Music with Michael Lankester: The Great Pianists

‘Colour is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The Artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another to cause vibrations in the soul.’ – Wassily Kandinsky

‘There is nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.’ – Johann Sebastian Bach

1. The Background – Steinway, Bechstein, Bluthner or Bosendorfer?

2. Sergei Rachmaninov & Vladimir Horowitz

3. Sviatoslav Richter & Myra Hess

4. Arthur Rubinstein & Emil Gilels

5. Glenn Gould & Van Cliburn

6. Alfred Brendel & Martha Argerich

7. Vladimir Ashkenazy & Mauritzio Pollini

8. Murray Perahia & Mitsuko Uchida

 

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