Piano music

jimdgoulding · « **on:** 26 Jul 2008, 12:48 pm »

What piano music recordings are most special to you, AC'er's?

Tyson · « **Reply #1 on:** 26 Jul 2008, 04:43 pm »

Bach's Goldberg Variations. Hewitt of course, great playing and great sound.

ZLS · « **Reply #2 on:** 26 Jul 2008, 06:01 pm »

For The Second Time-The Count Basie Trio (Ray Brown Bass and Louis Bellson Drums) Excellent recording and great Jazz. This is a system tester in terms of PRAT. Count Basie was a master of time. The original Count Basie Band of the 30's was described by a reviewer as "and God said let there be Swing"

richidoo · « **Reply #3 on:** 26 Jul 2008, 07:26 pm »

The Amazing Bud Powell, Vols 1-4 on Blue Note
Any Glenn Gould Bach - acoustics excellent, essential for any music lover
Any solo Leon Fleisher - a bunch of new ones just released on Sony
Any Brad Mehldau Trio - fresh meat for the starving serious jazz lover
Bill Evans Trio - Riverside recordings
Any Art Tatum, especially the new Zemph transcription
Beethoven Sonatas - new Paul Lewis cycle is incredible but bad acoustics
Schubert Sonatas
Ravel solo piano by Thibaudet

BradJudy · « **Reply #4 on:** 26 Jul 2008, 07:42 pm »

Quote from: Tyson on 26 Jul 2008, 04:43 pm

Bach's Goldberg Variations. Hewitt of course, great playing and great sound.

Tyson, have you had a chance to listen to the Zenph "rerecording" of the 1955 Goldberg Variations? If so, what did you think? The concept has me intrigued and someone on HeadFi mentioned that their new Tatum rerecording has binaural versions of the tracks too.

jtwrace · « **Reply #5 on:** 26 Jul 2008, 09:52 pm »

Michel Camilo

On Fire

Why Not

are my two favorite.

http://www.michelcamilo.com/welcome.html

dhrab · « **Reply #6 on:** 26 Jul 2008, 10:26 pm »

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Orf · « **Reply #7 on:** 26 Jul 2008, 11:28 pm »

Shostakovich's Preludes & Fugues by Tatiana Nikolaeva

spudco · « **Reply #8 on:** 27 Jul 2008, 12:35 pm »

Joe Sample - "Soul Shadows"
Dave Brubeck - "Just You, Just Me"
Monty Alexander - "Live at Montreux"
Oscar Peterson and Count Basie - "Basie Encounters Peterson - Satch&Josh"
Ray Bryant - "Alone at Montreux", "Montreux 77", "Solo Flight"
Phillip Aberg - "Cinima"

goldlizsts · « **Reply #9 on:** 27 Jul 2008, 01:49 pm »

Quote from: Tyson on 26 Jul 2008, 04:43 pm

Bach's Goldberg Variations. Hewitt of course, great playing and great sound.

The Dinnerstein is good too. I just love her "reflective" interpretation, very intimate; so listening to it is very relaxing and of course enjoyable. Well-recorded also. http://www.musicalcriticism.com/recordings/cd-dinnerstein-bach.htm

giantsteps · « **Reply #10 on:** 27 Jul 2008, 02:23 pm »

Most anything by:

Keith Jarrett
Eliane Elias
Fred Hersch
Christian Jacob
McCoy Tyner
Denny Zeitlin
Alan Pasqua
Alan Broadbent

And of course:
Bill Evans

Frank

feverfive · « **Reply #11 on:** 27 Jul 2008, 05:10 pm »

Tord Gustavsen Trio - Being There; excellent sound quality as well...

Tyson · « **Reply #12 on:** 27 Jul 2008, 06:29 pm »

Not a fan of Gould - Hewitt is much better and has superior sound quality.

Hogg · « **Reply #13 on:** 27 Jul 2008, 11:04 pm »

Most of Marc-Andre Hamelin's recordings are exceptional. I have his Haydn and Godowsky recordings.

http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/a.asp?a=A49&name=hamelin

Jim

satfrat · « **Reply #14 on:** 28 Jul 2008, 01:38 am »

Jenny Lin: The Eleventh Finger (2006)

Cheers,
Robin

satfrat · « **Reply #15 on:** 28 Jul 2008, 01:47 am »

George Winston: Night Divides the Day: The Music of the Doors (2002)

One of the most moving album covers I've seen that exemplifies the music of The Doors,,,,, the piano play of George Winston's pretty good too.

Cheers,
Robin

satfrat · « **Reply #16 on:** 28 Jul 2008, 01:56 am »

George Duke: Illusions (1995)

Cheers,
Robin

mitch stl · « **Reply #17 on:** 28 Jul 2008, 02:55 am »

One I haven't seen mentioned is the recent Olga Kern CD, Brahms Variations. Excellent stuff.

lonewolfny42 · « **Reply #18 on:** 28 Jul 2008, 04:11 am »

Quote from: jimdgoulding on 26 Jul 2008, 12:48 pm

What piano music recordings are most special to you, AC'er's?

For Jazz piano....this is the one......

Have a look here.....

http://lostandsound.wordpress.com/2007/12/28/most-perfect-sound-from-the-black-forest/

And from another article...
"One of Brunner-Schwer’s fundamental concepts for MPS was recording the piano in a way that made the listener feel as though they were hearing the instrument from the perspective of the pianist, not as a member of the audience."

A very good recording....by a great artist...Oscar Peterson.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #19 on:** 28 Jul 2008, 04:47 am »

Thanks, Wolfsama. That's a buy. A personal favorite from me is Satie's Gymnopedies 1-3 as played by Aldo Ciccolini (EMI).