Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, op. 36, Original 1913 Version, Mvt. 3
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@morvensky the original is the only way to go.
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1. yes, many things - i recorded them all on videocam. playing was mostly not good and recording not good either (no dynamic level - cam leveled it all). i might put up a few snippets sometime.
2. i have not heard it yet!
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1. Can you remember what you played?
2. What do you think of Warenberg's Rachmaninoff "V" Concerto? I got a score from Boosey....It's quite fascinating and lucious
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it's sent out on tour by steinway to the various steinway halls throughout the country - i'd bought a D in 2002, and so my name was on the list of customers to get access when it came through my town. i got a grand total 2 1/2 hours on it. i'd played it in the early 1990s in the s.f. showroom - sherman clay.
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Wow - How on earth did you ever come to play Horowitz' piano? Fascinating
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wild, alright. all over the place, but some intriguing emphases. did not know ponti could be so wild.
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a well-voiced piano is always a good thing. horowitz didn't get away with anything by having is piano voiced magically. the keyweight was somewhat lighter, but i played it back in the early 1990s and it was not an "easy" piano to play - just the best i ever played. it's now a ruined hulk, alas.
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Stupid to compare with Horowitz', both too huge and great. Besides, one of your interlocutors enlightened me that Horowitz benefitted from some "voicing" of his piano, whatever that means. Ponti's is a colossal performance, breathtaking
I prefer this over the revised
morvensky 2 years ago 5
The way he plays the descending part at 1:36 is completely different from any other. Usually people just bring out the chords, Ponti contrasts the left and right hands chords in a sort of question-and-answer manner.
demosj 2 years ago 3