Worthwhile and free MP3s from a pianistin's website

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Posted on October 30, 2009 at 07:34:59

John Marks
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Pianistin--a new word for me.

The player in question is Gesa Lücker, and the MP3s are of Liszt, Bach, one A. Lücker, and Franck. The Franck is almost all of the PC&F, and I must say, the way she rolls the "Main Gauche" chords (wherein the left hand starts the roll but then has to cross over the right and blend in, catching the top notes right in sequence) is very very impressive.

She also graces the home pages of the Schimmel piano company's web site. A piano I have not heard but which, strangely enough, I am now interested in.

Ciao,

Gesa Lücker MP3s

RE: Worthwhile and free MP3s from a pianistin's website

Brian Cheney

13:58:24 10/30/09

RE: Worthwhile and free MP3s from a pianistin's website

Botanico92007

13:36:57 10/30/09

RE: Worthwhile and free MP3s from a pianistin's website, posted on October 30, 2009 at 13:58:24
Brian Cheney Manufacturer Posts: 1344 Location: N California Joined: May 26, 2000	It's just a peculiarity of the German language. The suffix "in" denotes female gender. A male peformer would be a "Pianist", pronounced "pee-ahn-ist".

RE: Worthwhile and free MP3s from a pianistin's website, posted on October 30, 2009 at 13:36:57

Botanico92007
Audiophile

Posts: 273
Location: San Diego
Joined: March 15, 2006

If you click on the CD tab in the link, you can hear her in Mozart and Prokokiev. I listened to the Hungarian Rhapsody and found the tempo fluctuations herky-jerky. Plus I was put off by the sound.

The Mozart and Prokoviev samples on the CD seem very promising in performance, and the sound is much more satisfactory to my ear. I just ordered this CD from Presto Classical in the UK -- $19 + $3.95 shipping.

JM, thanks for the link.

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Worthwhile and free MP3s from a pianistin's website

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