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Post by Imagescapegirl on Oct 2, 2008 1:10:53 GMT 1
Having heard Keith's versions, I thought I would go buy some of the piano/organ/orchestral in Ginastera style.
I will be using iTunes for this .... so have any of you out there listened to Ginastera, not KE versions, and would you recommend any particular version/CD?
Thanks
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Post by dancooke on Sept 4, 2009 1:33:25 GMT 1
Almost any Ginestera purchase is a safe bet. Barbra Nissman (I'm almost positive of the spelling) is known to specialize in Ginatera's piano music -- I think she may have been a student of his, my memory isn't 100% here, but she certainly knew the late composer. There's an album by her that I go back to often. The concerto that Toccata was based on must be heard in its original form -- I think you'll agree with Ginestera's endoserment of the cover version - it's got the same fire.
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Post by dancooke on Sept 4, 2009 1:48:51 GMT 1
Sorry -- this is my first post (second, I suppose) -- I know nothing about itunes. Computer/iPod music sounds (to my slightly damaged ears) worse that my old AM/FM transistor radio did in 1973.
I just checked my CDs -- Toccata came from Piano Concerto #1; I've also seen it called Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. I have a few versions. My favorite has Oscar Tarrago on piano. The NIssman album I have is called Criolla -- piano music Vol. 1 -- she was not a styudent of his, but after Ginestera saw her perfrom in 1972, the two of them became friends.
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Post by dancooke on Sept 4, 2009 1:56:53 GMT 1
Apology for typos. While not a keyboard player, I have great empathy for Keith Emerson's hand problems. I have similar trouble in both hands. I'm a writer who ought to do a better job proofing first drafts because I hit a great many bum notes, but in my line of work I can correct them -- of course piano keyboardists are asked to perform live. Save for Monty Python's "Wide World of Novel Writing", no one has ever sat to watch a writer work live.
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