Let's talk music, no genre boundaries


This is an offshoot of the jazz thread. I and others found that we could not talk about jazz without discussing other musical genres, as well as the philosophy of music. So, this is a thread in which people can suggest good music of all genres, and spout off your feelings about music itself.

 

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The same goes for me with the astonishing comparison between two versions of the Well tempered Klavier of Bach i loved...

 

The Version of Vladimir Feltsman  is the one i loved the most  for the same reason compared to the magnificent  perfectly controlled version of  Andras Schiff:

There is plenty of others great versions of the klavier... I do not claim to know which is better... None is.... But i prefer those which is more akin to what i perceive as an internal gesture time dimension ....But i did not loose my pleasure listening the others as reading  any major  poets as Rilke for example  dont erase the pleasure to read minor but good one ...

Feltsman : 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhpUeXI1fBs&list=PLzI6BT2ZG_AdecV0laI3t5kYmAl8bhSnf

 

Schiff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFnwy1xtFRk&list=PL1gAgJIplj-ksyosRdPE_-4FVlkp2oIbo

 

Here two i enjoy these two versions the most compared to others...but my favorite is Feltsman ....

 

I walk four hours each day and i listened music (mostly Bach) on my Hidizs dap with excellent farsoo  kph40  headphone Koss  clone ...

I enjoy all Bach interpretations...I had at least 15 versions of "the art of the fugue" , probably the greatest musical work ever written. Interpretations i enjoy the most save the Felstman or Schiff one, is with Marriner  orchestra or with Ristenpart...But i like them all ...angel

 

During my recent return to records over the last few years, I opened a can of worms when I came upon a sealed copy of a Dimitris Sgouros (I'll have to dig out the title for you later) record. I honestly did not know who this kid was at the time. Belated 56th birthday to this kid who now shares my age hahaha. Time to revisit.

Which pianist do you recommend ?

Sgouros i imagine... I do not know him ... Thanks for this feed back ... I will listen ...

Liszt: Seven Transcendental Etudes

@mahgister 

I think I like Helen Schmitt better, but it is a close call with Szeryng. For me, it sounds as if Schmitt is playing somewhere in a cave deep in the earth. Szeryng in a way is more beautiful, but not as souldful. Nicolaeva over Gould. I think for me it will always be Nikolaeva, but I must compare her to Mitsuko Uchida if I can.

Uchida has such a subtle touch which I have not heard in any other pianist. She has recorded all of Schubert's piano sonatas and his impromptus. I have both her recording and Schiff. Schiff is perfect but Uchida touches another dimension. You must listen carefully to hear it. She is like a Zen painter. Here is Uchida playing Schubert's Impromptu 899 second movement. What I would like you to listen to his her left hand and how she handles the harmonic theme. How she coaxes it out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9YTnoBqGI4

Here is Schiff and again listen to his left hand and how he andles the harmonic theme.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG2TL25nZ8U