Dimitris Sgouros: Recording information needed
RX-01
Dimitris Sgouros, I visited the recommended website
(http://www.sgourosmp3.com)
I was so astonished by the playing of the pianist. I know that he
performed the Rach 3 when he was 12, with Rostropovich conducting, at
Carnegie Hall and listening to the mp3 of his Rachmaninov 3rd
concerto (found on the above website) I thought it was one of the
finest interpretations I've ever heard!
Does anyone know why this pianist has been neglected? I've only
managed to find a couple of CDs by him on Amazon.com, none of them
recorded with any of the "big" companies (i.e. Warner and Universal).
How is this possible? Perhaps it is the pianist's decision not to
record so much but to perform? Can someone please give me some more
information on Sgouros's recordings?
Thanks!
RX-01
Simon Roberts
I've not heard the mp3s you're referring to, but the most recent
recordings of his I've heard - the Brahms cti on Capriccio and a disc
containing the Schumann Fantasy and Brahms sonata 3 - don't make me wonder
why the "big" companies have neglected him. The Brahms may have been
undermined to some extent by the indifferent orchestral participation, but
the Schumann/Brahms disc, where there's obviously no such excuse, sounds
enervated throughout. Another reason why the "big" companies have ignored
him may simply be that they've essentially given up on pushing newish
pianists who aren't already household names. (Decca's recent signing of
Freire, who's excellent (as is his new Chopin disc) but hardly a household
name, was thus rather a surprise.)
Simon
Matthew B. Tepper
news:19a471bf.02032...@posting.google.com:
> Does anyone know why this pianist has been neglected? I've only
> managed to find a couple of CDs by him on Amazon.com, none of them
> recorded with any of the "big" companies (i.e. Warner and Universal).
> How is this possible? Perhaps it is the pianist's decision not to
> record so much but to perform? Can someone please give me some more
> information on Sgouros's recordings?
I was under the impression that he had made a CD or two for EMI years
ago. As to why there isn't much more, perhaps it wasn't his decision,
but that of the geniuses at the record companies. After all, they have
this knack for spotting great performers such as Olli Mustonen, Susan
Graham, and Pamela Frank, and then brushing them off like lint.
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Andrys Basten
At http://www.mp3.com/sgouros
do give a listen especially to his Scarlatti L384 and his Chopin
Nocturne Op 48, No. 1 . Both are excellent, played at age 17.
The Mephisto Waltz, while spotty and at times awkward, has some
very good moments and was performed live, again, when he was 17 and
isn't, to my ears, enervated playing though it's said he has become
less flamboyant in his playing in later life (30s).
I haven't heard the Rach3 finale yet, but on the mp3.com site,
the cut is from a performance in 1997 in Moscow. I see that the
other two movements further down the page are from a concert in
2000, in Greece. Haven't heard those yet either.
- Andrys (not eager to hear the Rach3 right now)
CNK
> After reading a recent thread by Sonarrat Citalis praising pianist
> Dimitris Sgouros, I visited the recommended website
> (http://www.sgourosmp3.com)
>
> I was so astonished by the playing of the pianist. I know that he
> performed the Rach 3 when he was 12, with Rostropovich conducting, at
> Carnegie Hall and listening to the mp3 of his Rachmaninov 3rd
> concerto (found on the above website) I thought it was one of the
> finest interpretations I've ever heard!
>
that Sgouros was the youngest ever to record Rach 3 - and sounded like
it. Have not heard for myself, though.
> Does anyone know why this pianist has been neglected? I've only
> managed to find a couple of CDs by him on Amazon.com, none of them
> recorded with any of the "big" companies (i.e. Warner and Universal).
> How is this possible? Perhaps it is the pianist's decision not to
> record so much but to perform? Can someone please give me some more
> information on Sgouros's recordings?
>
I remember having seen a recording of 7 Liszt Transcendental Studies.
Alas, I have never heard it.