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A New Find for Me

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Posted on March 25, 2015 at 15:23:40
ahendler
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 Most of you know I have had a lifetime love affair with S. Richter, the late great Russian pianist. When new artists come along I always compare them to Richter and they usually fail to meet his standards. I have just heard an artist that feels to me as a reincarnation of Richter. He has been around for a while but I never heard of him. He is Nelson Goerner. A 46 year hold Argentine who has been sponsored and supported by Martha Argerich. He has a big bold sound yet can play with utmost delicacy. He phrases as well as any pianist I have heard. He has several CD's. A Chopin recital, a new Schumann disc, A Rachmaninoff disc and a Debussey recording. Several of these are on Tidal. Let me know if you are familiar with him or give him a listen and let me know what you think. He has a few videos on utube
Alan

 

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Re: the Richter preamble of your post, posted on March 25, 2015 at 16:52:50
Chris from Lafayette
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 The "free" CD included with the March issue of BBC Music Magazine consists of the better part of Richter's May 1969 recital at London's Royal Festival Hall (Beethoven Sonata No. 11, Op. 22; Schumann Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13 - plus a couple of encores). Haven't listened to it yet myself.

 

Re: the Richter preamble of your post, posted on March 25, 2015 at 17:38:39
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 I have it
Alan

 

RE: Nelson Goerner, posted on March 25, 2015 at 18:34:33
Ivan303
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Thanks for the heads-up. Listening to the above now on QOBUZ.





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RE: Nelson Goerner, posted on March 25, 2015 at 19:30:33
Ivan303
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OK, this Rachmaninov is a winner!

Or, as the liner notes at QOBUZ says, translation by Google Translate:

"Recorded live in Manchester in 2000 , this version of the famous Concerto No. 3 Rachmaninoff the pianist Nelson Goerner is truly exceptional. It's quicksilver . She runs like the wind with a magical fluidity, away from all the pathos that one puts too often in this music. The Argentine technical staggering Scaramuzza gives wings to Goerner , but never subordinate it comes to expression. A very large version of a yet largely represented in the disk partition. Without warning and modestly Nelson Goerner takes place alongside the greatest." FH

Couldn't agree more! :-)




First they came for the dumb-asses
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a dumb-ass

 

Hey - Anybody who plays music by Felix Blumenfeld can't be all bad! [nt] ;-), posted on March 26, 2015 at 00:25:27
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Do you know if there have been any previous issues of this recital? [nt], posted on March 26, 2015 at 00:26:53
Chris from Lafayette
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RE: Do you know if there have been any previous issues of this recital? [nt], posted on March 26, 2015 at 08:35:59
ahendler
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 I'll have to check. Not sure. I know there have been several BBC Richter releases
Alan

 

RE: A New Find for Me, posted on March 26, 2015 at 09:22:14
bald2
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 Wow!! Thank you for this. I adore his playing, and the interview on Youtube is also wonderful: he seems like a really thoughtful, down to earth, unpretentious and humble person. No wonder that these same qualities come out in his playing:)

Harry

 

RE: BBC releases, posted on March 26, 2015 at 16:14:55
ahendler
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 Chris,
Checked thru my 120 Richter CD's and there are 9 BBC Legends releases. The Beethoven, Schumann and Chopin pieces all come from BBCL 4090-2
The Chopin, Beethoven and Schumann is from a Royal Festival Hall recital in 1968
The debussy is on BBCL 4103-2 and was from a recital at Goldsmiths Hall, London in 1968
Alan

 

Thanks, Alan!, posted on March 26, 2015 at 17:15:10
Chris from Lafayette
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 It's strange that the CD insert identifies the date of the concert as May 11, 1969. I checked that against the Trovar Richter chonology list, and the claimed May 1969 date has to be wrong, since, according to the chronology, Richter was only in Moscow and Turin during that month and year. According to the chronology, you are correct with the year of the performance being 1968 (October 20, to be exact). It's amazing that the BBC got the performance date of their own CD wrong!

One other interesting thing is that the chronology showed all four works on the same concert at Royal Festival Hall, including the Debussy, and that the "missing" work from the CD is the Beethoven Prometheus Variations, Op. 35. I'm sure you know about this site already, but I'm including the link to it for anyone else who is interested:

 

Just from live performance ..., posted on March 28, 2015 at 14:42:28
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I've heard only one recital, but was impressed. But since he's not a babe, we may never hear much from him.


"Life without music is a mistake" (Nietzsche)

 

RE: And the Felix Blumenfeld ain't half bad! /n, posted on April 2, 2015 at 19:07:30
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First they came for the dumb-asses
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a dumb-ass

 

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