Christopher Shih performs Liszt's Totentanz with the Orchestre symphonique de la Garde republicaine at the Sorbonne in Paris. Francois Boulanger, conductor. October 21, 2008. Audio only.
Fantastic performance!!!! Amateur pianist? Dr. Sigh is a world class pianist, suffering by the fact that he is practicing medicine for a living. He deserves recognition for his talent as a top notch Concert Pianist and musician, and forget the so called 'amateur' status. He makes the rest of us amateur pianists look bad, and feel sorry for ourselves.
Thanks for posting this. I see Franz Liszt as the greatest musician who ever walked the face of the earth, and this work as a high point in his output.
The interpretation is fresh, innovative, and original, and does more to emphasize the dies irae than any other live performance I know of.
How fitting that this piece about fascination with death is performed by a medical doctor. A surgeon maybe? Cheers from a canadian tort lawyer with ambitions for the 2010 concours!
Fantastic performance!!!! Amateur pianist? Dr. Sigh is a world class pianist, suffering by the fact that he is practicing medicine for a living. He deserves recognition for his talent as a top notch Concert Pianist and musician, and forget the so called 'amateur' status. He makes the rest of us amateur pianists look bad, and feel sorry for ourselves.
stephenjoeagi 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this. I see Franz Liszt as the greatest musician who ever walked the face of the earth, and this work as a high point in his output.
The interpretation is fresh, innovative, and original, and does more to emphasize the dies irae than any other live performance I know of.
How fitting that this piece about fascination with death is performed by a medical doctor. A surgeon maybe? Cheers from a canadian tort lawyer with ambitions for the 2010 concours!
CaseyRocky 3 years ago 2