Tony
2015-03-10 01:10:21 UTC
I've uploaded a number of extremely rare videos of Russian pianists that I came across today. Some of them are quite special.
Top of the list must go to composer Rodion Shchedrin playing two pieces by Chopin at a multi-pianist recital in memory of their teacher Yakov Flier. He plays mazurka op 68/4 and Prelude 7. I think the playing is absolutely amazing.
a young Mikhail Pletnev pulling Scriabin's op 8/12 etude all over the place
young Nikolai Demidenko and young Valery Gergiev playing Scriabin's PC. Unfortunately only the first movement.
Rudolf Kerer playing Liszt's Transcendental Etude no 10
Viktoria Postnikova playing Scriabin's sonata 5
Yakov Flier playing Chopin's 48/1 nocturne
Bella Davidovich playing Chopin's scherzo 2 and Grande valse brillante
Arnold Kaplan playing the Strauss-Grunfeld paraphrase Soiree de Vienne
in addition to the above I also have videos of the following pianists playing Scriabin
Alexei Nasedkin - 2 preludes op. 11 and Vers la flamme
Valery Kastelsky - nocturne for left hand op 9 (already on YT in another performance)
Naum Shtarkman - 2 mazurkas from op 3
Elena Richter - etude op 8/11 and 5 Preludes op 74
Vladimir Krainev - finale of sonata 2
William Wolfram (USA) - sonata 4
Excluding Krainev I found the others rather uninteresting (particularly Shtarkman whose playing seems so leaden). However if anyone wants to see them I can upload them.
Top of the list must go to composer Rodion Shchedrin playing two pieces by Chopin at a multi-pianist recital in memory of their teacher Yakov Flier. He plays mazurka op 68/4 and Prelude 7. I think the playing is absolutely amazing.
a young Mikhail Pletnev pulling Scriabin's op 8/12 etude all over the place
young Nikolai Demidenko and young Valery Gergiev playing Scriabin's PC. Unfortunately only the first movement.
Rudolf Kerer playing Liszt's Transcendental Etude no 10
Viktoria Postnikova playing Scriabin's sonata 5
Yakov Flier playing Chopin's 48/1 nocturne
Bella Davidovich playing Chopin's scherzo 2 and Grande valse brillante
Arnold Kaplan playing the Strauss-Grunfeld paraphrase Soiree de Vienne
in addition to the above I also have videos of the following pianists playing Scriabin
Alexei Nasedkin - 2 preludes op. 11 and Vers la flamme
Valery Kastelsky - nocturne for left hand op 9 (already on YT in another performance)
Naum Shtarkman - 2 mazurkas from op 3
Elena Richter - etude op 8/11 and 5 Preludes op 74
Vladimir Krainev - finale of sonata 2
William Wolfram (USA) - sonata 4
Excluding Krainev I found the others rather uninteresting (particularly Shtarkman whose playing seems so leaden). However if anyone wants to see them I can upload them.