[MaloS]

Greetings, this time I am looking for recommendations to expand my collection of piano recordings. I prefer classical, but there has been a number of jazz records that entertained me also. I like specifically acoustic piano, and if in jazz - then in the piano trio iteration.

Particular composers I adore:
Liszt, Saens, Rachmaninov.
I would like to try things of their aggressive tonalities, but also drifting into both, warmer and atonal directions.

Please recommend me some albums, that are available on CDs. Thanks!

 

[Agnostic]

Tord Gustavsen Trio - Being There
Great quality recording; some of the best percussion I have ever heard.

 

[Steve_72]

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Originally Posted by Agnostic /img/forum/go_quote.gif Tord Gustavsen Trio - Being There Great quality recording; some of the best percussion I have ever heard.

X 2.

That album immediately came to mind upon seeing this thread. Beautiful, yet haunting at the same time.

 

[tru blu]

Leaving the inevitables (Keith Jarrett, Brad Mehldau, Sunday at the Village Vanguard, etc.) to others, here are some excellent albums guaranteed to bowl you over.


John Lewis

Evolution


Marilyn Crispell

Storyteller


Kenny Barron

Wanton Spirit


Bill Evans

Portrait In Jazz


Phineas Newborn, Jr.

Please Send Me Someone To Love
A World of Piano


Thelonious Monk

…Plays Duke Ellington
Thelonious Monk Trio

 

[Bryan T]

You should definitely check out Hiromi. Her album, "Spiral," is wonderful.

Bryan

 

[jsbach]

For Jazz trio, the album that does it for me is: Charlie Haden the Montreal Tapes with:
Charlie Haden: Bass
Paul Motian: Drums
Paul Bley: Piano

Another Jazz Trio Album I enjoy not mentioned so far is: Malcom Braff Trio - Yele

Classical there are quite a few i like some of my favorites are:

* Nelson Freire: Frédéric Chopin, 4 Scherzi / Polonaise no. 6 / Ballade no. 3 / Berceuse
* Grigory Sokolov: Frédéric Chopin - Piano Sonata No. 2, Etudes op 25
* Wilhelm Backhaus: Beethoven - Piano Sonatas
* Vladimir Sofronitsky - Scriabin Studio Recordings

 

[Uncle Erik]

Try Bill Evans, Dave Brubeck and Oscar Peterson. I love those guys.

 

[dethi72]

check these ones:

ludovico einaudi
- divenire
- una mattina
- le onde
- i giorni

 

[Wil]

Bill Evans is masterful.

Keith Jarrett is godly.

Eddie Higgins is mellifluous.

And Brad Mehldau is brazen.

 

[tru blu]

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Originally Posted by jsbach /img/forum/go_quote.gif For Jazz trio, the album that does it for me is: Charlie Haden the Montreal Tapes with: Charlie Haden: Bass Paul Motian: Drums Paul Bley: Piano

Excellent choice. It also puts me in mind of several other records that display Charlie Haden's unique rapport with pianists:

Bley Haden Motian - Memoirs

Charlie Haden and Paul Motian featuring Geri Allen - Etudes

Charlie Haden and Kenny Barron - Night and the City

Charlie Haden, Billy Higgins and Enrico Pieranunzi - First Song

Lee Konitz, Brad Mehldau and Charlie Haden - Another Shade of Blue

 

[Audio-Omega]

Music score from the movie The Piano by Michael Nyman.

 

[SR-71Panorama]

 

[tru blu]

Not sure how into this the OP will be, but I just saw it and figured this was the best place to post it. It's all about the pianist: Don Pullen

YouTube - Adams Pullen Brown Richmond - The Necessary Blues (1 of 3)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3OOw...eature=related

 

[zastari]

Nikolai Kapustin is both a classically trained pianist and a jazz improviser. His compositions are excellent.

Amazon.com: Nikolai Kapustin: Piano Music: Nikolai Kapustin, Marc-Andre Hamelin: Music

 

[Audio-Omega]

The Pursuit of Perfection by Ralf Kemper & Mark Joggerst.

YouTube - The Pursuit Of Perfection (Lexus commercial - long version)