Da CUDA passed away on dis date, 33 years ago

SDC Legendz Pianistz
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Da :rectum: said da CUDA was out of line wiz da commie party n dey switched up hiz routine shot at da hospital wiz sum otha medication… to kill him

Whether or not there is any truth to that is a different story tru

Rezpek da CUDA?
Whut iz yo fave cuda recs?

Off da top of my head:

many of the Tchaik 1 recs, I’d go fo da 1947 studio pozz
Early recs: pimp buz fingaro (sic), paget 5, rappah 6

Bach-Buz D major pf from da 1954 concert… yuuuuuge

Da Bach-Siloti prel, even tho it sounds like a pop tune. I like da 40’s rec most pozz

Da Ravel Pavane (1969 I think…)
Da GREG lyric pieces (nuff said)

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Apparently da Gilels had a mild strep through n decided to visit one of da best hospitals in Moscow, where he may have recieved an injection…

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As everyone is bound to know here by now I’m not the Cuda (wtf?) fan I should be, but it has to be something with Beethoven. His Appassionata perhaps. I also remember he did a great concerto set, but I haven’t listened to him play any of them except the Emperor in well over a decade. His Liszt Sonata is also one of the best IMO, likewise the Prok-8. Well and in terms of pianistic finish and musical integrity just about everything he ever played really, I think he was remarkably consistent.

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his best stuff is live, apart from the Figaro. I loved his 32 variations in C minor (from LA iirc), as well as a live Appassionata (unfortuantely he didn’t play the repeat in the last movement). I also love his Brahms 2 with Reiner.

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Here are my favourites:

  • Beethoven Concertos (Prague 1950s)
  • Appassionata/Chopin Sonata 2 (Prague 1954)
  • Liszt Sonata (Moscow 1961)
  • Brahms Concerto 2 (Reiner 1958)
  • Bach French Suite 5 (Studio)
  • Liszt-Busoni Figaro / HR 6 / HR 9
  • Prok Sonata 8 (Moscow 1967)
  • Rach / Schumann / Brahms Recital 1977
  • Saint-Saens 2 / Rach 3rd (studio)
  • Tchaik 1 (Mravinsky)
  • Waldstein (1947)
  • Random Carnaval and Chopin Preludes

Probably tons more. I don’t listen to Gilels as much as I used to. Not sure why.

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Why do you call him Cuda? Because of what it means in Russian?

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Gilels -> gills --> Barracuda (a fast fish, though not the fastest) --> Cuda.

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One of the most random SDC nicknames, along with da HOG and da CIGAR :sunglasses:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnJjUbWelAs

This performance always wows me. My intro to him was the Rach 23/5 on the Art of Piano.

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I don’t exactly remember the story being the HOG? I feel like this is a Zepp nick that came from when we used to listen to lots of his recs on MP3.com or Ampcast or one of these places.

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I still want to know who da fuckwad is. I asked, but no one wanted to tell me. :slight_smile:

And sure enough who are da hog & da cigar?

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Hog is Fiorentino, though I haven’t used that nickname for 10 years or so. Cigar I think is Gutierrez, presumably because he’s Cuban.

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Maybe he’s called The Hog because real men like Sergio can just sit back and chill when they’ve got a huge one.

Gilels’ early Rameau Le rappel des oiseaux is by far my fav. recording

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hahahahaha iizc tha CIGAR iz in fact alzo tha CUDA :sunglasses:

gutierrez iz tha BEAN :whale2:

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Rob you surely know who da fuckwad is?

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Well now, I’m confused. Care to explain these ones to me?

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hahahaha pozz zumone mizpelld tha CUDA az tha CUBA n then that becummah tha CUBAN CIGAR :lib:
tha BEAN i think tha COMME thought he lookd a bit lyk miztah bean n that wuz that :sunglasses:

hahahaha harzhly tha identitty of thiz nick haz alwayz eludd me

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AHAHAHAHAHA da FUCKWAD!!!

diz da 3rd prize winnah dutch mofo from da firzt evah PIMPCOMP on ztreamin vid

a bit queztionable penizm but he fo zhor compozed da bezt rappah 2 caddy in da finalz :sunglasses:

otha legendz from diz comp were da PAVEMENT, da THOR, da AFRO, n alzo zum fakerudy mofo who harzhly ended up on da zepp beztfuckup tube zeriez :sunglasses:

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Am I completely crazy for not being into the Gilels Liszt Sonata recs (1948, 1961 and 1965 studio)?

I suppose Richter (and Horowitz) really spoiled mah azz!

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My favourite recording of Gilels is strangely enough NOT a piano solo work, it’s the Brahms G minor Quartet Opus 25 (with membahs of da Amadeus Q.)…I’ve listened to it dozens of times and it never bores me. I think Gilels later in his life was a great Brahmsian.

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