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| 10 Greatest Pianists of All Time; as voted by modern day masters of the instrument. | |
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| George K | Jul 8 2012, 04:24 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/Article/306444,the-10-greatest-pianists-of-all-time.aspx And no, Lang Lang is not on the |
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| AndyD | Jul 8 2012, 05:10 AM Post #2 |
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Ha I'll bite. What about Lipatti, Lhevinne? Not that the ones on the list weren't great players. And any list that doesn't contain Art Tatum is sadly blinkered. |
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| ivorythumper | Jul 8 2012, 05:12 AM Post #3 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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No Keith Jarrett or Roy Bittan or Thelonius Monk or Bill Evans? |
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| Axtremus | Jul 8 2012, 05:59 AM Post #4 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Those are all forgivable omissions. The only inexcusable atrocity is the omission of the guy who play the Mario Brothers theme song blind-folded. |
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| Copper | Jul 8 2012, 06:08 AM Post #5 |
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Shortstop
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Same guy? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMr-tfuouc4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fep0OAWzLBw |
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| JBryan | Jul 8 2012, 06:36 AM Post #6 |
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Perhaps they should have said greatest classical pianists but then they might have thought that redundant since this appears on Limelight "The Classical Music and Arts Website". |
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| Luke's Dad | Jul 8 2012, 06:57 AM Post #7 |
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Greatest 20th centurt pianists, maybe. Best in history? While we may not be able to have actually heard them play, some older pianists legacies on modern day technique ar. e far more impactful than any Gould recording. |
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| Lurkalot | Jul 8 2012, 07:59 AM Post #8 |
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Not a bad list, with one exception: Alfred Brendel. No. Just no. :/ |
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| Tav D | Jul 8 2012, 08:22 AM Post #9 |
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Junior Carp
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I agree that Brendel's inclusion is questionable. But, no Josef Hofmann? All of the great pianists of his day considered him to be the greatest. I would probably include Ashkenazy and Argerich. Even if Liszt left no recordings he has got to be on the list! |
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| Dave Spelvin | Jul 8 2012, 08:29 AM Post #10 |
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Replace Gould, Schnabel and Gilels with Hofmann, Gieseking and Sofronitsky. |
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| Klaus | Jul 8 2012, 12:28 PM Post #11 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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+1. Brendull is lame. I am also not so sure about Kempff. What about Thalberg (thumb technique)? What about Anton Rubinstein (founded Petersburg Conservatory, among many other traits)? Busoni? Neuhaus? |
| Trifonov Fleisher Klaus Sokolov Zimmerman | |
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| Mark | Jul 8 2012, 12:56 PM Post #12 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Michelangeli needs to be on that list. |
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| Klaus | Jul 8 2012, 01:16 PM Post #13 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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These lists are silly, but anyway, here's my list of the top 10 most influential classical pianists of all time: 1. Richter 2. Michelangeli 3. Gould 4. Cortot 5. Liszt 6. Neuhaus 7. Anton Rubinstein 8. Godowsky 9. Berezovsky 10. Arrau |
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| kluurs | Jul 8 2012, 02:01 PM Post #14 |
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Godowsky supposedly could play rings around everyone - even per Rachmaninoff - Liszt, Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart - all seemed to be considered decent pianists. I'm assuming they were to stick with folks they'd actually heard - or heard live. |
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| MrNetwork | Jul 9 2012, 08:27 AM Post #15 |
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Liszt Rachmaninoff Mozart Beethoven Chopin Horowitz Richter Argerich Paganini Gottshalk |
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| Dave Spelvin | Jul 9 2012, 08:48 AM Post #16 |
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Pretty bold putting in 5 pianists you've never heard and a violinist, MrNetwork. I'll raise you J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals, Heifetz and Charlie Parker. |
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| JBryan | Jul 9 2012, 08:52 AM Post #17 |
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I would add Earl Scruggs. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| VPG | Jul 9 2012, 09:10 AM Post #18 |
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Why oh why isn't our own Dr. George on the freaking list? Huh? I sold Chopin his Playel!
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