In Reply to: RE: Yes...for his Ravel Concertos with Boulez. . . posted by Chris from Lafayette on November 28, 2014 at 17:34:11:
Zimerman's Chopin Piano Concerto No.1 left me with a strong impression.
I love the way he tells the story in that piece in spite very stretched out 1st movement he had me captive what he's going to say next.I read somewhere that musicians in that orchestra were hand picked by him and that he stipulated that noone over 35 year old of age should be permitted. ( no way you can get away with this age discrimination in the US~! )
Interesting background story on the Cleveland Orchestra fiasco.
He's such a prima donna but man.. no doubt he's very talented. I don't like everything he does but what he does well offers unique way of looking at things.
Edits: 11/29/14
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- You have such a way with words... - kuma 18:40:27 11/28/14 (0)