On Friday, April 15, 2022 at 3:55:20 PM UTC+1, rajivm...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Can you point me to some examples of a substantial body of solo piano performances or recordings by a pianist this century (say, a cycle of Beethoven sonatas or the Diabelli variations or the Liszt sonata ) that you feel matches or betters your benchmark from the previous century?
>
> I am particularly interested in the works of Bach, LvB, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Alkan, Scriabin, Rachmaninov, Brahms, Prokofiev , and Medtner.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Rajiv Medanki

Yes, try Andrea Bacchetti’s Bach. There’s a WTC in the pipeline too.

On Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 3:08:44 AM UTC-7, Mandryka wrote:
>
> Yes, try Andrea Bacchetti’s Bach.

Dry and mechanical.

> There’s a WTC in the pipeline too.

I hope the pipeline leads
straight into sewage.

dk

On Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 3:08:44 AM UTC-7, Mandryka wrote:
>
> Yes, try Andrea Bacchetti’s Bach.

Dry and mechanical.

> There’s a WTC in the pipeline too.

I hope the pipeline leads
straight into the sewer.

dk

>
> Reg Medtner, he was financially supported by an Indian king from my parent’s native place, and that story drew me into listening to him.

Rajiv

You must be referring to the Maharaj of Mysore who was a great and beloved patron of the arts and very generous and kind.
Please don’t give up on Medtner who was nothing less than a great composer - imaginative, soulful and ethereal.

On Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 4:54:24 AM UTC-7, JohnGavin wrote:
>
> Please don’t give up on Medtner
> who was nothing less than a great
> composer - imaginative, soulful and
> ethereal.

Well ...... methinks Medtner repeats
himself too much. Too many of his
works sound like variations on the
same motifs.

His musical sentiment sounds like a
mix of angry Russian themes topped
with Marinara sauce.

And he was obsessed with minor keys.

Ethereal my boot!

dk

On Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 6:35:46 AM UTC-7, Dan Koren wrote:
> On Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 4:54:24 AM UTC-7, JohnGavin wrote:
> >
> > Please don’t give up on Medtner
> > who was nothing less than a great
> > composer - imaginative, soulful and
> > ethereal.
> Well ...... methinks Medtner repeats
> himself too much. Too many of his
> works sound like variations on the
> same motifs.
>
> His musical sentiment sounds like a
> mix of angry Russian themes topped
> with Marinara sauce.
>
> And he was obsessed with minor keys.
>
> Ethereal my boot!
>

FWIW the finest Medtner on record is
by Ekaterina Derzhavina:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l64dwiRQNdDdDtGNTEJhnHUee2KZpdjm0

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mC4hvmzCHpz3TB9quVjz5OAZJda484K6g

I used to have these in my car, however
they had a negative impact on mileage.
Replaced by Kyuhee Park's guitar CDs.

dk

On Friday, April 15, 2022 at 9:47:07 PM UTC-7, Dan Koren wrote:
> On Friday, April 15, 2022 at 6:06:53 PM UTC-7, rajivm...@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > Chopin preludes and etudes,
>
> Claire Huangci seems to have
> an affinity for the Preludes:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5UaoUS7WmE
>

Here's a remarkable D.959 from
the Geza Anda Competition she
won in 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8cuvXOqy_w

dk

On Friday, April 15, 2022 at 3:55:20 PM UTC+1, rajivm...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Can you point me to some examples of a substantial body of solo piano performances or recordings by a pianist this century (say, a cycle of Beethoven sonatas or the Diabelli variations or the Liszt sonata ) that you feel matches or betters your benchmark from the previous century?
>
> I am particularly interested in the works of Bach, LvB, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Alkan, Scriabin, Rachmaninov, Brahms, Prokofiev , and Medtner.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Rajiv Medanki

Check Leon McCawley for Mozart and Schumann.

On Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 4:02:31 AM UTC+1, Mandryka wrote:
> On Friday, April 15, 2022 at 3:55:20 PM UTC+1, rajivm...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Can you point me to some examples of a substantial body of solo piano performances or recordings by a pianist this century (say, a cycle of Beethoven sonatas or the Diabelli variations or the Liszt sonata ) that you feel matches or betters your benchmark from the previous century?
> >
> > I am particularly interested in the works of Bach, LvB, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Alkan, Scriabin, Rachmaninov, Brahms, Prokofiev , and Medtner.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Rajiv Medanki
> Check Leon McCawley for Mozart and Schumann.

