Freddy Kempf Owns

[jamie_liszt]

Hey

Just want to find out what do you guys think of freddy kempfs, i just heard some of his beethoven and schumann, it is really good, also rachmaninov

i seen his chopin etude op 10 video, it is really good

any of you heard his chopin etudes or schumann ?

tell me what u think

[etudes]

i ve never heard his beethoven
but i dont really like chopin etudes dvd (for me is quite boring!)

[palika dunno]

I saw the chopin etudes op. 10...unfortunately 
One of the baddest pianists I've ever heard/seen...
he's stiff, agressive, boring etc. ...he's actually a banger ..

palika

[stevie]

ive heard that he is quite the rapist....

[pseudopianist]

I love Kempff! His Chopin etudes are amazing but not the best I've heard but his Liszt and Rachmaninov etudes are out of this world.

[stevie]

I love Kempff! His Chopin etudes are amazing but not the best I've heard but his Liszt and Rachmaninov etudes are out of this world.

are they on par with lugansky and berezovsky?

[pabst]

kempf plays the most interesting prokofiev 1st sonata ive heard, better than chiu. That's all I can say

[cherub_rocker1979]

Is he related to Wilhem Kempff?

I like Lugansky and Berezovsky for the Rachmaninoff Etudes-Tableaux and Liszt Transcendental Etudes.

[thalbergmad]

When i saw him win the Yong Musician of the Year when he was 14, i thought i was witnessing the emergence of a genius.

I was wrong.

[tompilk]

He looks a bit odd though... not half as odd as me though!!! 

[kreso]

I've heard Freddy Kempff live in Zagreb, I think two years ago, and I must admit that this was one of my favourite concerts of that season!!
He played: Mozart-Sonata C-major K.330
                  Ravel-Valses nobles et sentimentales
                  Schumann-Davidsblutertanze op.6
When I read a programe, I thaught "How boring". But as soon as he started to play, you could feel his magic conection with a public. It was interesting-he play fasters tempos, but with great facility, easines and nobility.. Some peple said that thanks to him, they understood Ravel and Schumann, and it is really a great thing..    

And as an encores he played two Chopin's Studies from op.25-No.12 in c-minor and no.7 in c-sharp minor, and it was stuning-I realy enyojed!

btw. do you guys maybe have some of his records? Iy you have, please be so nice and sent me on my mail if you can. My mail is kresomusica@net.hr

 

    

[etudes]

Is he related to Wilhem Kempff?

I like Lugansky and Berezovsky for the Rachmaninoff Etudes-Tableaux and Liszt Transcendental Etudes.

i dont think so Freddy is with 1 f

I've heard Freddy Kempff live in Zagreb, I think two years ago, and I must admit that this was one of my favourite concerts of that season!!
He played: Mozart-Sonata C-major K.330
                  Ravel-Valses nobles et sentimentales
                  Schumann-Davidsblutertanze op.6
When I read a programe, I thaught "How boring". But as soon as he started to play, you could feel his magic conection with a public. It was interesting-he play fasters tempos, but with great facility, easines and nobility.. Some peple said that thanks to him, they understood Ravel and Schumann, and it is really a great thing..   

And as an encores he played two Chopin's Studies from op.25-No.12 in c-minor and no.7 in c-sharp minor, and it was stuning-I realy enyojed!

btw. do you guys maybe have some of his records? Iy you have, please be so nice and sent me on my mail if you can. My mail is kresomusica@net.hr

 

     

Kempf with 1 F is freddy 2 Fs is The legend

[chromatickler]

but i dont really like chopin etudes dvd (for me is quite boring!)

it's bloody good

[pseudopianist]

are they on par with lugansky and berezovsky?

possibly

[Jacey1973]

Freddy Kempf is one of my favourite pianists - and who said he was odd looking? He's soooo cute, can't believe he's married...lol!

I've not got any of his recordings yet - but i plan to, but i've seen him live 3 times and going to see him perform a Mozart concerto next year.

He is fantastic live - saw him play Appassionata, and his interpretation of Mussorgsky's Pics at an Exhibition was so memorable, firey - he had so much strength and stamina! Really one of the more memorable recitals i've been to.

I also saw him recently play Tchaikovsky's piano concerto no 1, which wasn't as exciting as his recital. Although his playing was enjoyable and technically briliiant I felt it was a straightforward performance - maybe because i've heard the piece too many times or the fact i was sitting very close to the piano and therefore couldn't hear it as a whole - there wasn't something quite right about the balance between the piano and orchestra from where i was sitting.

I also saw him do a chamber concert a few weeks back - Brahms's Quintet in F minor (op 34?) This was also fantastic, he really worked well together with the other musicians and gave a brilliant performance.

I must say, sometimes i do prefer solo recitals/chamber concerts if i want to really study a pianist close up - they are more intimate, you feel more part of the performance.

[stevie]

yes jenni, youd really like to feel his part...of the performance...yes.

i own the DVD and i can tell you its very solid.

i also have a video of his pathetique sonata, and its also very good, and exciting.

the interesting thing is, he isnt a perfectionist, he plays on a knifes edge and takes risk, so his performances , while hit and miss, are always exciting.

[Jacey1973]

yes jenni, youd really like to feel his part...of the performance...yes.

i own the DVD and i can tell you its very solid.

i also have a video of his pathetique sonata, and its also very good, and exciting.

the interesting thing is, he isnt a perfectionist, he plays on a knifes edge and takes risk, so his performances , while hit and miss, are always exciting.

Well Stevie, you know me too well....lol 

[pianalex]

one of the least interesting pianists i think - a technician lacking in soul.  try yevgeny sudbin for a similar generation but with a warm beating heart..