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Offline thracozaag

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My Pianistic Pantheon
on: September 04, 2003, 05:26:29 PM
Kapell
Lipatti
Horowitz
Bolet
Gilels
Hoffman
Moiseiwitsch
Michelangeli
Sofronitsky

 The "freak" wing:
Czifrra
Gavrilov
Sokolov
Hamelin
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Re: My Pianistic Pantheon
Reply #1 on: September 04, 2003, 06:56:12 PM
For the pantheon -

Cortot
Schnabel
Goode
Janis
Rosina Lhevinne
Lipatti - oops.. but he deserves a second mention.
Rachmaninoff

For the freak wing -
Godowsky (just for the transcriptions)
Busoni - there are piano-roll recordings available.
Josef Lhevinne
Argerich - oh yes.. freaky...
and numerous other craaaaazy pianists.
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Re: My Pianistic Pantheon
Reply #2 on: September 04, 2003, 07:18:38 PM
Surely Ogdon should be added to the freak wing...
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Re: My Pianistic Pantheon
Reply #3 on: September 04, 2003, 07:39:05 PM
Ogdon is definitely in there, along with Simon Barere  And I apologize for the grievous omissions of Cortot and Schnabel.
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Re: My Pianistic Pantheon
Reply #4 on: September 05, 2003, 06:39:08 PM
In the freak thing, is anyone better than Frederick Gulda???
I mean COME ON!, he painted his body green and played in the nude... ;D
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Re: My Pianistic Pantheon
Reply #5 on: September 05, 2003, 06:50:52 PM
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In the freak thing, is anyone better than Frederick Gulda???
I mean COME ON!, he painted his body green and played in the nude... ;D



I was referring to pianistic prowess, but that would certainly qualify Mr. Gulda for his own padded cell.
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Re: My Pianistic Pantheon
Reply #6 on: September 06, 2003, 01:36:51 AM
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I was referring to pianistic prowess, but that would certainly qualify Mr. Gulda for his own padded cell.


lol. 'nuff said
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