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In Reply to: RE: Forget overrated or underrated. Who are you personal favorite pianists past and present live and recorded posted by Analog Scott on November 26, 2014 at 19:10:21
1. Vladimir Horowitz
2. Vladimir Horowitz
3. Vladimir Horowitz
4. Vladimir Horowitz
5. Vladimir Horowitz.....
Honorable mention: Van Cliburn, Artur Rubinstein, Earl Wild, Claudio Arrau, Arturo Michelangeli, Ayako Uehara, Antonio Barbosa, Rudolf Serkin, Lars Vogt (Beethoven), Stephen Hough, Leon Fleisher, Ivo Pogorelich, Georges Cziffra..... Left out quite a few.......
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I really tried hard to like his playing Beethoven Sonatas v Brendel. Albert wins every time, to my layman ears:
“Somebody was always controlling who got a chance and who didn’t. - Charles Bukowski
I could probably list quite a few pieces I'd prefer a relative unknown over Horowitz....
I've also recommended Horowitz for a lot of composers, but don't recall anything he stands out w Beethoven. Horowitz's style isn't a good fit for Brahms either.
But whenever Horowitz really nails something, nobody is in the next area code...... (Chopin's "Raindrop" Prelude, for one. Scriabin's Etude 8/12 is another.) I cannot say that about another pianist.
Agree 100%
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“Somebody was always controlling who got a chance and who didn’t. - Charles Bukowski
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