Liszt Rigoletto Paraphrase - Sgouros

[82Appino]

Parody

[telosfd]

Mstislav Rostropovich on Dimitris Sgouros

[telosfd]

This is a  Paraphrase if you understand what means!!!!!

[rachmaninovbrahms]

If he had any knowledge of the opera, and how it is sung, he may have played it with the right feeling, intonation, and voicing. He can play very quickly- but there is the difference between great pianists and great musicians. He is a very good pianist. Even with a liszt paraphrase, one must make music.

[trms83br]

HAHAHAHA that is just the PERFECT tempo definition!!! hahahahahaha

[trms83br]

i don't understand why in hell a lot of pianists insist on playing Liszt "presto piu prestissimo possibile" as if they were running away from the devil or affraid of missing a bus or a train! that annoys me so much!!!

BUT his performance has some good points. Sometimes he explores well the dynamics and also makes some interesting mood contrasts.

[cliffman16]

He does have an extremme talent but he plays music too damn fast.

[cherkassky]

True, the sound quality of this recording is poor. But, you can hear a great hifi recording of the Rigoletto at soundclick(dot)com that captures Sgouros' Steinway perfectly (--> 1989 Sydney Opera House, as encore played to capacity audience)

[orpheus63]

wonderful performance

sound is affected by the bad acoustic hall

[Helved15]

It is too fast, he destroys all music.

[igor40]

He's a great talent!Hope he gets maturity soon!He'll be much happier when he learns to sing, and put the virtuosity in service of true music! ALL THE BEST TO HIM!

[Hiro5508]

he should begin to learn the word 'cantando'

[w3sp]

Yundi Li plays it far better imho.

[voolare]

hahaha imagine singers playing "Bella figlia dell'amore" at that speed!

[brandon485]

Did he misread the sheet music? It clearly says prestississississimo, YEESH

[keroni]

why doesn't he play faster?

[jiolsmolimassunemo]

yes, this is quite slow... put me to sleep, yes.