Wednesday, February 27, 2013

R.I.P Van Cliburn

The piano virtuoso died today. Here he is playing one of my favorite concertos:

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  1. RickAtNightFebruary 27, 2013 at 4:30 PM

    The Russian Romantic composers are a world unto themselves, and no one interpreted them better than Van Cliburn. Sadly, his touch with other genres was never quite as deft, but who cares, I could listen to Van Cliburn play Rachmaninoff until all the cows in Texas come home... :)

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  2. scaramoucheFebruary 27, 2013 at 4:32 PM

    Me too.

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  3. RickAtNightFebruary 27, 2013 at 4:44 PM

    Here's a link to V.C. playing one of my favorites, the Prelude in G Minor...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwE9JEqKFnI

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  4. scaramoucheFebruary 28, 2013 at 7:53 AM

    Thanks. Will listen to it after breakfast.

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