Terence Judd Plays Barber Scherzo & Fugue from Sonata for Piano-1977- Live

Terence Judd (3 October 1957[1] - Dec 1979) was an outstanding 20th century English pianist who died young, poised on the verge of a musical career.

Terence Judd was born in 1957 of English-American parents. In 1967, aged 10, he won the National Junior Pianoforte Competition, and he came to the attention of Eileen Joyce, who supported and encouraged him.[2] Known particularly for his championship of virtuosic romantic works, above all the music of Franz Liszt, he brought a characteristic exuberance and clarity of expression to his performances; and his recordings bear witness to that. His renditions of Alberto Ginastera's Piano Sonata No.1 and Samuel Barber's Piano Sonata remain as milestones for other pianists, and his memorable performances of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3, which he played back-to-back in the finals of the 1978 Tchaikovsky Competition, are among the most exciting of these well-known virtuosic works. [3]

Terence Judd committed suicide in 1979[4]. The Terence Judd Award is given biennially in his honour.

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Music

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• Barber
• Sonata
• fugue
• Terence
• Judd
• Horowitz
• piano
• solo
• classical
• music

[chad410]

what a waste of a genius...... god blesss

[God440owsky]

One of the best pianists of our time. Hats off

[SevenCircles]

@cziffra11

Horowitz did a lott better job then Hamelin, Hamelin is just a weak copy of Horowitz here. You can tell that he listened to Horowitz and tried to play it like that. Judd interpretations is very different and possibly the best.

[farnygal]

Does anyone know why he committed suicide?

[aznarro]

My God!! Very impressive. What a final.

[Malaka57]

Thanks for uploading this. I went to school with Terence (French Lycée in London). He was a special character, extremely quiet and retiring. How it must have felt for him to be in that rather superficial enviironment?

[AldenHardaway]

This is positively stupendous. What a glorious, glorious fugue...

[cziffra11]

As odd as it may sound, to me this sounds like the way a young Glenn Gould would have played this fugue. Every voice and cross rhythm is clear as a bell and because everything is so immaculate technically, the extreme tempo doesn't sound rushed. Among today's players, only M-A Hamelin would seem to have the chops and sensibility to play this fugue like this. We'll find out when he gets around to recording it.

[aesthetic1950]

Still like this better than Horowitz interpretation.

[steadmanification]

Amazing!!!!!!!!



[davidbviolin]

Wonderful playing! I am so lucky to have all of his recordings. To think that he left the world of music at 22 is so sad!