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From: DeepBlue <dan.koren@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Chopin 2nd piano concerto
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 05:58:07 +0000
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On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 4:59:15 +0000, Rachmaninoff wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Jul 2024 13:58:52 +0000, DeepBlue wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 24 Jul 2024 13:45:35 +0000, Rachmaninoff wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, 24 Jul 2024 13:31:56 +0000, DeepBlue wrote:
>>>>
>>>> How about Konrad Skolarski?
>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpXd11YFFrQ
>>>>
>>>> This is a live performance from 2017.
>>>
>>> This is a new one to me, I will check it out, thanks!
>>
>> Thanks for listening. Have you heard any
>> other Skolarski performances? There are
>> a few on YouTube.
>>
>> Cheers!
>
> I liked the Skolarski performance a lot,
> thanks for recommending him. He's different,
> varying the phrasing, dynamics, and tempo a
> lot more than most other pianists today.

Glad you liked it!

> He reminds me a bit of Babayan.

Indeed.

> He is new to me, this is my first hearing of
> him. I will check out his other performances.

He plays your works wonderfully! ;-)

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=skolarski+rachmaninov

including one of the top 2nd sonatas on record:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY8y2sbAui4

and a topnotch 2nd concerto:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUKkC3QGbY

Enjoy!