Foo - Van Cliburn - STILL the best

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smoke
12-16-07, 02:58 AM
call me retro, call me reactionary, call me old - i still haven't heard anyone that can play the piano with the expression of van cliburn. his recordings are old, they're grainy, they're low-tech, but once you get past the technical imperfections, the music is just amazing. yes, there are many excellent pianists. i'm also an ashkenazy fan. but there simply has been no one better than van cliburn. want proof? grieg's piano concerto, 2nd movement


VegaVixen
12-16-07, 05:16 AM
You're preachin' to the choir. I love Van Cliburn, among others.

That is all. Carry on.

smoke
12-16-07, 06:06 AM
you have excellent taste in men


smoke
12-16-07, 06:10 AM
...although i'm listening to ashkenazy play rachmaninov right now

Olebiker
12-16-07, 07:27 AM
Well, you think that because you have never heard Ethel Brown play "Wildcat On The Sewing Machine."

rando
12-16-07, 08:01 AM
that's why he won the Tchaikovsky competition in Russia during the cold war and got a ticket tape parade in NYC! He rocks.

smoke
12-16-07, 09:04 AM
i heard him play once. he has the longest fingers i've ever seen in my life.

DannoXYZ
12-16-07, 02:36 PM
I saw a video of him playing in Russia, simply amazing!