Jeno Jando

[amanfang]

What do you think of Jeno Jando who has done a lot of recording for the Naxos label?

[presto agitato]

* One of the BEST pianist ever.

* Greatest hungarian pianist after Liszt

* Jeno Jando has more recordings in the catalogs than any other pianist.

I own his recordings of Schubert... Wonderful set.

[mig]

* One of the BEST pianist ever.

* Greatest hungarian pianist after Liszt

* Jeno Jando has more recordings in the catalogs than any other pianist.

I own his recordings of Schubert... Wonderful set.

what about Cziffra and Sandor? IMO, Jando is boring, no a very interesting pianist. But he does record A LOT, and very cheap, and that's why I have a lot of his stuff, although I rarely preffer his recordings to others.

[thorn]

the only recording of his i have are the Liszt Transcendental Etudes.

i think he's a strange pianist... in that with all the other CDs i own, the playing is of a consistant standard, with Jando, some etudes are fantastic, others are rubbish..

particular ones i have in mind are Etude 2 and Vision; his recording of the Etude 2 is awful... it slows down for the difficult parts and speeds up on the pars that he finds easier. then on the other hand... his Vision is a force to be reckoned with..

it's strange really

[krittyot]

Jando could have been more famous if he had signed a contract with other labels besides Naxos. I own alot of stuff by Jando and he has tons of recordings. Most of the are good but not necessarily outstanding though.

[stevie]

an amazing performing/recording repertoire, like biret

but also like biret, most of the playing is mediocre and unmemorable, but sometimes they do shine

it makes me wonder what theyd do if they played/recorded less pieces and spend more time on individual pieces, ala michelangeli

[gruffalo]

i have two CDs of Jando (both Naxos), his liszt TEs and a Liszt CD which has some anees de pelerinage. i thought his vallee d'Obermann was explicit. hes defo a great pianist. im not sure about the consistency of his great recordings because i havent got many of his stuff.

[sharon_f]

I have 2 CDs of Haydn sonatas and 1 CD of Bartok. Listened to them once. Quite pedestrian. His Bartok is boring and he just doesn't get Haydn. But then a lot of pianists out there don't get Haydn.

[mikey6]

I listened to his Rach 2 and it was boring!  His Liszt 'malediction' is surprisingly good though. He's a buy in bulk pianist - records everything for a cheap priced company.

[debussy symbolism]

Greetings.

I have his Hungarian Rhapsodies recording. Very good and evocative.

[amanfang]

My reasons for asking is mostly because it is so cheap.  On one hand I want to expand my aural recognition for a wide range of repertoire, but on the other hand, I want to listen to well-played, imaginative performances.  Unfortunately my budget is very limited, and I'm thinking that at this point, I'd rather go to expand my aural recognition.  If he's not awful, then I'll probably buy him, because Naxos is so inexpensive.

[alejo_90]

I also own his recording of the HRs.
IMO, he's a fairly decent pianist. But he lacks the virtuosity that Horowitz and Cziffra had. That's maybe why he slows down some passages of certain pieces (i.e. the octave jump before the Tiempo Giusto section of HR 2).

Best
Alex

[gruffalo]

I listened to his Rach 2 and it was boring!  His Liszt 'malediction' is surprisingly good though. He's a buy in bulk pianist - records everything for a cheap priced company.

ah yes, i forgot to mention. i have his recording of the rach2 1st movement and i too found it quite boring. too much swaying. i recommend his Liszt, but im not sure about other stuff.

[ted]

I have several of his CDs and, while he is obviously a pianist of exceptional ability, it seems to me that his playing has a certain heavy sound to it which I personally do not like. How much of this is due to recording techniques I don't know, but all the ones I own have it, and it isn't there with other CDs and pianists.

[Waldszenen]

He's a watered down version of Brendel, playing Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, Beethoven and Liszt (nearly entirely all Brendel's repertoire too).


Jando's La Campanella is my favourite.

[donjuan]

My reasons for asking is mostly because it is so cheap.  On one hand I want to expand my aural recognition for a wide range of repertoire, but on the other hand, I want to listen to well-played, imaginative performances.  Unfortunately my budget is very limited, and I'm thinking that at this point, I'd rather go to expand my aural recognition.  If he's not awful, then I'll probably buy him, because Naxos is so inexpensive.

Naxos has expanded to many local libraries.  Check yours and see if you can access the whole Naxos collection online. --> then it will be even cheaper aka free

btw, I think Jando is a great pianist!  Excellent interpretation and technique.

[sauergrandson]

I like Jando, but:

1) Is his repertory larger than Arrau's?

2) His MOzart piano concert for two pianos is awful.

3) His Annčes de Pelerinage I-Suisse, 2 or 3 pieces are awful.

4) HIs recordings give me a flavour of "unfinished".

[jason2711]

i just borrowed his Rach 2/ paganinni variation CD from my piano teacher.  I didn't really like the Rach 2, it was a bit boring and at parts quite heavy-handed (it just didn't enthrall me the way other recordings of this have done).  The rhapsody on a theme of paganinni was pretty good though I think, though I haven't heard this work from other pianists as much.

[goose]

I think Jando deserves nothing but praise for not specialising in one or two composers. Has any modern pianist recorded more extensively?

Of course, his interpretations may not be to everyone's taste and anyone's welcome to criticise them. But he is surely an artist. And the fact that his Naxos recordings are so cheap means that he's a good person to compare other recordings against as we form our own impressions of how the piece should sound to us.

[sevencircles]

I like Jando, but:

1) Is his repertory larger than Arrau's?

Or what about the repertoire of Askenazy and Richter.

I donīt think anyone has had a larger repertoire of virtuoso pieces then Richter (Hamelin is not far behind though)

[00range]

My favorite recording of the man's is his Grieg 65/5 Wedding at Troldhaugen. In my opinion, it's wonderfully played.

[contrapunctus]

Or what about the repertoire of Askenazy and Richter.

I donīt think anyone has had a larger repertoire of virtuoso pieces then Richter (Hamelin is not far behind though)

Actually, Ian Pace has a larger repertoire than both those pianists, look here:
https://www.ianpace.com/

Ian Pace also has the best technique of any pianist.  He says Sorabji would be easy for him.

In other words, Ian Pace is a f***ing beast.

[sevencircles]

Ian Pace has not recorded many works at all and how many of them has he performed live?

I would like to see a liveclip of him.

[apion]

I think Jando deserves nothing but praise for not specialising in one or two composers. Has any modern pianist recorded more extensively?

Of course, his interpretations may not be to everyone's taste and anyone's welcome to criticise them. But he is surely an artist. And the fact that his Naxos recordings are so cheap means that he's a good person to compare other recordings against as we form our own impressions of how the piece should sound to us.

Very good points.

Overall, I think he's very, very good, but maybe not "great."  But he certainly is a great value.

[piano121]

I have a set of mozartīs sonatas performed by Jando. As other people said, I bought it because it was unexpensive. For years I thought that was some sort of standard for Mozart, because I wasīne listening to anything else. Shame on me!  Later on, I realize there are lots of interpreters of mozartīs sonatas that are much more atractive, IMO. de Larrocha comes to mind.