Who played the Petrouchka leaps the best?

Dan Koren

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Mar 26, 2023, 3:30:38 AM3/26/23

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https://youtu.be/w6qjoKzk3IA

HT

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Mar 26, 2023, 5:36:50 AM3/26/23

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Op zondag 26 maart 2023 om 09:30:38 UTC+2 schreef Dan Koren:
> https://youtu.be/w6qjoKzk3IA

Weissenberg, of course.

Henk

Dan Koren

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Mar 26, 2023, 6:36:42 AM3/26/23

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Nope. It is known, though perhaps
not known enough, the famous
Weisseberg Petroushka movie
was split filmed. See this:

https://youtu.be/9U78w0IY7GA

I'd say from the sections in the
movie i posted the best leaps
are by Matsuev, Toradze and
Sokolov.

dk

Dan Koren

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Mar 26, 2023, 6:39:20 AM3/26/23

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Here is the leaps section from
the famous Weissenberg movie:

https://youtu.be/1aTDn93Mhso?t=760

dk

HT

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Mar 26, 2023, 8:03:25 AM3/26/23

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Op zondag 26 maart 2023 om 12:36:42 UTC+2 schreef Dan Koren:

Thanks. Interesting interview.

Henk

Andy Evans

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Mar 26, 2023, 11:24:35 AM3/26/23

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Stride pianists used to play leaps all the time - it's what they did! Some amazing stuff here - plus it all swung like the clappers.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah7rlSd79wk Fats Waller - Zonky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOgvZUXSxGo Donald Lambert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rpAyB15a-g Fats Waller Plays "Handful of Keys."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjvuOHrYyME Runnin' Wild - Art Tatum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCDOdRoBjmk Fats Waller - Carolina Shout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuTgb9iAsA8 Francois Rilhac, Stride Pianist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiWNBpnJfr8 Bram Wijnands: "Hallelujah"

HT

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Mar 26, 2023, 12:34:50 PM3/26/23

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Op zondag 26 maart 2023 om 17:24:35 UTC+2 schreef Andy Evans:

Thanks! Great piano playing. Donald Lambert (never heard of him before) is surprisingly good - even on this awful piano.

Henk

Dan Koren

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Mar 26, 2023, 5:15:06 PM3/26/23

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On Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 9:34:50 AM UTC-7, HT wrote:
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> Thanks! Great piano playing. Donald Lambert (never heard of
> him before) is surprisingly good - even on this awful piano.
>

https://youtu.be/eHLGVl9Ek8E

dk

Dan Koren

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Mar 26, 2023, 5:57:30 PM3/26/23

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Unfair comparisons. Of course stride
pianists could out leap everybody else.
The original question was only about
Petroushka. No other genres.

dk

Dan Koren

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Mar 28, 2023, 5:13:33 AM3/28/23

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On Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 5:03:25 AM UTC-7, HT wrote:
> Op zondag 26 maart 2023 om 12:36:42 UTC+2 schreef Dan Koren:
> > On Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 2:36:50 AM UTC-7, HT wrote:
> > > Op zondag 26 maart 2023 om 09:30:38 UTC+2 schreef Dan Koren:
> > > > https://youtu.be/w6qjoKzk3IA
> > >
> > > Weissenberg, of course.
> >
> > Nope. It is known, though perhaps
> > not known enough, the famous
> > Weisseberg Petroushka movie
> > was split filmed. See this:
> >
> > https://youtu.be/9U78w0IY7GA

Here is the actual movie clip:

https://youtu.be/7hduVRLH3H0

I heard him live however, and he
could definitely pull this off on
stage.

dk

Music Lover

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Mar 29, 2023, 7:29:22 PM3/29/23

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First saw this over 50 years ago. Musically and visually fresh as ever.

Dan Koren

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Mar 30, 2023, 1:26:04 PM3/30/23

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On Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 9:34:50 AM UTC-7, HT wrote:
>
> Thanks! Great piano playing. Donald Lambert (never heard
> of him before) is surprisingly good - even on this awful piano.
>

Here's Stephanie Trick playing Lambert's stride improvisation
on the Pilgrim's March from Tannhäuser on a suitably out of
tune piano: https://youtu.be/hnMbq0jyVNs

Lambert was quite well known in his time. Unfortunately he
was seen (or maybe painted himself) as a competitor to
Art Tatum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutting_contest.

dk