“Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?”

“Who are pianists that you think more people should know about?”

 

Optional: Post a video of their playing so that we can hear!

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  • His picture is above, but a pianist that some people don't know is Dinu Lipatti. He is either considered "famous" or "obscure" depending who you talk to.

     

    Regardless here is Schubert's G-flat major Impromptu!

     

    Enjoy!

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tjstsWoQiw

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    • Dominic Cheli a handful of old people, like me, still consider his recording of the Schumann concerto one of the best performances ever of that piece. There's also a wonderful collection of Chopin waltzes available on CD. His great compatriot, Clara Haskil, was lovingly envious and in awe of his prodigious abilities at the piano. I completely agree that he is not nearly as well known anymore as he should be.

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      • Pauline
      • Pauline
      • 1 yr ago
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      Dominic Cheli Gorgeous! I am happy to know about Dinu Lupatti (1917-1950) Age 33. Thank you!

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      • Dave B
      • Dave_B
      • 4 mths ago
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      Alexander Weymann Alexander, Back in the day, I wore out his recording of the Waltzes. Vinyl doesn't last forever. 

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  • I would say Sviatoslav Richter. This documentary is super great:

     

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=2XRY2vj2mys&feature=share8

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    • Quintin
    • The Myceli Guy
    • Quitnin
    • 1 yr ago
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    I love the modern day pianists and three of my top favorites are: Johannes Bornlof, Charles Bolt and Peter B Helland. Funny enough, Bornlof and Helland both have an album where they used the same stock backgrounds to design the album art.

    Here's a Charles Bolt piece I have found very pleasing in the recent weeks:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhI9KrbKEMI

    Here's another beautiful duo with a Saxophone:

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpb7lnLIMy8

    It's hard to pick just one Johannes Bornlof piece, but here's one of epic ones:

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLa2o5ymMl8

    But he also plays some of the piano master pieces: He is a real master with Nuvole Bianche:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4Leof3QTNA

    I bookmarked this page. I might post some more in the next week or two as I spot more note worthy favorites.

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    • Anne
    • Anne
    • 1 yr ago
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    Constantine Finehouse, the other half of the Kurganov—Finehouse duo, here with a solo piece. https://youtu.be/uaIjOb2zyLw

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      • Peter Golemme
      • Piano Player with Day Job (for now)
      • Peter_G
      • 1 yr ago
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      Anne Hi Anne, I'm glad to see someone giving Constantine some recognition.  I've actually met him in person, when I was playing piano at a party where he was in attendance.  I would have been much more intimidated had I known then what a master he was, but instead he was very gracious and chatted with me quite awhile about music.  I later heard him play to a packed house in Jordan Hall in Boston several years ago, a beautiful solo piano recital. 

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      • Anne
      • Anne
      • 1 yr ago
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      Peter Golemme That is so interesting. I mostly know him as duo partner of Daniel Kurganov. They recently brought out a CD „The Brahms Age“ of the three Brahms sonatas for piano and violin with historic setup. The pianos are really interesting. 

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  • Kirill Gerstein

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  • Ching-Yun Hu

    https://youtu.be/2kxojZSAwIk

    Alexander Scriabin - Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 42 No. 5 

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      • JGILLSON
      • JGILLSON
      • 4 mths ago
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      The Scriabin Opus 42 Etudes (and, needless to say, the 10 Sonatas) deserve much more recognition as greatly important works.  Ching-Yun Hu's performance is wonderful, but for truly revelatory interpretations of all of those works I recommend Ruth Laredo, who caused a sensation of Scriabin rediscovery with her early-1970s Connoisseur Society recordings (hard to find these days).                            

       

      Russell Meyer Russell Meyer Russell Meyer 

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    • Astrida
    • Astrida_Gobina
    • 1 yr ago
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    Reinis Zarins from Latvia. I  find his take on Kreisleriana both fascinating and novel. Here is a link to the recording:
     

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H2-a6anQF8g&list=OLAK5uy_lLEO2x18Jsf_p1eZtbP6WjWmF0SNhO3Nw&index=1&pp=8AUB

     

    He’s certainly one to be mentioned.

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  • I'm thinking Dominic Cheli.

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      • Gail Starr
      • Retired MBA
      • Gail_Starr
      • 1 yr ago
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      Michael Filak Dominic has my vote!

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      • Pauline
      • Pauline
      • 1 yr ago
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      Michael Filak I agree, Michael! I included this below:

       

      Erwin Schulhoff - 8 June 1894 – 18 August 1942 (48 yrs.):

       

      https://www.dominiccheli.com/recovered-voices-1/v/sonata-for-violin-and-piano-no-2-wv

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    • Pauline Michael Filak  Gail Starr Thanks guys!! 😄

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      • Pauline
      • Pauline
      • 1 yr ago
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      Dominic Cheli 😀👏🎶🌟

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    • Michael Filak Dominic Cheli Yes Dominic Cheli for sure!! Not only a brilliant pianist, but also a great communicator of music that is very rare and special. We are lucky here at Tonebase!  

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      • Peter Golemme
      • Piano Player with Day Job (for now)
      • Peter_G
      • 1 yr ago
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      Michael Filak Count me among the Dominic fans! we are so lucky to have such access to him through Tonebase!

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    • GerryM
    • GerryM
    • 1 yr ago
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    I wonder if Keith Jarrett misses the radar of some "classical" pianists because he is primarily a jazz pianist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6tIzxmPCQE

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    • GerryM 

      Keith Jarrett is not only an excellent pianist, he can improvise in a beautiful, musical way and certainly gets my vote. I particularly love part 1 of the Koln Concert.

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      • Tommytone
      • Tommytone
      • 1 yr ago
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       Tommytone 

      Also love Jarrett's Pt.1 Koln concert!  There is a fascinating back story to this live recording that became the #1 selling jazz piano recording of all time.  Keith almost cancelled the concert; he was very dissatisfied with the piano, it was at the end of a long tour, it was almost not recorded.  Listen to the podcast "Cautionary Tales", episode 12/20/19 for all the details.

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    • Sachi
    • Sachi
    • 1 yr ago
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    There are of course many phenomenal pianists, but I like to name Maestro Dang Thai Son

    https://youtu.be/gtQ-tp3jwXQ

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    • Sachi So wonderful to see Bruce Liu continue his legacy.

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