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Uploaded by on Jan 23, 2009

1973 Gold Medalist Vladimir Viardo reflects on his childhood inspiration, Van Cliburn. Excerpt of 8th Competition Gold Medalist, Alexi Sultanov playing Rachmaninoff Etude No.5. Finally, a big hearty Texas welcome to the competitors as they enjoy the stockyards.

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  • R.I.P. alexei

  • I had recorded this back in '89 and used to listen to it all the time. I loane it to a friend and it got away. There' s a St. Saens piece played by the dark haired girl that is just fantastic. We later saw the young Russian who won play at Portland State U. I have never forgot that performance.

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  • I am sorry I did not ever hear him live.I am grateful for these recordings! I have heard many recordings by Horowitz and Kissin and many of them are not

    full of pure emotion, Sultanov was a true GIANT.

  • i never really liked alexei sultanov; felt that he was a bit out of control and his renditions were always so brutal. the true russian soul i think is exemplified more by the likes of the young horowitz and kissin where the burning passion is never allowed to get the better of the performer. IMHO.

  • i've been listening to a lot of different performances of rach etude op39 no5 and i have to say alexei's is truely unrivaled. no wonder he got the gold medal

  • @rbd1956 hes the guy playing rach etude tableau

  • Hah! I was one year old when this was going on

  • He was making me uncomfortable with his expressions when he was playing the Rachmaninoff Etude, it was so intimate!!...Of course that's a good thing.

  • the world has lost a great artist: Alexei...

  • @rbd1956 Alexei was a briliant,incredible,sublime pianist very unlucky.He was an incredible virtuoso.But when he suffered a serious stroke very soon.He died at the age of 35,in U.S.A.

  • @rbd1956 brilliant wasn't he? He passed... don't know the cause... ...only that the #$@# elite of classicial music didn't approve of him, and he was never properly appreciated. :-(

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