by Michael Barrett | Jun 23, 2016 | Song of the Day
This week I’m still exploring the role of the accompanist, especially from unusual, unsuspected talents. Here is soprano Galina Vishnevskaya who married the famous cellist Rostropovich, but here Rostropovich is at the piano for an entire recital of Tchaikovsky....
by Michael Barrett | Jun 22, 2016 | Song of the Day
Since we’re looking at the art of “the collaborative pianist” I think it’s time to hear from Sir Gerald Moore, perhaps my favorite singers’ pianist. He played with all the greatest singers of his day and really knew his craft. Gerald...
by Michael Barrett | Jun 21, 2016 | Song of the Day
I once was criticised as having “played like a conductor”. Or so I thought. The critic said later “Oh no, I thought it was wonderful. Colorful, orchestral sounds, structurally solid, and not careful the way some accompanists are.” Wow, I...
by Michael Barrett | Jun 20, 2016 | Song of the Day
This week I want to focus on what we now call the “collaborative” pianist. I believe this is what student pianists now get degrees in from music conservatories if they have interests beyond the Beethoven and Rachmaninoff Concertos. I think all pianists...
by Charlotte Dobbs | Jun 17, 2016 | Song of the Day
One of my dearest friends from my time at Juilliard is Sasha Cooke, a mezzo who should be very familiar to NYFOS audiences. Her vulnerability and honesty comes to life in this early performance of her, of Debussy’s Chansons de Bilitis. The poet Louÿs composed...
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