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Russian musician (1944-2011)
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- Soviet Union, Russia
- pianist, university teacher, film director, music teacher
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2022-02-08 11:06:29
Born in Berlin, Elena took her first piano lessons at the age of six and started winning first prizes in German national competitions shortly after. She was pre-schooled in the Paris Conservatoire before moving back to Germany for her undergraduate studies. She is the daughter of two professional cellists and granddaughter of the german baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Ms. Fischer-Dieskau studied at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien in Hannover with Vladimir Krainev until his death. She then moved to the U.S. to study in the class of Leon Fleisher at the Peabody Institute, where she was awarded a full-scholarship
2021-03-29 13:41:14
Rach-Busoni, 2021
This Week in Classical Music: March 29, 2021. April 1st is a big day for pianists: first of all, it’s the birthday of Sergei Rachmaninov, one of the greatest pianists in history and of course a brilliant composer, who wrote many pieces for his favorite instrument. Rachmaninov’s music, especially his piano concertos no. 2 and 3, is widely played and popular with music listeners. It’s also the birthday of Ferruccio Busoni, also a pianist and composer. As a composer he’s not as famous as Rachmaninov, although his piano transcriptions of the organ works by Bach are part of the standard piano repertoire, but as a pianist he rivaled anybody at the end of the 19th – early 20th century. Busoni was born in 1866, Rachmaninov – in 1873, and these six years, plus the fact that Busoni lived only 58 years make a big difference in their recording legacies: we […]
2020-06-25 23:00:00
Rachmaninov: The Piano Concertos, Paganini Rhapsody & Piano Sonata No.2 - John Lill & Tadaaki Otaka
Sergei Rachmaninov:01. - 03. Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, op.18 [36'03]04. - 06. Piano Concerto No.1 in F-sharp minor, op.1 [28'24]07. - 09. Piano Sonata No.2 in B-flat minor, op.36 (original version)* [27'15]10. - 12. Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op.30 [44'38]13. - 15. Piano Concerto No.4 in G minor, op.40 [27'31]16. Variations on a Theme of Corelli, op.42* [19'40]17. Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, op.43 [23'44]John Lill, BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Tadaaki OtakaNimbus NI 1720 (recorded 1993 - 1996; this CD/download compilation 2011)(digital download; flacs, booklet, cover and inlay scans)Recording venue: Brangwyn Hall, Swansea & Wyastone Leas, Monmouth*Recording engineers & Producers: not statedGiven the numerous ways that Rachmaninov's surname can be transliterated from the cyrillic, Nimbus' choice of Rakhmaninov seems the most eccentric. Nimbus recorded the concertos and rhapsody in ambisonic surround-sound and some may be troubled by the reverberation of the deep […]
2019-04-01 14:16:00
Three Pianists, 2019
April 1, 2019. Three pianists were born on this day. We usually talk about Sergei Rachmaninov as a composer, but he was also one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. Josef Hofmann, himself a superlative pianist to whom Rachmaninov dedicated his Third Piano Concerto, joked that he would gladly swap his fingers for Rachmaninov’s and would add his toes to boot (there’s some truth to the joke: Hofmann’s hands were of average size, while Rachmaninov had huge hands that allowed him to easily play the most difficult chords). Contemporaries compared Rachmaninov to Liszt and Anton Rubinstein. He was a supreme virtuoso who never showed off, being concerned with the structure and the overall line of a composition. Rachmaninov was an expressive pianist with a beautiful sound (Arthur Rubinstein raved about his tone), and his rhythm was freer than what we’re used to these days, but when we listen […]
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