Classic hour

[hadespussercats]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28HejEAD ... r_embedded[/youtube]
A Green Lowland of Pianos

In the evening as far as the eye can see,
herds of black pianos
up to their knees in the mire
as they listen to the frogs

They gurgle in water with chords of rapture
They are entranced by froggish,
moonish spontaneity

After the vacation,
They cause scandals in a concert hall
during the artistic milking
Suddenly, they lie down like cows
Looking with indifference
at the white flowers of the audience
At the gesticulating of the ushers

Black pianos, black pianos

[DRSB]

Is that a viol?

I enjoyed this. My husband plays lute music on his guitar every now and then-- I'm fond of it.

Viola de gamba, if it is the same thing. Some more here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=en ... B2pOGaaHAY

[Tero]

It's got frets, it's a viol, the plucked fretted thing is a lute.

[hadespussercats]

It's got frets, it's a viol, the plucked fretted thing is a lute.

Yeah, I recognized the lute. Though I hadn't seen a double neck (or whatever that is) on a lute before, either.

[Hermit]

Although I'm not particularly fond of 19th and early 20th century music, there are quite a few exceptions. Here are two of them:

[DRSB]

Like!

So performance from 1966 is shortly after she resumed her concert activity:
"1957 gewann sie den Ersten Preis beim Internationalen Klavierwettbewerb Ferruccio Busoni in Bozen. Mit etwa 20 Jahren geriet sie in eine Lebenskrise, die bewirkte, dass sie sich vollständig aus dem Konzertbetrieb zurückzog. Erst 1964 gelang es u.a. auch durch die Intervention ihres Lehrers Stefan Askenase, dass sie sich wieder der Öffentlichkeit zeigte. 1965 wurde sie durch den Gewinn des 1. Preises beim Internationalen Chopin-Wettbewerb weltbekannt."

[Hermit]

Heh. I've never heard of Martha Argerich until a couple of days ago. Two things surprised me. How the piano did not catch fire during that excerpt from the third Prokofiev piano concerto, and that the pianist was 65 at the time of that recording. She is 71 now, and still not retired.

I like this thread. Thanks for starting it. Think I'll pull up a chair and stay a while.

[maiforpeace]

[Hermit]

Tchaikovsky sure had a way with melodies. Pity the recordings of yore were so atrocious in quality by today's standards.

[Hermit]

Oh man, what a virtuoso. Martha Argerich makes the likes of Vladimir Ashkenazy and Glenn Gould sound tepid. If only CDs of this sort were not so hideously expensive...

[DRSB]

To go on with the theme of piano virtuosos:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv0Ov-xJ ... re=related[/youtube]

[Tero]

Up in the ranks. I review books and CDs. I have moved from off the scale to:
Top Reviewer Ranking: 32,110
I have 104 helpful votes on reviews. Have been pushing Berglund's Sibelius lately. There is no live Sibelius with video, so here is Paavo with Rachmaninoff. Paavo, conductor, dies in January in his 80s. Last recording 4 years ago.

[maiforpeace]

Up in the ranks. I review books and CDs. I have moved from off the scale to:
Top Reviewer Ranking: 32,110
I have 104 helpful votes on reviews. Have been pushing Berglund's Sibelius lately. There is no live Sibelius with video, so here is Paavo with Rachmaninoff. Paavo, conductor, dies in January in his 80s. Last recording 4 years ago.

Give me some of your favorite violinists...I love violin. Any of the other posters in this thread, for that matter.

[Tero]

John Holloway
Elizabeth Wallfisch
Fabio Biondi
R Goebel
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musica_Antiqua_Köln
Link messed up
Not sure where he plays now. He messed up his hand in tennis and had to play alto and conduct some years.

Its even worse, he has always had problems and had to turn into a leftie.

[DRSB]

Celos are fascinating: http://liveweb.arte.tv/fr/video/12_viol ... ue_berlin/