Josh500 1,615 Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Mine are, in no particular order:Conductors:Zubin MehtaLorin MaazelSeiji OzawaLeonard BernsteinGeorg SoltiPianist:Murray Perahia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 John Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Conductors:- Mehta- Maazel- Davis- Bernstein- Karajan- Pehlivanian- KubelíkPianist: most definitely Fazil Say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted April 30, 2008 Author Share Posted April 30, 2008 I also love Daniel Barenboim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scissorhands 16 Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Salonen, Alsop, Gergiev, Slatkin, Rattle and Zinman.As for pianists, not sure which one I would choose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 As for pianists, not sure which one I would choose.Why not name a few, just like with the conductors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beowulf 4 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I like me some Tilson-thomas, Rattle, Gergiev and Dutoit for conductors.There be lots of pianists I like too, Argerich and Ashkenazy to name a couple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arathornion33 0 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Conductors: (in no particular order except for the 1st)Gustavo Dudamel Herbert von KarajanFurtwanglerZubin MehtaJamie LaredoPierre MonteuxMichael Tilson-ThomasLorin Maazel (occasionally he can be a little dead-pan, but most of the time I like him)John Williams (actually learned a lot of my own technique from him because he has such a clear pattern)Pianist:I like a lot but for some reason I can only think of two:AshkenazyMalcolm Frager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,207 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Karajan, Wand and Celibidache for Bruckner... Thielemann and Rattle among the living conductors, and at times Harnoncourt.Karajan and Kempe for Wagner and Strauss. Barenboim seems to be very good, too.Bernstein and Rattle for Mahler.Gardiner and Jacobs have done great Mozart.Generally, Karajan, Rattle and a few others always get my attention. Welser-Möst is conducting a phenomenal Ring cycle at the Staatsoper at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi 0 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Conductor: James Levine (Chicago Symphony Recordings)Pianist: Krystian ZimmermanIt has taken me nearly 500 CDs to figure this out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treatyman 0 Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Kurt Masur and Leonard Bernstein. More leonard because you could tell he put his heart into each piece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric_JWFAN 11 Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Favorite living conductors: Simon Rattle, Claudio Abbado, Bernard HaitinkFavorite living pianists: Martha Argerich, Evgeny Kissin, Murray Perahia... but I have to mention Marc-Andre Hamelin for his superhuman technique and repertoire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSM 126 Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Conductor: John Williams (he is as clear in his conducting as he is in his writing)Pianist: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Christina Ortiz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConnieR. 0 Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Conductors: (in order)Erich Kunzel John WilliamsLeonard BernsteinCharles DutoitLeanard Slatkinand more that I can't think of right now!Pianists:I don't really have a favorite one because I don't listen to much piano music. (Although I sort of play piano. At least I took lessons for 5 years. Practicing every day was my weak point!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
untouchables 0 Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 Conductors: (in order)Erich Kunzel John WilliamsLeonard BernsteinCharles DutoitLeanard Slatkinand more that I can't think of right now!Pianists:I don't really have a favorite one because I don't listen to much piano music. (Although I sort of play piano. At least I took lessons for 5 years. Practicing every day was my weak point!)best conductor: Claudio Abbado, Karajan, JW.pianists: Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock; most jazz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxbabe 28 Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 I thought perhaps you meant "conductor AND pianist" as several conductors are also great concert pianists as well....my favorite in that category would be Leonard Bernstein. Others still living: Christoph Eschenbach, Daniel Barenboim. And JW of course!Let's see, living conductors, these five are my favorites:Simon Rattle Esa-Pekka SalonenClaudio AbbadoRiccardo ChaillyCharles MackerrasNon-living, too many to name, but Herbert von Karajan, Eugene Ormandy, Fritz Reiner come to mind.Pianists:Jean-Yves ThibaudetYefim BronfmanMartha Argerich...just to name a few Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 57 Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Conductors:John AdamsSir Colin DavisSir Simon RattleDaniel BarenboimEsa-Pekka SalonenMichel CorbozEdo de WaartPianist:Dirk Diggler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahler3 478 Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 My avatar says it all! Zimmerman & Perahia for pianistsHitch, as it happens I was watching Boogie Nights earlier - have you ever seen the colour bar outtakes, how bad were those prosthetics!!!??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSM 126 Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 I thought perhaps you meant "conductor AND pianist" as several conductors are also great concert pianists as well....my favorite in that category would be Leonard Bernstein. Others still living: Christoph Eschenbach, Daniel Barenboim. And JW of course!Vladimir Ashkenazy is also among them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 57 Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 As for the rest then...Favourite pianist - Ashley WassFavourite violinist - Maxim VengerovFavourite hornist - David PyattFavourite flautist - Sir James GalwayFavourite basssonist - Daniel SmithFavourite clarinetists - Thea King and Michael Collins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Pianist: Yefim Bronfman. Barenboim is good in concert, but I don't find his recordings to be particularly exciting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted May 4, 2008 Author Share Posted May 4, 2008 Tzvi Erez is an accomplished piano, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSM 126 Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 As for the rest then...Favourite pianist - Ashley WassFavourite violinist - Maxim VengerovFavourite hornist - David PyattFavourite flautist - Sir James GalwayFavourite basssonist - Daniel SmithFavourite clarinetists - Thea King and Michael CollinsMy variation: my complete list of favorite violinists :1) Hilary Hahn2) Itzhak Perlman3) Gil Shaham4) Nathan Milstein5) Michael Rabin6) David Oistrach7) Tedi Papavrami8) Bartlomies Niziol9) Leonid Kogan10)Cho Liang Lin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric_JWFAN 11 Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 I thought perhaps you meant "conductor AND pianist" as several conductors are also great concert pianists as well....my favorite in that category would be Leonard Bernstein. Others still living: Christoph Eschenbach, Daniel Barenboim. And JW of course!Vladimir Ashkenazy is also among them.I would think Ashkenazy is among the greatest. I like him better as a pianist than a conductor though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miz 139 Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Christopher O'Riley is an amazing pianist - his interpretations of Radiohead are consistently brilliant and highly creative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxbabe 28 Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Yes, I forgot Ashkenazy...extraordinary pianist....as conductor, less, though I do really like his Sibelius cycle with the Philharmonia.And I can't believe I forgot Andre Previn!! Amazing pianist...but underrated as a conductor, also a very fine composer.BTW speaking of dual activities, Itzhak Perlman has gotten more into conducting recently, has anyone seen him in that capacity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,207 Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Yes, I forgot Ashkenazy...extraordinary pianist....as conductor, less, though I do really like his Sibelius cycle with the Philharmonia.I much prefer the Berglund cycle. In fact, I had the Ashkenazy first and had already nearly given up on Sibelius as a composer of symphonies until I got the Berglund set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxbabe 28 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Yeah I prefer Berglund, Maazel/Vienna, and Blomstedt...and then Ashkenazy...it's probably more the Philharmonia's playing that impresses me more than his conducting though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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