For Rach Sonata 1 fans
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wrote on 22 Nov 2020, 16:56 last edited by
Pletnev playing it live in 2018.
Very very subdued, not how I conceive the piece at all. But fascinating. Sublime in places that don’t get noticed in the more ‘masculine’ interpretations of, say, Berezhovsky or Weissenberg. In other parts though it almost resembles slow practice.
Worth a listen all the same.
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wrote on 22 Nov 2020, 18:35 last edited by
A Kawai rather than a Steinway or a Yamaha, nice.
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wrote on 22 Nov 2020, 18:56 last edited by
My reaction, two minutes in: "This isn't a fucking Mozart sonata, moron!"
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wrote on 22 Nov 2020, 19:13 last edited by Klaus
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wrote on 22 Nov 2020, 20:14 last edited by
And his final chord is weak AF.
I know. Go back and watch Berezhovsky play the ending. It’ll do you some good.
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wrote on 22 Nov 2020, 20:30 last edited by
I remember an occasion with Berezovsky around 12 years ago or so. I know a friend of Berezovsky very well, and he managed to get us into the practice room at Alte Oper in Frankfurt in which Berezvosky warmed up right before his concert, which happened to be Rachmaninoffs 3rd PC that evening. That poor Steinway received a quite remarkable beating. Bordering on rape. It was pretty cool to watch/listen.
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wrote on 22 Nov 2020, 23:01 last edited by
I'm not an expert on the Rach Sonata 1 though I enjoy listening to the work. Rachmaninov is pretty durable, and I enjoy different versions of works for different reasons.
Take the Rach 3. Two of my favorite versions might be Gavrilov/Muti and Horowitz/Rodzinski but I enjoy Barto/Eschenbach for a poetic reading and Jorge Luis Prats with Enrique Bátiz and the Mexico City Philharmonic - for an amusing and passionate version - though hardly a "definitive" performance. It was if the 26 year old Prats and Batiz decided that if you're going to do something different - why not go full out. The last part of the 3rd movement always makes me chuckle. BUT it isn't a performance that I'd say keeps to the composer's intentions. OTOH, It is fun. Pletnev is one to leave "his" mark on performances - again trying to do something different.
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wrote on 24 Nov 2020, 16:40 last edited by
Pletnev is sleepwalking through this performance. Really strange. But, I do like a lot of his previous recordings. My favorite Rach 1 performances remain Weissenberg, Ashkenazy, Lugansky and Sergio Fiorentino. The latter performance is fiery although a little shaky in places. Understandable given the enormous technical difficulties in this piece.
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wrote on 24 Nov 2020, 16:46 last edited by
I've never really liked Rachmaninoff.
There. I said it.
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wrote on 24 Nov 2020, 16:47 last edited by
For a second I thought I had seen somebody write that he or she doesn't like Rachmaninoff.
Ridiculous, I know.
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wrote on 24 Nov 2020, 16:49 last edited by
Apparently, he suffered from depression for most of his life.
If I had to listen to it as much as he did, I would, too.
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wrote on 26 Nov 2020, 14:29 last edited by
Speaking about Berezovsky, today I discovered this live recording:
Link to videoPlaying three concertos in a row is rather insane. I've never seen that elsewhere. Maybe this is supposed to be a revival of the Anton Rubinstein concert culture?
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Speaking about Berezovsky, today I discovered this live recording:
Link to videoPlaying three concertos in a row is rather insane. I've never seen that elsewhere. Maybe this is supposed to be a revival of the Anton Rubinstein concert culture?
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wrote on 26 Nov 2020, 22:00 last edited by
I'm a fan of Berezovsky - enjoy his performance of the Beethoven concerti with he did a few years back. I had to wait years for the cycle to be completed and issued.