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What was this guy doing, writing enjoyable music in the classical idiom in the 20th century?

It is like what the mountain climbers say, we climbed Everest, because it was there. So orchestras say, we perform Stockhausen because it exists.

I am actually surprised this is by Milton Babbitt of serialismatic infamy. Are you sure you have properly credited this piece? I think Elliott Carter was the ghost writer, and let Milton pass it off as his own.

Probably because he has said most of what he needed to say. So he was only filling in some of the finer details.

Go Scott!!!!!

Cathy is looking down, smiling...with a big smile!

To me, it sounds more Boulezian than Cartesian.

What is he doing here? Sounds awfully tonal to me. Maybe his wife liked The Boston Pops, and not all that modern stuff.

@blueyedboy84 Some of his music might be overrated, but some of it is pure genius.

The scope of his repetoire was amazing. Serious pieces, classics, encores and light pieces, and he was always looking, exploring, doing something different.

The piece is a pastiche. It conjures bygone eras, mostly forgotten. Cherkassky, is paying homage to his teacher, who learned from Anton Rubinstein, who learned from Kullak, and then from Czerny, who learned from a guy named Beethoven.

@unclejuniorsoprano It certainly makes him more intriguing. Shura Cherkassky, is another example, but on the piano.

Tasteful in every respect. Perfectly lovely.

This performance really brings out the inner voices.

These two should pair up with something a little meatier, like The Warsaw Concerto.

I just knew he would return to tonality! There is still hope for Elliott Carter who is now nearly 103, and still composing.

Sheer brilliance, at many different levels!!!!!!!!!!!! Great opera, full of humor and human emotion, superbly acted, high drama and wonderfully sung

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A brilliant sequel to Toothpaste. I wish for more of these for Christmas!!!!

I dont get it? Contemporary classical music that makes sense? And that doesnt sound like it is pandering to us?

I think they are just tuning up. And they aren't very good at that.

Actually, I have heard this piece in the 70's, at the Whitney Museum. Mr. Carter was there. He is a great composer, but I must confess, most of his music is beyond my comprehension. Listen to the early quartets, repeatedly, ...

Broderick is pathetic. Preston was perfect for the role. It is utterly lacking in the energy Preston conjured for the role.

Not even a close call. The original is far superior. Simpler, more direct and original, when created.

According to Wiki, Jack Warner wanted a big name star for the movie, and approached Cary Grant. He told them no, the role belonged to Robert Preston. He owned the role. His tone, his body an...

This scene is brilliant. Absolutely!!! The original musical was written more than 50 years ago, set in 1912. Growing centralization was a problem then. That was before all the big box stores, Walmart, The Home Depot, etc. (Look what has happened since then!) Nearly all the products pictured on...

Classic Horowitz; the clowning, gesturing to his wife, the curled pinky, and the sublime understanding of each piece of music. Understated elegance every time!!!

@KeepBenefits I am sadden to hear that. I have a feeling she will develop into a great pianist.

Another thing about her, is her choice of repetoire. It shows respect for prior masters, like Horowitz, Cziffra and others. (Kissin too.) She recognizes the power of the transcriptions as crowd pleasers. The encores. Not just the main course.

@elvi1961 He had more class in his pinky, than the sum total of 90% of the stars of today.

Robert Preston was PERFECT for this role. He is brilliant.

It is like she took the pages out of the Lang Lang play book (all the faces and emotions he wears on his sleeve) and tossed it in the garbage, saying that has nothing to do with the music I wish to make. Instead, she has very few unnecessary gestures and wonderfully lets the music, speak for itse...

He looks upward, reaching for Chopin's spirit. It is as if Chopin was talking directly to Lang Lang, and Lang Lang is talking to us. Lang Lang is only the medium. He is trying to tell us what Chopin is saying...

And Chopin is saying get off this stage, you fake, you charlatan, farceur. You debase...

Played exactly like Mozart should be: in a huge auditorium, with a large crowd, with lots of distracting hand gestures, letting the performer speak, rather than the music, and the facial expressions telling us that he is getting it straight from the composer, as he looks skyward.

It is a powerful piece of music. Very powerful.

It is no walk in the park with Martha at the helm!!!!!

@Bret6464 and she lets the music speak, rather than the over emoting that the other fellow does.

I love the way he brings out the inner voices.

The page turner is the only good part. Lang Lang should go Bye Bye.

Nice work guys!!!!

Elliott Carter is in awe!!! Yes, this is what music is supposed to sound like!!!!!!!!!!!!

I remember hearing this little ditty within a few years after it was composed performed by the same outfit, and it certainly sounds better to my ears now. Maybe the passage of some 40 years, has given me a better perspective.

Someone needs to buy a better microphone or recording device, next time.

Nice tempo.

I think the piano works of Ligeti were getting too much air time, and Elliott had to put in his two bits.

Take that, Mr. Cage!!!!

There is more talent, class and intelligence in these 4 minutes than one month of TV now.

I consider myself lucky to have lived at the same time as Muhammed Ali, THE GREATEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This man was a treasure.

What a wonderful photograph! And the recording is further proof, of the man's supreme artistry. Only he could make this simple piece is a wonderful journey.

I remember this moment. It was a defining moment. The way he made it a real conversation, with the questioner,and the viewers, he turned it all around. It still makes me get teary. The guy could relate and communicate. There was no scandal. It was a personal issue involving three people.