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What a dress! And she is so intense...... Dutoit had really good taste. Paavo here does a nice job, and some wonderful facial expressions. The video is a true treasure, in all seriousness.

@codymurp The Steinway is the problem, right. Like it is I guess for 95% of the touring concert pianists who must have the same problem. Maybe you should recommend a nice beat up Chickering that has had the life beaten out of it.

You are very beautiful

Magnificent performance - high octane and yet still quite moving.

It certainly sounds like the pitch is flat, which is obvious from the opening notes. Passages like that at 1:30, 1:38, and 2:20 sound way off pitch. While there is no question Katsaris is easily one of today's most spectacular performances, this recording's alteration of sound do not do Katsari...

Is this the complete recital? It is an awfully strange way to open a recital, as Sokolov in 1990s opened with preludes and fugues, which was much more logical.

Watching Gavrilov like this can be quite sad - what a fantastic talent he was, someone that lit up a keyboard. Here, he plays in different outfits, at times looking bizarre as he does with the untucked white shirt and huge yellowish ring. His wild hair, along and his preoccupation of playing fr...

@pistolpeeroy It is the small mind who writes like you, and perhaps you should just get in the ring and for 20 years enjoy the benefits of concussion and brain damage. A small mind does not think of the consequences to our society (the medical bills we all end up paying for) and the encouragemen...

While she certainly is gorgeous and guys can easily be blinded by watching her, Khatia's performance is quite sloppy. At times, she simply does not care how many wrong notes are banged out. She plays so fast that rhythm is severely compromised. The end section from roughly 2:00-2:15 lacks any ...