickler]

Libetta doesn't convince me.

shameful

[stevie]

yeah, i can see why he can think that, some performances are quite dull and uninteresting.

when when hes on fire, hes on FIRE.