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I cheerfully agree that an alternate Subject Line would have been:JOHN MARKS FINALLY GIVES IN TO THE TEMPTATION TO USE A RHETORICAL-QUESTION "GRABBER" HEADLINE!
Let me quote myself:
9. Solo: Pablo Ziegler
Pablo Ziegler is an Argentine composer and pianist, best known in the US for the decade-plus he spent as one of the sonic and musical anchors of Astor Piazzolla's revolutionary "Quinteto Tango Nuevo." This solo recording displays Ziegler's full-bodied tone, fearless virtuosity, and completely committed musicianship.
For me, the standout track is "Oblivion," Piazzolla's elegiac interlude from the soundtrack to the film version of Pirandello's "Theater of the Absurd" play Henry IV (meaning, the Holy Roman Emperor).
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Short version of the play and film: A rich guy falls off his horse and is concussed. When he wakes up, he thinks he is the Holy Roman Emperor, and everybody plays along with the gag... because the guy is rich.
To make it easy on everybody, here's a link to Steinway's no-cost streaming site. No strings attached! (Arf.) You do not have to register or log in. Just listen.
Here are the credits:
Album Credits:
May 10, 19, 26 and June 1, 2016 at Steinway Hall, New York City.
Producer: Jon Feidner
Engineer: Lauren Sturm
Editing: Jon Feidner
Mixing and Mastering: Daniel Shores
Executive Producers: Eric Feidner, Jon Feidner
Art Direction: Jackie Fugere
Design: Cover to Cover Design, Anilda Carrasquillo
Photo of Pablo Ziegler: Shigeto Imura
Piano Technician: Lauren Sturm
Piano: Steinway Model D #597590 (New York)Zo, my friends! Please give "Oblivion" a listen, and if you think there is a better "Piano-Sound Loudspeaker Demo Track," please let us all know.
(It goes without saying that Pablo Ziegler is a musician of rare gifts.)
john
PS: Presto Music prices the single track 24/192 download at $1.75. Ya can't beat it with a stick, I say.
https://www.prestomusic.com/jazz/products/8429917--solo?srsltid=AfmBOoobgIl6-_YcciMbqQqdWzSrb85YWl1zixxqKHfgSLA9Nedn-Xvz
Edits: 09/15/24Follow Ups:
After finding and listening to this suggestion on Qobuz, I've been giving those downloads a listen. Wonderful stuff - startlingly good in places. Thanks again.
Tsuyoshi Yamamoto in 1974. this may have the best piano transients I have ever heard recorded.
...regards...tr
This Poulenc collection from Pascal Roge is right up there with it, IMO. It's on Qobuz, but the LP version is better.
solo piano albums that I've heard have excellent sound. Examples: Scherbakov's Beethoven/Liszt and Goodyear's Nutcracker.
Midnight in Buenos Aires played by Victor Villandangos on his Naxos album Tango Argentino - available on Qobuz.This Piazzolla piece (Track 13) gets a bit weird at around 2.30. I've never heard so many very different sounds coming from a simple Spanish guitar
Victor played this piece amongst many others, at my flat when he had a day in hand before returning home to Argentina. A private concert I was privileged to host with 40 friends and family.
Edits: 09/16/24
for those who don't play via general purpose PCs.
I was a bit surprised that the album is not on HDTracks--other Steinway recordings are.
Oops--I forgot to mention that I have worked as a consultant to Steinway on more than one project or assignment; and also that they bought my three string-quartet Christmas master tapes. Which are now also available for free streaming.
Which, in a different context, might sound like boasting, rather than required disclosures.
In addition to paying me, they gave me a nice polo shirt.
john
PS: Do you have any opinion on the sound quality of "Oblivion"? For me, it's hard to imagine a piece in Tango time being more sad.
Do you have any opinion on the sound quality of "Oblivion"?
Initial impression is very high recording quality as you said. First two tracks just not my style.
It's very elegiac.
Beyond sad.
As I understand it, that's the background music as the guy who has been pretending be Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV has a brief interlude of sanity.
There's a BEAUTIFUL piano-trio version (link).
john
So, just heard Oblivion . Same impression.
That track hits all the right buttons for me, because I am such a Piazzolla fan.
So, that piano sound was captured at (New) Steinway's (New) Steinway Hall, by Steinway's House Team.
I say "New," because Steinway was acquired and taken private and de-listed from the New York Stock Exchange some time ago, and the new owner has been an excellent Steward.
The two other venues and teams who have made truly excellent recordings make those recordings at a former church in Virginia, and at Shalin Liu Performing Arts Center in Rockport, MA.
When I have more time I will sift through and post about an exemplary Steinway recording from each of those venues.
amb,
john
in the end it's all about the music for me.
I recently enjoyed Liz Story playing live in Memphis. Her choice is likewise Steinway. That's as good as it gets.
Had some great interactions with her after the concert.
One of the reasons that I am always Captain Ahab-ing in search of truly extraordinary piano tracks as far as sound quality goes is that most people who care about high-end audio have at least some acquaintance with the sound of a real hammers-and-strings piano.
So, if someone were going to decide among three fundamentally different loudspeakers, playing the piano track with excellent sound quality on all three should be revealing.
john
For my tastes there is nothing like a full range electrostat to provide the most transparent and seamless reproduction of an instrument that spans the entire range.
I always enjoy hearing wifey play her baby grand in the living room. :)
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