Three Russian composers attack Rachmaninov
Daily Comfort ZoneRodion Shchedrin, who will be 90 this winter, teamed up for a Rachmaninov Romance with two top pianists, Kissin and Trifonov, both composers in their own right.
This session was filmed at Verbier in July 2018.
It would not be possible for the three to meet today. Shchedrin is a close friend of the Putin conductor Valery Gergiev. The other two have long since left Russia. The musicianship is transcendental.
Rachmaninoff is how the gent in question spelled his name with Roman letters.
“It would not be possible for the three to meet today.”
Well, I can easily meet with people I have political disagreements with; I’m sure it would also be possible for these three gentlemen, intelligent as they are.
Loved this performance, thanks for sharing!
Wow thanks so much.
“The Putin conductor” shows how trashy, petty, vile, disgusting and grotesque Lebrecht can be. And I’m not even a fan of Gergiev…
Norman has always viewed the conduct of musicians and composers with a critical political lense. The Putin is the most unstable thing in Europe right now and he is harming his own people and culture, let alone the Ukrainians. Gergiev is a friend of this creature. Why be kind to him when he has made his choice?
He is Putin’s conductor, and you are simply clueless
Like Furtwangler was Hitler’s conductor? I don’t personally care, but you obviously have to broadcast your moral superiority.
Wowzers. Glorioski.
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