For Beethoven sonatas, check Daniel Ben Pienaar. For Chopin, Brahms and Schumann check Koroliov and Demidenko

On Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 8:20:53 PM UTC-7, Mandryka wrote:
> .
> For Beethoven sonatas, check Daniel Ben Pienaar.

You really need to have your head checked.

dk

On Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 8:20:53 PM UTC-7, Mandryka wrote:
>
> For Chopin, Brahms and Schumann
> check Koroliov and Demidenko

Koroliov for Chopin? What are
you smoking ?!? Nukes on you!

dk

On Friday, April 15, 2022 at 7:55:20 AM UTC-7, rajivm...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi All,
> Can you point me to some examples of a substantial body of
> solo piano performances or recordings by a pianist this century
> I am particularly interested in the works of Bach, LvB, Mozart,
> Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Alkan, Scriabin, Rachmaninov,
> Brahms, Prokofiev , and Medtner.
>

https://www.dropbox.com/s/eqob6qc1dvbch4x/2%20x%204.mp3?dl=0

Enjoy!

dk

On Friday, April 15, 2022 at 7:55:20 AM UTC-7, rajivm...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> I am particularly interested in the works of ..... Chopin .....

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/s2fsa90uagxm52v/AAAUe7fRTJGLDtGbcpn53cmea?dl=0

dk

On Friday, April 15, 2022 at 8:50:00 PM UTC-7, Dan Koren wrote:
> On Friday, April 15, 2022 at 10:42:54 AM UTC-7, hvt...@xs4all.nl wrote:
> >
> > Beatrice Rana comes close to or
> > matches Evelyn Crochet in her
> > version of Bach's Goldberg
> > Variations.
> They both compete in the
> Blandissimo World Cup.
>
> THE GOLDBERGS:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wedZkkXqOJ0
>
> Also Ekaterina Derzhavina:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMyY8aeah-8&list=PLfdMKJMGPPtzy89tTSrgfZ3l3mxQVmDVJ
>
> Note she won the Bach competition with these!
>
> If one prefers a more restrained and traditional
> Goldenberg, Zhu Xiao-Mei might be just what
> one needs:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr0MsaDpKsY9Rx6Mkk3mGuYnBPFx3UnfW
>
> Also in a live performance:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbtW4MAFkek
>
> And a harpsipiano twofer from Magdalena Baczewska:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLAQPrOGqJo
>

Here's another good one:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mm834hascwaggic/JS%20Bach%20Goldberg%20Variations%20%20BWV%20988.mp3?dl=0

dk

On Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 4:15:23 AM UTC-7, Dan Koren wrote:
> On Friday, April 15, 2022 at 7:55:20 AM UTC-7, rajivm...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > Can you point me to some examples of a substantial body of
> > solo piano performances or recordings by a pianist this century
> > I am particularly interested in the works of Bach, LvB, Mozart,
> > Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Alkan, Scriabin, Rachmaninov,
> > Brahms, Prokofiev , and Medtner.
> >
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/eqob6qc1dvbch4x/2%20x%204.mp3?dl=0
>

https://www.dropbox.com/s/whtczg76k7b0s3g/Un%20poco%20di%20Mozart.mp3?dl=0

Op 17-4-2022 om 15:07 schreef Dan Koren:
> On Friday, April 15, 2022 at 8:50:00 PM UTC-7, Dan Koren wrote:
>> On Friday, April 15, 2022 at 10:42:54 AM UTC-7, hvt...@xs4all.nl wrote:
>>>
>>> Beatrice Rana comes close to or
>>> matches Evelyn Crochet in her
>>> version of Bach's Goldberg
>>> Variations.
>> They both compete in the
>> Blandissimo World Cup.
>>
>> THE GOLDBERGS:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wedZkkXqOJ0
>>
>> Also Ekaterina Derzhavina:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMyY8aeah-8&list=PLfdMKJMGPPtzy89tTSrgfZ3l3mxQVmDVJ
>>
>> Note she won the Bach competition with these!
>>
>> If one prefers a more restrained and traditional
>> Goldenberg, Zhu Xiao-Mei might be just what
>> one needs:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr0MsaDpKsY9Rx6Mkk3mGuYnBPFx3UnfW
>>
>> Also in a live performance:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbtW4MAFkek
>>
>> And a harpsipiano twofer from Magdalena Baczewska:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLAQPrOGqJo
>>
>
> Here's another good one:
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/mm834hascwaggic/JS%20Bach%20Goldberg%20Variations%20%20BWV%20988.mp3?dl=0
>
> dk

Whose is this Goldberg?

