One special moment in time, and classical music

joea · 12-30-07, 04:49 PM

Wonderful music!!!

Konovalov · 12-31-07, 07:37 AM

Listening and watching now. Thanks for sharing.

Skybird · 12-31-07, 08:21 AM

Youtube holds many videos of Argerich, I can only recommend to seartch and check there. She is playing like a fighting tiger, and as energetic like an exploding nova. You only have one or two of this kind in a century.

Check also her doing the sonata no. 7 B-dur op 83 by Prokofiev, which is another of these absolute top difficulty checkspoints for piano players that separates the very good ones from the true masters. I think youtube only offers a minute of the first part. and if that doesn't already make you wonder how that can be done without steel fingers and a computer brain, find somewhere the third and last part of it, the famous "Precipitato", which is a real nightmare for piano due to the unsual 7/8 beat it is written in, kicking the player constantly out of any regular rythm. Musically i do not like the music by the sound of it, but technically this is some of the most difficult to be done in the world of music.

She is also famous for her recordings of Liszt and Chopin, both of which she plays in an absolutely unique way and outburst of explosive power, and most fragile beauty. Horowitz is said to have been at awe when first listening to her when she was a young girl in the 50s, and from his closer circle it was said that in a way he was almost afraid of her wild energy in her play. as one critic once put it: she does not play a concert - she devours it like a hungry wolf and does not leave a single bit of it.

The CD I got combined the Rachmaninoff concert with Tchaikowsky's 1st piana concert, which again is considered to be an absolute top class performance.

Pump up the volume and get blown away here - rock is lame compared to this:
http://www.amazon.com/Rachmaninoff-C...9107440&sr=8-1

Musical sound as an expression of madness. Now I need to find a golden shelf for it!

BTW, when she was young, this Argentinian young woman was a real beauty, too!

12-31-07, 07:37 AM	#2
Konovalov Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks, UK Posts: 2,811 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Listening and watching now. Thanks for sharing. __________________ "In a Christian context, sexuality is traditionally seen as a consequence of the Fall, but for Muslims, it is an anticipation of paradise. So I can say, I think, that I was validly converted to Islam by a teenage French Jewish nudist." Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter)

12-31-07, 08:21 AM	#3
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,694 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Youtube holds many videos of Argerich, I can only recommend to seartch and check there. She is playing like a fighting tiger, and as energetic like an exploding nova. You only have one or two of this kind in a century. Check also her doing the sonata no. 7 B-dur op 83 by Prokofiev, which is another of these absolute top difficulty checkspoints for piano players that separates the very good ones from the true masters. I think youtube only offers a minute of the first part. and if that doesn't already make you wonder how that can be done without steel fingers and a computer brain, find somewhere the third and last part of it, the famous "Precipitato", which is a real nightmare for piano due to the unsual 7/8 beat it is written in, kicking the player constantly out of any regular rythm. Musically i do not like the music by the sound of it, but technically this is some of the most difficult to be done in the world of music. She is also famous for her recordings of Liszt and Chopin, both of which she plays in an absolutely unique way and outburst of explosive power, and most fragile beauty. Horowitz is said to have been at awe when first listening to her when she was a young girl in the 50s, and from his closer circle it was said that in a way he was almost afraid of her wild energy in her play. as one critic once put it: she does not play a concert - she devours it like a hungry wolf and does not leave a single bit of it. The CD I got combined the Rachmaninoff concert with Tchaikowsky's 1st piana concert, which again is considered to be an absolute top class performance. Pump up the volume and get blown away here - rock is lame compared to this: http://www.amazon.com/Rachmaninoff-C...9107440&sr=8-1 Musical sound as an expression of madness. Now I need to find a golden shelf for it! BTW, when she was young, this Argentinian young woman was a real beauty, too! __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

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12-30-07, 04:49 PM	#1
joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Wonderful music!!!