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Offline pianistcellist

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Favorite Prokofiev 7
on: May 16, 2011, 06:32:37 PM
Who does your favorite Prokofiev sonata no. 7?

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Offline thalberg

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Re: Favorite Prokofiev 7
Reply #1 on: May 17, 2011, 04:53:41 AM
Richter, Bronfman, Argerich, Gilles VonSattel (winner of naumberg)
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Re: Favorite Prokofiev 7
Reply #2 on: May 17, 2011, 06:03:51 AM
Bernd Glemser. Don't knock it till you've heard it.
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Re: Favorite Prokofiev 7
Reply #3 on: May 18, 2011, 02:14:33 AM
In no particular order:
Sviatoslav Richter
Boris Berman
Grigory Sokolov
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Re: Favorite Prokofiev 7
Reply #4 on: May 19, 2011, 11:46:03 PM
I don't know if it's my favorite, but I sure like Denis Matsuev's from 1999:

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Re: Favorite Prokofiev 7
Reply #5 on: May 20, 2011, 03:03:23 AM
Matsuev is fantastic! I can't stop watching him. I am not sure I would ever have the guts to end the piece like that! You would look like a fool if they didn't start clapping right away. He is right up there with Pollini and Richter in my personal favorites. Are the other movements as good? Thanks so much for that video!
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Re: Favorite Prokofiev 7
Reply #6 on: May 20, 2011, 04:05:58 AM
It's on his 2007 Carnegie Hall Recital on RCA...I haven't heard it in a while, but as I recall it's nearly as intense. It also includes an amazing performance of Liszt's Sonata, Schumann's Kinderszenen, and Ginzburg's In the Hall of the Mountain King, which just defies belief!
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Re: Favorite Prokofiev 7
Reply #7 on: May 21, 2011, 02:57:37 AM
Matsuev sure does some serious work with Prokofiev 7...
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