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[theholygideons]

I really love marc andre hamelin's interpretation! he really hits the sweet spot at the climax.

[theholygideons]

the way leo ornstein uses rubato.. just pulls on my heart strings.

[pianoisthebest23]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YmSDDslA__M&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DYmSDDslA__M


This is going to be stuck in my head now.

[j_menz]

In honour of his centenary.

[momopi]

I'm listening to history lectures. @____@

I love history but this is just too long.

[Bob]

[ted]

What wonderful rhythm this man has.

[cometear]

I absolutely love this oboe concerto! I'm planning to arrange it for trombone and perform it at the next concert. Really an awesome piece!

[dima_76557]

I found this performance of Puccini's "O mio babbino caro" pretty shockingly good for a nine-year old who has never had any singing lessons:

[cabbynum]

Tomorrow I will be listening and seeing Jack Gibbons play Alkan op.39!!!! I can't sleep I'm so excited.

[chicoscalco]

I cannot find any adjective to this piece. I can only say that this makes me believe in God.

[Bob]

Audience applause.

[ted]

What a wonderful Morton technique, powerfully rhythmic but relaxed and controlled. This music is so difficult to play really well.

[Bob]

Fans.  Air system.  Air movement sounds.

Computer fans.  Computer clicking sounds. 

Keyboard typing sounds.

Possibly and airplane or truck low rumble in the distance.

[Bob]

 

[arianareid]

[kakeithewolf]

[theholygideons]

[theholygideons]

footage of Cziffra playing liszt concerto no.1!!

[Bob]

(Bob sneaks in a polka.)

[ted]

A superb interpretation of this piece, perhaps the best I have ever heard. I was told he had stopped playing for some years, so thank goodness he seems to have started again. He is a really good ragtime player; listen to the lyricism of his inner voices and accents.

[chopinfrederic]

[Bob]

[kakeithewolf]

The Sheng... the lovechild of an instrumental orgy.

[Bob]

That one looks like something from the Lord of the Rings.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheng_(instrument)


I'm wondering how I missed this instrument.  I went through music history and world music... Hm. 

[awesom_o]

I'm listening to this:

[kakeithewolf]

That one looks like something from the Lord of the Rings.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheng_(instrument)


I'm wondering how I missed this instrument.  I went through music history and world music... Hm. 

I only found out about it when trying to find out whether or not a glockenspiel concerto was written. Someone wrote one for a Sheng, but not a glockenspiel. Crazy, huh?

[unholeee]

[cometear]

Beethoven PC No. 1, D. Barenboim

[Bob]

Mr. Rogers. 

[Bob]

So the sound of the TARDIS is a key scraping a piano string?  ie It's a piano.  (About 6:38 on this video.)  There's some piano-related trivia.

[visitor]

[Bob]

Haha.  I have never seen a piano spin during a performance before.  That would futz with all the people who specific picked a certain seat so they could see the pianist's hands.

If we need a more virtuosic arrangement of Beer Barrel Polka... Now we know where to look.

[visitor]

Haha.  I have never seen a piano spin during a performance before.  That would futz with all the people who specific picked a certain seat so they could see the pianist's hands.

If we need a more virtuosic arrangement of Beer Barrel Polka... Now we know where to look.

I was trying to figure out where the heck those guys w violins came from.  We're they hiding under the piano until just the right moment. seriously those dudes come out of freakin nowhere, it s air then presto whamo three dudes w violins! Then wait, we are not done. Poof they are gone

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Rachmaninoff symphony 2 Mov 3

OH MY GOD...

It's soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooo  good!!!!

[chopinfrederic]

[chopinfrederic]

I love it! It's simply so joyful and beautiful!

[Bob]

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Man... I don't say stuff is crap very much but... It's really not.  Yeh, for some technique there, but... I guess it only takes a bit of crap of to taint the whole performance.

Sideburns?
And the glitter Dracula look...
The candelabra though... If you're going to do that, get a freaking real candle, not a light bulb.

5:50 in... Ok...  Waaaay too much cheese. This is like watching a car accident.


So you take the technique, and some training must have been involved...  Why turn to the cheese side?  Must have made enough money to convince him....



*Bob boos at the end.* Boo!  Boo, I say!  That was cheesy and you feel bad about it!  Boo!


I heard about this guy when I was growing up.     He's making pianists look bad.

[visitor]

Better in black and white. It's like color ruined what was off to a decent start

[Bob]

I see virtuoso there.  But it's in the negative sense.  Technique, but it sounds all loud, like a player piano.

Recital idea though.  Chicks at the piano.  I haven't seen that before.

It's like Tim H on steroids.... *Bob shudders.*


Technique is nice.  The amount of music that guy must have cranked out is probably impressive too.  Seems like a waste though if he was just churning out cheese.  I suppose that's the question -- Could he play with more nuance?

[unholeee]

[g_s_223]

It is frustrating so little of this fine composer's music is played live.

[kakeithewolf]

Usually, the videos I get sent are bloody awful, like covers of Miley Cyrus, One Direction, or Justin Bieber. Finally, something decent. First piece by Haydn I've ever listened to, as well.

[thalbergmad]

The "Invalid YouTube Link" Sonata by Haydn.

Thal

[kakeithewolf]

The "Invalid YouTube Link" Sonata by Haydn.

Thal

Bollocks. I hate when that happens.

It was "Divertimento for Cello in D", or something along those lines.

[j_menz]

 

The "Invalid YouTube Link" Sonata by Haydn.

Thal

Which is my alltime favourite!

[visitor]

And

Still the best ever!

[m1469]

I am listening to a YouTube of Schiff, speaking about playing Bach on the "elephant."  Love it

[Bob]

[Bob]

Oh,that's funny.

Listen for who shows up for a second in Mahler 7.  About 11-12 minutes in.