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Re: List the top 10 pianists you'd like to see in recital Tararex #1723165 07/29/11 04:48 PM
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TheHappyMoron 1000 Post Club Member T Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 1,166 UK	Originally Posted by Tararex ASAP: Argerich Lisitsa Kocsis Kissin Hamelin Time machine: Liszt Liszt Liszt Liszt Liszt Beethoven Saint-SaÃ«ns C. Schumann Bach Chopin I didn't realise there were so many different Liszts! All theory, dear friend, is grey, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.

Re: List the top 10 pianists you'd like to see in recital nola #1723193 07/29/11 05:26 PM
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babama 500 Post Club Member B Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 854 Netherlands	with timemachine Mozart Beethoven Chopin Liszt Scriabin Rachmaninoff Horowitz Sofronitsky Richter Gould

Re: List the top 10 pianists you'd like to see in recital bennevis #1723201 07/29/11 05:34 PM
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wr 9000 Post Club Member W Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 9,395	Originally Posted by bennevis But to list those still living whom I'll always have time for, in no particular order: Mikhail Pletnev I thought of putting Pletnev on my list, but then I remembered that he said some time back that he wasn't going to play piano in public ever again. AFAIK, he hasn't.

Re: List the top 10 pianists you'd like to see in recital nola #1723210 07/29/11 05:49 PM
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sophial 3000 Post Club Member Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,546 US	Argerich Sokolov Zimmerman Perahia Lupu Goode Denk wish list from past Liszt Beethoven Chopin Hofmann Horowitz Gilels

Re: List the top 10 pianists you'd like to see in recital nola #1723495 07/30/11 12:25 PM
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stores 6000 Post Club Member Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 6,651 Here, as opposed to there	Sokolov and Zimerman. There was a time when Argerich was on that list, but she'd probably cancel anyway, so why bother with her... "And if we look at the works of J.S. Bach â€” a benevolent god to which all musicians should offer a prayer to defend themselves against mediocrity... -Debussy "It's ok if you disagree with me. I can't force you to be right." â™ª â‰ $

Re: List the top 10 pianists you'd like to see in recital argerichfan #1723496 07/30/11 12:30 PM
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Thracozaag 1000 Post Club Member Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,981 Salt Lake City	Originally Posted by argerichfan Originally Posted by chobeethaninov Vladimir Horowitz (somebody better get working on that time machine lol) If you can get that time machine to work, may I borrow it for: Ferruccio Busoni Sergei Rachmaninov Anton Rubinstein Eugen d'Albert Bela Bartok Teresa CarreÃ±o Josef Hofmann Karl Tausig "I'm a concert pianist--that's a pretentious way of saying I'm unemployed at the moment."--Oscar Levant http://www.youtube.com/kojiattwood https://www.giftedmusicschool.org/

Re: List the top 10 pianists you'd like to see in recital nola #1723499 07/30/11 12:39 PM
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Pogorelich. 4000 Post Club Member Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 4,741 Alberta	Bartok, Jason? Interesting! I'd LOVE to see Rachmaninoff and Horowitz. "The eyes can mislead, the smile can lie, but the shoes always tell the truth."

Re: List the top 10 pianists you'd like to see in recital stores #1723501 07/30/11 12:41 PM
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Mark_C Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 24,600 New York	Originally Posted by stores Sokolov and Zimerman. There was a time when Argerich was on that list, but she'd probably cancel anyway, so why bother with her... Welcome back. And good "1st" post (or maybe it isn't 1st, I gotta look around some more.)

Re: List the top 10 pianists you'd like to see in recital nola #1723502 07/30/11 12:42 PM
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Thracozaag 1000 Post Club Member Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,981 Salt Lake City	Time machine: Liszt Chopin Busoni Horowitz Rachmaninoff D'albert Tausig Rosenthal Kapell Lipatti "I'm a concert pianist--that's a pretentious way of saying I'm unemployed at the moment."--Oscar Levant http://www.youtube.com/kojiattwood https://www.giftedmusicschool.org/

Re: List the top 10 pianists you'd like to see in recital Thracozaag #1723503 07/30/11 12:42 PM
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Mark_C Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 24,600 New York	Originally Posted by Thracozaag Originally Posted by argerichfan Originally Posted by chobeethaninov Vladimir Horowitz (somebody better get working on that time machine lol) If you can get that time machine to work, may I borrow it for: Ferruccio Busoni Sergei Rachmaninov Anton Rubinstein Eugen d'Albert Bela Bartok Teresa CarreÃ±o Josef Hofmann Karl Tausig ....and welcome back to you!! Been awhile, ain't it.....

