Great Recordings: Kocsis, Fischer, Rachmaninoff. Although my favorite recording of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto is Mr. Rachmaninoff performing the piano part with Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra, my close second favorite recording is Zoltan Kocsis’ ...
Best Recordings: Gilels, Golovanov, Tchaikovsky. No fuss and no sentimentality in this incredible recording of two giants performing the genius that is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The recording of P. Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 that I am writing about is with the great Emil Gilels at ...
How I Felt Performing At Carnegie Hall. The sheer thought of opening night at Carnegie Hall on May 5th, 1891 brings me goosebumps. Can you imagine how it must have felt for the audience when they got a chance to listen to Pyotr Iliyich Tchaikovsky conduct his Marche Solennelle? I cannot even ...
How It Felt To Perform With Flutist Paul Renzi. I was only 22, conducting three compositions by my father: Musical Sketch for Flute and String Orchestra, Passacaglia for Trumpet, Trombone, and String Orchestra, and Meditation for French Horn and String Orchestra. This was my first time ...
Music. Music has been a part of my life forever. From having recollections of a 2 year old saying “vyus'” after Ludwig van Beethoven‘s endings to performing at Carnegie Hall in my late 20s, music will be in my soul until the day I die. My interest and love does not only ...
