Guardian 'The Artists' Artist' - Pianists

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  • VodkaDilc

    #16
    I thought the Guardian choices were mostly as I would have expected.
    My own choices would be:
    Pianists I never saw in a live performance: Horowitz
    Pianists I have seen: Radu Lupu

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    • Alf-Prufrock

      #17
      Does no-one here rate Martha Argerich then? Or is she just the latest
      'Gramophone' wonder ?

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      • amateur51

        #18
        Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
        ... among the oldies, for me - Cortot, Schnabel, Rubinstein, Marcelle Meyer, Yves Nat, Ciani, Michelangeli, Richter.

        From the more recent, the ones I find extra-special wd include Zacharias, Zimerman, Hamelin, Staier, Tharaud, Levin.
        Blimey vinteuil, a fellow Yves Nat-fan, how nice

        I've not heard any Dino Ciani but recall there was a fair bit of Beethoven released not so long ago. Any recommended recordings?

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        • amateur51

          #19
          Originally posted by Alf-Prufrock View Post
          Does no-one here rate Martha Argerich then? Or is she just the latest
          'Gramophone' wonder ?
          That's the problem with lists, Alf.

          I rate Martha Argerich very highly and if you can catch her 'live', usually in a very restricted repertoire, she's the real deal

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          • french frank
            Administrator/Moderator
            • Feb 2007
            • 30250

            #20
            For anyone in the Bristol area who rates Hough-y - St George's are offering (not online) £10 'best available seats' for Friday's recital: Beethoven Op 27/2, Janáček Sonata 1.X.1905, Scriabin Sonatas 4 & 5, Liszt Sonata in B minor.
            It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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            • zola
              Full Member
              • May 2011
              • 656

              #21
              BBC Music mag did the same exercise last year but asked 100 current pianists and asked them for three recommendations. Top in their survey was Rachmaninov followed by Rubinstein, Horowitz, Richter, Cortot, Lopatti, Schnabel, Gilels, Argerich and Michelangeli.

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              • aeolium
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 3992

                #22
                For me from the 'archive' pianists: Lipatti, Solomon and Curzon; more recently, Gulda, Pollini and Lupu.

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                • vinteuil
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 12793

                  #23
                  Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                  I've not heard any Dino Ciani but recall there was a fair bit of Beethoven released not so long ago. Any recommended recordings?
                  hi hammerchewer!
                  there's a good Dino Ciani box of 3 CDs on Brilliant (cheapo!) - which gives you the Debussy Preludes and the Schumann Novelettes op 21 - much recommended

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                  • amateur51

                    #24
                    Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                    hi hammerchewer!
                    there's a good Dino Ciani box of 3 CDs on Brilliant (cheapo!) - which gives you the Debussy Preludes and the Schumann Novelettes op 21 - much recommended
                    Thanking you, vinteuil - sounds a bargain!

                    I must look around for this Beethoven that I thought I'd read about

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                    • Alf-Prufrock

                      #25
                      Originally posted by amateur51 View Post
                      I rate Martha Argerich very highly and if you can catch her 'live', usually in a very restricted repertoire, she's the real deal
                      So do I and so she is, amateur. I was wondering why she had not turned up in so many postings, especially when the talk turned to current pianists.

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                      • Alf-Prufrock

                        #26
                        Originally posted by Osborn View Post
                        The Guardian asked the following to name their favourite pianist of all time and explain their choice. Leaving the v interesting explanations aside, the selections were:
                        Stephen Hough > Alfred Cortot
                        Leif Ove Andsnes > Dinu Lipatti
                        Angela Hewitt > Alfred Cortot
                        Vladimir Ashkenazy > Rachmaninov
                        Freddy Kempf > Vladimir Horowitz
                        Pierre-Laurent Aimard > Aloys Kontarsky
                        Jean-Yves Thibaudet > Arthur Rubinstein

                        Ashkenazy also mentioned Gilels, Serkin and Michelangeli
                        In BBC Music Magazine of August 2010 they (except Aimard, not present) chose the same pianists, but Ashkenazy had Richter ahead of Rachmaninov and Kempf had Wilhelm Kempff ahead of Horowitz.

                        I might as well say that Aimard's choice of Kontarsky illuminates for me the reason why I have never warmed to his playing. I think of Kontarsky (possibly unjustly) as a mechanicus. Perhaps I ought to root out some of his recordings and see if my mind will change. That he can be admired enough to be placed ahead of any other pianist as a favourite is some backing, after all.

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                        • Pianorak
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 3127

                          #27
                          Originally posted by Alf-Prufrock View Post
                          So do I and so she is, amateur. I was wondering why she [Martha Argerich] had not turned up in so many postings, especially when the talk turned to current pianists.
                          I too admire her greatly - but perhaps we take her too much for granted? Dunno.
                          I'd also like to flag up Grigory Sokolov, another favourite of mine.
                          My life, each morning when I dress, is four and twenty hours less. (J Richardson)

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                          • Barbirollians
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 11669

                            #28
                            Lipatti above all

                            Argerich
                            Solomon
                            Perahia
                            Gilels
                            Leon Fleischer
                            Richter
                            Kempff
                            Kovacevich
                            Brendel
                            Barenboim

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                            • umslopogaas
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 1977

                              #29
                              With the caveat that I cant play a note on the piano and am completely unqualified to rate one pianist against another, I'd nominate:

                              Gould, for his Bach above all else.

                              Brendel for almost anything, but especially his late Schubert. I got to know the D960 sonata from his 1971 Philips recording and couldnt get it out of head for weeks.

                              Michelangeli for Chopin's Prelude, Ballade and Scherzo on DG.

                              Gilels for the Brahms concertos.

                              These are all musicians whose recordings that have made a particular impression on me. Its very personal, but somehow they seem to have an ability to reveal the music that can be quite startling.

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