I have been listening to a lot of music recently... Big surprise, huh?! :) Some of you know that I love to listen to the same song played by many different artists... Preferably three at the very least. I'd much rather have ten or more options. Anyway, my song recently has been Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto. It is a beautifully intricate piece. I have listened to many different artists playing it, including Martha Argerich, Peter Toperczer, Ayako Uehara, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Cecile Licad, Van Cliburn (The Chopin competition recording and the newer recordings), Monty Python :), Dimitris Sgouros, Evgeny Kissin, and some others. It's amazing to me how differently a song can be portrayed. I just wanted to share a little bit of my Tchaikovsky enjoyment with you... So, enjoy!!!
Here is Martha playing the famous octaves:
In order, Vladimir Horowitz (1943)
Van Cliburn (1962)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (1962)
Arthur Rubinstein
Arturo Beneditti Michelangeli
Sviatoslav Richter
Emil Gilels (1979)
Martha Argerich (1980)
Mikhail Pletnev
Dimitris Sgouros (1984)
Alexei Sultanov (1989)
Evgeny Kissin (1988)
Sergio Tiempo
Dong-Heyk Lim (2003)
Boris Berezovsky (2004)
Lang Lang (2004)
(When you see Martha's face, it's Emil playing, and visa versa)
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
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