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Unknown (but wonderful) soloists discovered!

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#1 ·
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?

*Since #2 was written before #1.
 
#3 · (Edited)
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.
 
#8 ·
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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