Listening to a superbudget download that includes Beethoven's first four piano concertos played by Jasminka Stancuhl piano, with Alexander Rahbari conducting the Slovak Radio New Philharmonic Orchestra. Actually I'm listening to the No. 1 concerto.
A big WOW! for Ms. Stancuhl, who seems otherwise unknown on the Internet. It's hard to imagine anybody playing this, the last of the "classical" piano concerti*, with more verve and style. Her articulation is beyond impressive, and the runs are like the proverbial strings of pearls. Her playing is a joy to hear.
How about you? Any happy soloist surprises to share?
Here's a little something on her: http://www.fazioli.com/en/references/jasminka-stancul
I did find some of her performances on YouTube. She sounds outstanding and seems to be known for her Beethoven. I plan on getting that download myself. Thanks for pointing her out.
She's far from unknown, lots of music on record but nothing solo. I first got to know her through some Mozart concertos which drew my attention because they're on a label which specialises in modern music, Col Legno. I hadn't registered that she was special in fact, but then I haven't heard the Beethoven -- just some Schubert, Brahms and Mozart.
I have a set of the Bach Cello Suites by Alexey Seleznev that I got as a free 256k download (from some site years ago - it was legit, BTW, as I don't think it was ever released). The performances are very good for such an 'unknown' cellist. There's some more info on Seleznev in the link below....
Thomas Blees! Now a more than 80-year-old man, he was an excellent cellist, and I was lucky to hear him several times. Here a wonderful example of music played by him:
He used to play the cello in Bach cantatas in the Antoniter Church of Cologne, Germany, until about one year ago.
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