--
Frank Lekens

http://fmlekens.home.xs4all.nl/
https://franklekens.blogspot.nl/

On Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 9:30:07 AM UTC-7, Frank Lekens wrote:
> Op 17-4-2022 om 15:07 schreef Dan Koren:
> > On Friday, April 15, 2022 at 8:50:00 PM UTC-7, Dan Koren wrote:
> >> On Friday, April 15, 2022 at 10:42:54 AM UTC-7, hvt...@xs4all.nl wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Beatrice Rana comes close to or
> >>> matches Evelyn Crochet in her
> >>> version of Bach's Goldberg
> >>> Variations.
> >> They both compete in the
> >> Blandissimo World Cup.
> >>
> >> THE GOLDBERGS:
> >>
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wedZkkXqOJ0
> >>
> >> Also Ekaterina Derzhavina:
> >>
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMyY8aeah-8&list=PLfdMKJMGPPtzy89tTSrgfZ3l3mxQVmDVJ
> >>
> >> Note she won the Bach competition with these!
> >>
> >> If one prefers a more restrained and traditional
> >> Goldenberg, Zhu Xiao-Mei might be just what
> >> one needs:
> >>
> >> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr0MsaDpKsY9Rx6Mkk3mGuYnBPFx3UnfW
> >>
> >> Also in a live performance:
> >>
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbtW4MAFkek
> >>
> >> And a harpsipiano twofer from Magdalena Baczewska:
> >>
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLAQPrOGqJo
> >>
> >
> > Here's another good one:
> >
> > https://www.dropbox.com/s/mm834hascwaggic/JS%20Bach%20Goldberg%20Variations%20%20BWV%20988.mp3?dl=0
>
> Whose is this Goldberg?
>

Do you like it?

dk

On Friday, April 15, 2022 at 7:55:20 AM UTC-7, rajivm...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Can you point me to some examples of a substantial body
> of solo piano performances or recordings by a pianist this
> century (say, a cycle of Beethoven sonatas or the Diabelli
> variations or the Liszt sonata ) that you feel matches or
> betters your benchmark from the previous century?
>

Rereading your request, one wonders if what you have
in mind is the previous century's wholesale recordings
of piano repertoire by major brand artists, as one saw
Arrau, Ashkenazy, Brendull, Pawllini, Purrahia or Rubinstein
do for major record labels like EMI, Decca, Philips, Columbia
or DG. The majority of their recordings are doctored studio
performances devoid of life or emotion. Did you notice
the number of official "great pianists" was just one bit
higher than the number of major record labels?

The appearance of online streaming platforms in recent
years is redefining the meaning of "recording". We are
now blessed to have access to live, unedited readings
of great works by top artists who are no longer under
pressure to produce yet another WTC or another set of
LvB sonatas, or the complete works of some composer.
IMHO this obviates the need or the justification for
"substantial bodies of solo piano performances or
recordings by one pianist", and allows every artist
to focus on what they like best and what they play
best.

Not meaning to critique your taste or your listening
goals and criteria -- just wondering....

dk

On Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 6:07:40 AM UTC-7, dan....@gmail.com wrote:

> Here's another good one:
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/mm834hascwaggic/JS%20Bach%20Goldberg%20Variations%20%20BWV%20988.mp3?dl=0

Polina Osetinskaya?

On Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 9:32:37 PM UTC-7, pnal...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 6:07:40 AM UTC-7, dan....@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > Here's another good one:
> >
> > https://www.dropbox.com/s/mm834hascwaggic/JS%20Bach%20Goldberg%20Variations%20%20BWV%20988.mp3?dl=0
>
> Polina Osetinskaya?

