Best recital you have attended

[mikebechstein]

Somebody has started a string in Performance about the best performance experience they have had (and why)

I would like to do the same only with the subject being the best recital you have attended, and why was it the best. When I thought about it I was surprised that it was not a bigger name who had brought me the most pleasure at a recital.

I really enjoyed the following recitals:

Brendel playing Diabelli in the Concertgebouw 

Hewitt playing Goldberg at Alnwick Castle 

Piers Lane playing Schumann’s Carnival also at Alnwick Castle 

But, my favorite performance experience was recently. It was after a mixture of Bach and Shostakovich preludes and Fugues as well as some American and South American pieces, played by Joanna Macgreggor at the Brinkburn Priory. It was all good but the encore of Libertango by Piazzola sent shivers down my spine like I have not experienced in a long time and had me on the edge of my seat.    It had people standing up to see what she was doing at the keyboard (and on the case of the piano!). It is the most entertained I have ever been at a recital, which is why I go I suppose.

(As ever, please ignore my spelling mistakes)

[pianistimo]

carl cranmer's in philly.  he played a simple program of some nocturnes (faure, and the like) and chopin.  i really enjoyed the recital because it was in a ballroom and not a large concert hall.  the chairs were right around the piano and it was an intimate setting.  you could feel the vibrations. 

[burstroman]

An exciting memory for me was a long ago recital of Rudolf Firkusny playing the Beethoven Sonata Op 53.

[jre58591]

hamelin doing the following:

https://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c132/jre58591/program.jpg

he also did 4 debussy preludes at the end. man, what an awesome recital.

ooooh i cant wait to go see him again this saturday!

[opus10no2]

Ah Mike, where do you live exactly?

The best recital I have attended was Hamelin performing Bach-Busoni, Beethoven and Albeniz at Alnwick Castle 

[shasta]

My professor performing the Rach 3 as the winner of a concerto competition.  Such a victory and accomplishment for her.  I was so proud!

[tompilk]

hamelin doing the following:

https://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c132/jre58591/program.jpg

he also did 4 debussy preludes at the end. man, what an awesome recital.

ooooh i cant wait to go see him again this saturday!

lucky you!
He's playing alkan symphony for solo piano, ives concord and schumann fantasiestuck about 2hrs drive from where i live next year... ill book tickets as soon as they are available!
Tom

[kreso]

My professor performing the Rach 3 as the winner of a concerto competition.  Such a victory and accomplishment for her.  I was so proud!

Can I ask, who is your professor?

[franzliszt2]

My favourite recital was probably..

Kissin Playing Chopin 4 scerzo's and 2 Beethoven sonatas. For encore he played Liszt 10th hungarian Rhapsody, Szmanowski Etude, and Chopin op10 no4

Or Pascal Roge plauing all Debussy preludes.

[kempff1234]

I don't have a favourite recital, I try to enjoy them all...


But my Granny used to tell me her fav. was when she saw Kempff in London

[tompilk]

One of my dads friends said he saw Arrau play Beethoven's 5th Concerto... that must have been good...
Tom

[franz_]

May be the final round of the Elisabeth competition. I saw the winner (Severin Von Eckardstein performing Porkofievs 2nd pianoconcerto) and Wen Yu Shen (performing Rach3, and he became 2nd, you can watch this performance on Youtube).

After the concert, we had the proclamation where they said who won the competition. A very nice experience and athmosphere.

[kreso]

My favourite recital was probably..

Kissin Playing Chopin 4 scerzo's and 2 Beethoven sonatas. For encore he played Liszt 10th hungarian Rhapsody, Szmanowski Etude, and Chopin op10 no4

Dear Franz, here are 3 encores that Evgeny Kissin played at this concert, but this recording is made live from Barbican Ctr London 2006.

https://www.megaupload.com/?d=V7POPXT3

enjoy!

[mike_lang]

One of my favorites was my professor, Emile Naoumoff, playing the complete Fauré nocturnes.

[shasta]

One of my favorites was my professor, Emile Naoumoff, playing the complete Fauré nocturnes.

Oooo, that must have been lovely!  Was this at Indiana?

[burstroman]

This was a concert rather than a recital, but it was Bruno Gelber playing the Rachmaninov #3.

[mike_lang]

Oooo, that must have been lovely!  Was this at Indiana?

Yes, it was Indiana.  He always does "different" concerts.

[klick]

My "favorite" recital was a married couple who did a repertoire of Organ Duet pieces, and pieces for Organ and Piano. Extremely interesting, very musical. I wish I could remember their names. It was awesome though.

Klick

[csy]

I was there in the Naoumoff's Complete Faure Nocturnes Recital.
It was inspiring.

[mike_lang]

I was there in the Naoumoff's Complete Faure Nocturnes Recital.
It was inspiring.

You attend Indiana?  Are you a piano major?

[csy]

Yes, I am.
Nice to meet you here.

[arensky]

Horowitz

Every other time I heard Horowitz (5)

de Larrocha. She played "Iberia" complete.

Nathan Milstein

Rostropovich

Pogorelich

Shura Cherkassky

BEST CONCERTO: Rafael Drurian, he played the Berg Violin Concerto.

BEST PIANO CONCERTO: Horacio Guttieriz, Brahms 2nd. Pogorelich, Tchaikovsky 1st. A tossup.

BEST OPERA: Cavalleria Rusticana/Il Pagliaccio with Pavarotti.

[csy]

You attend Indiana?  Are you a piano major?

You must be student of Professor Naoumoff.
You are undergrad or grad?

[tompilk]

lucky you!
He's playing alkan symphony for solo piano, ives concord and schumann fantasiestuck about 2hrs drive from where i live next year... ill book tickets as soon as they are available!
Tom

Wow! he's now playing alkan concerto for solo piano instead of symphony! even better!
tom

[franzliszt2]

wow thanks Kreso!! That was the concert I was at!!! was it March 2006?? Thats when I went. At the Barbican!

[kreso]

wow thanks Kreso!! That was the concert I was at!!! was it March 2006?? Thats when I went. At the Barbican!

Hey, I'm glad that you enjoyed in that concert and that you like those encores!! Yes, this was in March 2006!! Btw. I'll upload for you next weekend Kissin Wienna Recital where he played the same program as in London-Beethoven Sonatas op.2/3 C major i op.81a E flat major "Les adieux" and in second part Chopin 4 Scherzos (I don't have encores from Wienna recital)

[zheer]

  I've never been to a piano recital.