Your Favourite Pair of Hands to Watch?

[opus10no2]

Some pianists have cool looking hands and techniques that are also just enjoyable from a purely visual perspective.

For me - Hamelin, Lugansky, Kissin, Cziffra, Libetta, Gilels, Richter, Horowitz.

As unique to watch as listen almost!

[db05]

I saw a Horowitz video and I can't forget about it.
Also there's this girl I saw in a piano competition, when she plays scales, her fingers go flipping in a weird way, which I also like.

[javacisnotrecognized]

Michelangeli, Richter.

[argerichfan]

Argerich's video of Strauss's Burleske.  (It's on YouTube.)

A real visual pianistic feast!  It's the only Argerich video I've seen where one can really get a good look at her hands in action. 

[thalberg]

My favorite pair of hands to watch are Argerich's.  They're just so beautiful.

I also enjoy watching Michelangeli. 

[thalberg]

Argerich's video of Strauss's Burleske.  (It's on YouTube.)

A real visual pianistic feast!  It's the only Argerich video I've seen where one can really get a good look at her hands in action. 

Argerich's Rach 3 is on Google Videos.  Highly recommended.

[gyzzzmo]

Basicly i only watch my own hands since i dont really watch other people playing, only listen. That is how i dont get too sick when experiencing Lang Langs music.
Anyway, that must mean that my favourite pair of hands to watch are my own

[argerichfan]

Argerich's Rach 3 is on Google Videos.  Highly recommended.

IMO, very incompetently filmed.  Few good shots of Argerich -even fewer of her hands- and the producer seemed more interested in showing us Chailly conducting, even mopping his brow during the cadenza.  It's all so frustrating that I can't watch it, but glad it is something you have enjoyed!   

[tds]

err..fetish?

[smooze]

I invoke rule 34!

[tds]

hi newbie! tell us what rule 34 is and ur other account name(s)

[javacisnotrecognized]

hi newbie! tell us what rule 34 is and ur other account name(s)

It's quite ironic that you're calling smooze a newbie yet you don't know what rule 34 is 

[tds]

It's quite ironic that you're calling smooze a newbie yet you don't know what rule 34 is 

did u notice that it was smooze's first post? and did you read that it says ehmm..newbie under his/er id name and membership kind? do you know rule 34? what is being ironic? i dont understand

[kelly_kelly]

Rule 34:

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Rule%2034

Wow, I'm really bored...

[tds]

Rule 34:

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Rule%2034

Wow, I'm really bored...

yeah boredom ...btw, whats rule 35?

[javacisnotrecognized]

yeah boredom ...btw, whats rule 35?

You really don't learn! https://www.google.com/search?q=rules+of+the+internet

[tds]

You really don't learn!

omg!...hahaha, u think?

[loonbohol]

I have a classmate whose hands and fingers are more flexible than a pianist.

But she doesn't play the piano because she is a master ofa certain martial arts.
But I love to see the hands of her master who can push up using one finger.

That is whatI call the best potential virtuoso performer...   

[communist]

Richter's and Cziffras

[nanabush]

Richter and Cziffra for sure (Chopin 10/4 and Liszt Gnomenreigen respectively)

And Claire Huangci playing Prokofiev Toccata - the fastest I've seen, and I don't know the piece well enough note for note, but sounds quite accurate... her hands go insane!! It's on youtube, check it out 

[pwla]

Martha Argerich's hands are perfect

[point of grace]

o enjoy argerich's, and hate horowitz's and have fun with perahia's

[arietteisclassical]

Gould's hands. I think his hands looked so slender and flexible , well protected by wearing gloves all the time

[josh93248]

I don't really care that much about how hands look from performer to performer.

That said I would probably go with Cziffra, Pogorelich, Yuja Wang and Richter. These are just my all around favourites though.

[chopinlover01]

Rubinstein. Definitely.