Good pianists

Roivas · 06-04-2008, 09:58 AM

You mean Cliburn's Tchaikovsky recording with Fritz Reiner?

Yeah, you can tell people that Bach was one of the first piano salesmen. That should confuse a lot of people!

Pianuh Teachuh · 06-05-2008, 10:25 PM

I don't currently own the CD of my Cliburn recording of Tchaik #1 because someone "permantently borrowed" it. But I think he did Tchaik #1 with Kiril Kondrashin. The CD had a Rachmaninoff Concerto coupled with it. But that is the recording that I revere, made right after his huge success at the Tchaikovsky competition.

Had no idea Bach ever touched a piano. I wonder if he ever played any of them "WTK" tunes on a pianuh? :-)

The Bird · 06-06-2008, 02:31 PM

Since this thread is about good pianists from different genres, I'm going to include a few jazz men:

Art Tatum
Bill Evans
Thelonious Monk
Bud Powell
Count Basie
Duke Ellington
Cecil Taylor

Ghostrider · 06-08-2008, 10:33 PM

Hey you should check out Alfred Bendel's solo piano version of Pictures at an Exhibition, it's really different but excellent. I'd also add Emil Gilels to this discussion, I have his complete set of Beethoven piano sonata's and they're all very good. Sviatoslav Richter's recording of Lizst's piano concertos 1 & 2 are also excellent.

06-04-2008, 09:58 AM	#21 (permalink)
Roivas Groupie Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Radiomute Posts: 34	You mean Cliburn's Tchaikovsky recording with Fritz Reiner? Yeah, you can tell people that Bach was one of the first piano salesmen. That should confuse a lot of people!

06-05-2008, 10:25 PM	#22 (permalink)
Pianuh Teachuh Groupie Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 10	I don't currently own the CD of my Cliburn recording of Tchaik #1 because someone "permantently borrowed" it. But I think he did Tchaik #1 with Kiril Kondrashin. The CD had a Rachmaninoff Concerto coupled with it. But that is the recording that I revere, made right after his huge success at the Tchaikovsky competition. Had no idea Bach ever touched a piano. I wonder if he ever played any of them "WTK" tunes on a pianuh? :-)

06-06-2008, 02:31 PM	#23 (permalink)
The Bird Groupie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 12	Since this thread is about good pianists from different genres, I'm going to include a few jazz men: Art Tatum Bill Evans Thelonious Monk Bud Powell Count Basie Duke Ellington Cecil Taylor

06-08-2008, 10:33 PM	#24 (permalink)
Ghostrider Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 131	Hey you should check out Alfred Bendel's solo piano version of Pictures at an Exhibition, it's really different but excellent. I'd also add Emil Gilels to this discussion, I have his complete set of Beethoven piano sonata's and they're all very good. Sviatoslav Richter's recording of Lizst's piano concertos 1 & 2 are also excellent.