Re: List the top 10 pianists you'd like to see in recital Pogorelich. #1723512 07/30/11 12:54 PM
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stores 6000 Post Club Member Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 6,651 Here, as opposed to there	Originally Posted by Pogorelich. I'd LOVE to see Rachmaninoff and Horowitz. I thought we were talking about active, living pianists, but those two ABSOLUTELY (believe it or not, Horowitz, more than Rach). "And if we look at the works of J.S. Bach â€” a benevolent god to which all musicians should offer a prayer to defend themselves against mediocrity... -Debussy "It's ok if you disagree with me. I can't force you to be right." â™ª â‰ $

Re: List the top 10 pianists you'd like to see in recital stores #1723515 07/30/11 12:56 PM
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Pogorelich. 4000 Post Club Member Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 4,741 Alberta	Originally Posted by stores Originally Posted by Pogorelich. I'd LOVE to see Rachmaninoff and Horowitz. I thought we were talking about active, living pianists, but those two ABSOLUTELY (believe it or not, Horowitz, more than Rach). Yeah but I like to be creative =P "The eyes can mislead, the smile can lie, but the shoes always tell the truth."

Re: List the top 10 pianists you'd like to see in recital Pogorelich. #1723517 07/30/11 12:56 PM
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stores 6000 Post Club Member Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 6,651 Here, as opposed to there	Originally Posted by Pogorelich. Originally Posted by stores Originally Posted by Pogorelich. I'd LOVE to see Rachmaninoff and Horowitz. I thought we were talking about active, living pianists, but those two ABSOLUTELY (believe it or not, Horowitz, more than Rach). Yeah but I like to be creative =P Not gonna touch that =p "And if we look at the works of J.S. Bach â€” a benevolent god to which all musicians should offer a prayer to defend themselves against mediocrity... -Debussy "It's ok if you disagree with me. I can't force you to be right." â™ª â‰ $

Re: List the top 10 pianists you'd like to see in recital Mark_C #1723523 07/30/11 01:04 PM
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Thracozaag 1000 Post Club Member Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,981 Salt Lake City	Originally Posted by Mark_C ....and welcome back to you!! Been awhile, ain't it..... Thanks--it's been a pretty busy spring/summer "I'm a concert pianist--that's a pretentious way of saying I'm unemployed at the moment."--Oscar Levant http://www.youtube.com/kojiattwood https://www.giftedmusicschool.org/

Re: List the top 10 pianists you'd like to see in recital Thracozaag #1723527 07/30/11 01:07 PM
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PaulaPiano34 1000 Post Club Member P Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,217	Originally Posted by Thracozaag Originally Posted by Mark_C ....and welcome back to you!! Been awhile, ain't it..... Thanks--it's been a pretty busy spring/summer I'd like to see you live, too!

Re: List the top 10 pianists you'd like to see in recital wr #1723536 07/30/11 01:17 PM
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bennevis Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member B Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 17,274	Originally Posted by wr Originally Posted by bennevis But to list those still living whom I'll always have time for, in no particular order: Mikhail Pletnev I thought of putting Pletnev on my list, but then I remembered that he said some time back that he wasn't going to play piano in public ever again. AFAIK, he hasn't. Did he say why? I remember that he changed his program some while back (could have been the last time I saw him play, a few years ago), substituting Tchaikovsky's G major Sonata for Prokofiev's 7th, because he was recovering from a finger injury. Maybe that's still causing him problems(?). He's actually the one pianist I'd always pay to hear in recital, because he always think every note afresh (and sometimes provocatively), and never takes anything for granted - the most memorable recital I'd ever been to was by him, when he played Mussorgsky's Pictures (in his own version), and gave three encores, including Liszt's Mephisto Waltz No.1. I don't know of any other living pianist who would play that as one of his encores (on another occasion, Islamey was the 4th encore, after an already long program....he repeated that in Carnegie Hall too). If music be the food of love, play on!

Re: List the top 10 pianists you'd like to see in recital nola #1723558 07/30/11 01:54 PM
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babama 500 Post Club Member B Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 854 Netherlands	For me the top ones would definetely be the composer-pianists playing their own works: Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin etc. I'd lose a testicle to witness that.

Re: List the top 10 pianists you'd like to see in recital babama #1723560 07/30/11 02:01 PM
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Mark_C Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 24,600 New York	Originally Posted by babama ....I'd lose a testicle to witness that. C'mon.

Re: List the top 10 pianists you'd like to see in recital Mark_C #1723563 07/30/11 02:04 PM
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Damon 6000 Post Club Member D Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 6,746	Originally Posted by Mark_C Originally Posted by babama ....I'd lose a testicle to witness that. C'mon. I think I'd draw the line at lopping off body parts. No one is worth that!

Re: List the top 10 pianists you'd like to see in recital TheHappyMoron #1723568 07/30/11 02:18 PM
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Tararex Full Member Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 498 Middle Georgia, USA	Well, I'm not certain about gas mileage on time machines. At least 5 Liszt recitals at various points in his lifetime would be necessary before climbing back in for the others. Piano is hard work from beginning to forever.