Ann Schein: Piano Concerto in D minor, Op. 30 - Movement 1 (Rachmaninov) - Part 1

[MrNimblefingers36]

What a wonderful musician! So many performances branded into my brain from hearing her for years in DC (from the Schubert Bb Impromptu at Cosmos, to the miraculous playing of this concerto at Pan American Union in Meriweather-Post, to a great recital at Lisner in the Piano Series - I think with Davidsbundler - to Constitution Hall with a performance of the "Emperor" that put Cliburn's Brahms 2nd a month earlier to shame, and later Constitution Hall "Les Adieux". Ever marvel at her gifts.

[davidhertzberg]

@MrNimblefingers36 Thanks for your note... Ms. Schein has asked me to put all her early recordings on YouTube; please visit the playlist here:

youtube*com/view_play_list?p=2­68B9B1B3F214667

best, david (from my new channnel)

[ravelitodebussy]

Astonishing, one of the very best interpretations

[davidhertzberg]

@ravelitodebussy Hello, you can now hear this work uninterrupted at the following link:

watch?v=g1emczFabsE

regards, david (from my new channel)

[ravelitodebussy]

@ravelitodebussy

Thank you very much, be sure that I will. Ann Schein has been a great treasure for me, in the same unespected way that I heard for the first time to Eileen Joyce, Guiomar Novaes, Rena Kyriakou, Maria Grinberg, Elly Ney.....

Great musicians, playing always with sofisication, incredible colors and that misterious gift that convinces you that everything they play is definitive...........

[NOSEhow2LIV]

Beautiful! Naturally flowing tempi and supple shaping, no "mere passagework" here! Full-toned,(admittedly forwardly placed from the orchestra),and passionately singing in lyrical moments. I heard her in concert,(Proms early 1960's)with a brilliant Paganini Rhapsody, but this 3rd concerto is a wonderful discovery for me. Goossens was an enthusiastic Rachmaninovian for his time and gives fine partnership. Thank you.

[davidhertzberg]

Hi Stuart, yes, the playlist address below is from the new channel (from which I am writing). regards, david

[snaaptaker]

This is wonderful! Ann Schein and I grew up, as fellow pianists, in Wash. DC at the same time, although I'm a couple of years older than she. We went to different schools and sadly, for me, I never met her.

But I vividly remember hearing, and loving, her recordings on the radio in DC. However, I've never heard this recording until now. It's one of the absolute best versions of Rach3 I've ever heard, and I've heard most of them, as well as having played it, too.

Thank you very much, David.

[davidhertzberg]

@snaaptaker Hi, thanks for your message, its terrific to hear stories like yours, which really make these recordings come alive. Ms. Schein has kindly asked me to upload all of her early recordings to YouTube. The playlist (to which I am continually adding videos) is here:

view_play_list?p=268B9B1B3F214­667

All the best, david

[snaaptaker]

@davidhertzberg Great! I can hardly wait to hear them.

I assume that they (or most of them) will be on your new channel?

Thanks, again.

Regards, Stuart

[classicvinylbiz]

Hi, thanks for your note, and you are most welcome.

[realpianistcomposer]

Thank you for finding and posting this--it had been so long since I'd heard it!! Ms. Schein was my teacher for 6 years, and I've had the privilege of accompanying her on the second piano for this piece many times. I hate to say things like "so-and-so OWNS this or that piece"...but man, she really OWNS this piece. PLUS she's a great teacher and a beautiful person. I'm totally grateful to (and for) her.

[kasyapa]

realpianistcomposer - i envy you. :)