Krystian Zimerman

PJF · **Joined:** Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:34 pm **Posts:** 1278

Zimerman Plays Franz Schubert: Four Impromptus, Opus 90

Perhaps the antithesis of Lang Lang?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sChVRfNI ... ed&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3WWZQyP ... ed&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkqDEh-f ... ed&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZm3JbzF ... ed&search=

robert · **Posted:** Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:16 am

Zimerman holds a special place in my heart for his wonderful interpretations of Chopin's ballades. I have these videos you link on DVD and they are very good!

PJF · **Joined:** Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:34 pm **Posts:** 1278

I just bought them on amazon.com

I bet they would make good Christmas gifts.

Pete

pianolady · **Joined:** Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:38 pm **Posts:** 7994

I saw him perform last year in Chicago. He played a Mozart sonata and Chopin's Ballad No. 4. He played flawlessly. Beautiful concert.

Terez · **Posted:** Mon May 14, 2007 12:02 pm

I have just ordered a CD of Krystian Zimerman and the Polish Festival Orchestra performing Chopin's Concertos. The samples were quite promising, though unfortunately they were all only one minute taken from the beginning of each movement, which, as you all probably know, is mostly orchestra, though I got a good taste of Zimerman's playing with the first minute of the 3rd movement of the F Minor.

And really, the bits of the other movements speak well for the musicians in the group and Zimerman's leadership of them. Some of the movements are played a bit slower than I am used to, but the musicianship that is shown is quite above that which I have heard in other recordings of these concertos.

I will give a full report when the CD arrives.

pianolady · **Joined:** Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:38 pm **Posts:** 7994

I have that CD. Not sure where it is right now, probably in my car. Zimerman was the first one I heard play these. I must have listened to them each a dozen times. He's great.

Terez · **Posted:** Sun May 20, 2007 12:04 am

I'm really enjoying this recording. I also like the fact that Zimerman conducts from the piano - I've played under a conductor that taught us that we could play well, even better, without him. It teaches you to pay attention to everything that's going on in the entire large ensemble, intimately, which lends a great deal to the interpretation of the piece by the ensemble as a whole. Wonderful experience.

lol_nl · **Posted:** Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:56 pm

I really like his interpretation of the Chopin Ballades. Just wonderful.

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