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Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Jul 31, 2012 - 04:13pm PT
The Deer's Cry
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Adagio for Strings
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Gary

climber
"My god - it's full of stars!"
Aug 1, 2012 - 12:31am PT
Old school:
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selfish man

Gym climber
Austin, TX
Aug 1, 2012 - 12:05pm PT
some more old school...

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HuecoRat

Trad climber
NJ
Aug 1, 2012 - 12:13pm PT
You guys have to check out the Berlin Philharmonic's "Digital Concert Hall." Their website is truly amazing. For about $13 you get a 48 hour pass that allows you to watch anby concert from over 140 in the archive. You can search by composer, conductor, soloist, etc. The quality is outstanding and the video editing is terrific (not like PBS where you hear an oboe solo but watch the timpanist counting rests). Of special note are last year's performance of Mahler 3, and Radek Baborak playing the Gliere concerto. Check it out! www.digitalconcerthall.com
Gary

climber
"My god - it's full of stars!"
Aug 2, 2012 - 12:47am PT
New school:
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Sierra Ledge Rat

Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
Aug 2, 2012 - 12:53am PT
I am very lucky to have the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra nearby. They are truly world-class symphony musicians. It takes us only a two hours to drive to Heinz Symphony Hall. We have been getting season tickets for the past 5 years - 8th row, dead center, in the orchestra section.

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Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Aug 2, 2012 - 05:19am PT
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Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Aug 2, 2012 - 01:14pm PT
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Sagebrusher

Sport climber
Iowa
Aug 2, 2012 - 05:04pm PT
Insanity....

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One of my favorite Rachmaninov pieces...

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selfish man

Gym climber
Austin, TX
Aug 2, 2012 - 05:35pm PT
Marlow,

Kempf playing the 5th concerto and Haskil's Mozart concerto are such wonderful finds...

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selfish man

Gym climber
Austin, TX
Aug 2, 2012 - 05:46pm PT
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Gary

climber
"My god - it's full of stars!"
Aug 2, 2012 - 08:28pm PT
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JEleazarian

Trad climber
Fresno CA
Aug 2, 2012 - 10:11pm PT
Gary, I wish I had more to contribute (or better ways to contribute), but my analog to digital apparatus is malfunctioning. I especially appreciated that Richter/Haydn. I think the Haydn piano sonatas deserve much more attention. Horowitz was one of the few "big name" pianists who included a lot of Haydn's solo piano music in his concerts.

My personal favorite recording is of Horowitz playing the E major (Hob. XVI: 52) from a 1951 Carnegie Hall recital. I have it on a 1979 RCA Red Seal recording with his marvelous rendition of "Pictures at an Exhibition."
I have the Mussorgsky music for piano, but the Horowitz version is so much more pianistic and expressive. At least that's my story about why my playing of "Pictures" doesn't sound so hot, and I'm sticking to it.

As luck would have it, I was playing the piano as a substitute for our organist in church last Sunday, and played the first movement of Haydn's C Major Sonata (Hob. XVI: 50) as a prelude to the worship service. I was actually thinking of you because I played the Prelude & Fugue No. 6 from Book II of the Well-Tempered Clavier for an offeratory, and the Gigue from the English Suite No. 5 as a postlude. My wife and daughter didn't like the offeratory, though, because they thought an offeratory should be more sedate. Personally, I see no reason why offeratories should be soporific. What's wrong with lively praise to God?

Anyway, thanks to all of you for posting up.

John

Gary

climber
"My god - it's full of stars!"
Aug 2, 2012 - 10:37pm PT
John, I've got to get to your church! What can be wrong with Bach in church? My first piano teacher was a very religious girl, and she was Bach obsessed, mostly due to Bach's piety. I've started too late to ever be able to play anything from the WTC, except the Prelude in C Major. You are fortunate to have had the chance to learn, and wise to have taken that chance and go with it.

I'm just learning about Haydn, and I like him more and more. This sounds like a lot of fun to play:
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OK, back to my own piano work.
Gary

climber
"My god - it's full of stars!"
Aug 10, 2012 - 02:01pm PT
More Old School, very Old School!
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Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Aug 15, 2012 - 12:00pm PT
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selfish man

Gym climber
Austin, TX
Aug 24, 2012 - 04:12pm PT
and more old school! I remember being in awe when those recordings were discovered 20 or so years ago

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Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Aug 24, 2012 - 04:22pm PT
RIP Ruggiero Ricci
selfish man

Gym climber
Austin, TX
Aug 24, 2012 - 10:06pm PT
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Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Aug 25, 2012 - 12:26pm PT
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Edited: Mouse. Merveilleux - ear candy.
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