Yep.

dk

Op 17-4-2022 om 22:51 schreef Dan Koren:
> On Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 9:30:07 AM UTC-7, Frank Lekens wrote:
>> Op 17-4-2022 om 15:07 schreef Dan Koren:
>>> On Friday, April 15, 2022 at 8:50:00 PM UTC-7, Dan Koren wrote:
>>>> On Friday, April 15, 2022 at 10:42:54 AM UTC-7, hvt...@xs4all.nl wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Beatrice Rana comes close to or
>>>>> matches Evelyn Crochet in her
>>>>> version of Bach's Goldberg
>>>>> Variations.
>>>> They both compete in the
>>>> Blandissimo World Cup.
>>>>
>>>> THE GOLDBERGS:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wedZkkXqOJ0
>>>>
>>>> Also Ekaterina Derzhavina:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMyY8aeah-8&list=PLfdMKJMGPPtzy89tTSrgfZ3l3mxQVmDVJ
>>>>
>>>> Note she won the Bach competition with these!
>>>>
>>>> If one prefers a more restrained and traditional
>>>> Goldenberg, Zhu Xiao-Mei might be just what
>>>> one needs:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr0MsaDpKsY9Rx6Mkk3mGuYnBPFx3UnfW
>>>>
>>>> Also in a live performance:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbtW4MAFkek
>>>>
>>>> And a harpsipiano twofer from Magdalena Baczewska:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLAQPrOGqJo
>>>>
>>>
>>> Here's another good one:
>>>
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/mm834hascwaggic/JS%20Bach%20Goldberg%20Variations%20%20BWV%20988.mp3?dl=0
>>
>> Whose is this Goldberg?
>>
>
> Do you like it?
>
> dk

Definitely. This is from YouTube, I take it. I think I've heard her
before, I'd love there to be few more Bach albums of hers on Spotify,
but it seems so far she hasn't recorded any (beyond the one that's there).

--
Frank Lekens

http://fmlekens.home.xs4all.nl/
https://franklekens.blogspot.nl/

On Friday, April 15, 2022 at 7:55:20 AM UTC-7, rajivm...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> I am particularly interested in the works of ...., LvB,

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ggf9yqyibowv1w4/Op.%20106.mp3?dl=0

dk

On Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 10:47:08 PM UTC-7, Frank Lekens wrote:
> Op 17-4-2022 om 22:51 schreef Dan Koren:
> > On Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 9:30:07 AM UTC-7, Frank Lekens wrote:
> >> Whose is this Goldberg?
> >
> > Do you like it?
>
> Definitely. This is from YouTube, I take it. I think I've
> heard her before, I'd love there to be few more Bach
> albums of hers on Spotify, but it seems so far she
> hasn't recorded any (beyond the one that's there).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osg_WmeLxQk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpHfbhGKL0Y

dk

Op 18-4-2022 om 07:52 schreef Dan Koren:
> On Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 10:47:08 PM UTC-7, Frank Lekens wrote:
>> Op 17-4-2022 om 22:51 schreef Dan Koren:
>>> On Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 9:30:07 AM UTC-7, Frank Lekens wrote:
>>>> Whose is this Goldberg?
>>>
>>> Do you like it?
>>
>> Definitely. This is from YouTube, I take it. I think I've
>> heard her before, I'd love there to be few more Bach
>> albums of hers on Spotify, but it seems so far she
>> hasn't recorded any (beyond the one that's there).
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osg_WmeLxQk
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpHfbhGKL0Y
>
> dk
>
>
Thanks.

I hope they're ad free. On the android device I mainly use to play
longer YouTube videos it doesn't seem possible to turn ads off, and if
it's annoying already if a film is interrupted for some ads, it's just
too offputting to even start watching a live concert where that randomly
happens.

--
Frank Lekens

http://fmlekens.home.xs4all.nl/
https://franklekens.blogspot.nl/

On Monday, April 18, 2022 at 1:24:35 AM UTC-7, Frank Lekens wrote:
> Op 18-4-2022 om 07:52 schreef Dan Koren:
> > On Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 10:47:08 PM UTC-7, Frank Lekens wrote:
> >> Op 17-4-2022 om 22:51 schreef Dan Koren:
> >>> On Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 9:30:07 AM UTC-7, Frank Lekens wrote:
> >>>> Whose is this Goldberg?
> >>>
> >>> Do you like it?
> >>
> >> Definitely. This is from YouTube, I take it. I think I've
> >> heard her before, I'd love there to be few more Bach
> >> albums of hers on Spotify, but it seems so far she
> >> hasn't recorded any (beyond the one that's there).
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osg_WmeLxQk
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpHfbhGKL0Y
>
> I hope they're ad free.

Ads or lack thereof are a function of
the user's account, not of the video
clips themselves. A premium, ad
free YT account is $10/month in
the US.

dk