Igor Zhukov's aesthetics are unique in his approach to performance, as highly evidenced here. I revel in the depths of his sonority and sheer perfection as a listening experience. R.I.P. Igor Zhukov, one of the greatest performers of Chopin and Scriabin ever to grace this planet. Thank you ADGO for this fascinating post.
Доброе утро! Хорошего дня! Желаю,Всем,я. Да здравствует Шопен! Во веки! Благодарю, вас,замечательный пианист! Как хорошо, что чтут память о Вас. Благодарю!!!
Einer der besten Musiker - nicht nur Pianist - der sich immer vollkommen in den Dienst der Musik stellte. Seine Scriabin-Einspielungen sind mit denen von Gawriloff unvergleichlich. Als sehr erfolgreicher Tonmeister sagte er über sich, dass er vielleicht einer der besten Pianisten unter den Tonmeistern sei und unter den Pianisten einer der vielleicht besten Tonmeister. Diese Bescheidenheit und Vollkommenheit hört man.
Дорогой АDGO! Низкий поклон за Ваши чудесные записи! Открыли мне Жукова! Моя учительница по музыке была ученицей Нейгауза! Все понятно и близко! Спасибо Вам также за очень интересный пост о конкурсе Шопена и Ваш перевод на английский! Благодарю! Жду новых королевских подарков!
Igor Mikhailovich Zhukov (born 1936) is a Russian pianist, conductor and sound engineer.... studied first with Emil Gilels and then with Heinrich Neuhaus. Thank you ADGO very much for the beautiful upload
I remember very well the Recitals Zhukov gave in Munich in the late 80ths and the early 90th eath year. Very intense performances. Great ton hear a part of a London recital. Wants more !
Thanks for this amazing and very personal performance, ADGO! I never listened to a performance which captured the melancholy of b minor so immediate - the first movement sounds like a dreamy meditation.
Igor Zhukov recorded atthe beg. of Year 2000 the whole set of 10 Scriabin Piano Sonatas using Floisdorf Studio in Mechernich, close to Cologne. Producer was Mr. Joachim Krist.
Wolf Siegel fm Munich could have more interesting recordings from Igor Z. And not only as a legendary pianist, but also as conductor of his chamber orchestra
This live performance is one of the most moving performances of Chopin/58, and it may well be Zhukov's greatest performance. Thankfully, this was well recorded - no piano banging, unlike the Moscow recitals of the same year. The only competition is Kate Liu's performance from 2015, and a horribly marred and fragmented performance of the second movement by Tatiana Ryumina.
ioannes tritemius this is a superlative rendition, I agree. Listen to Gilels’ rendition too (but not on YT, live, better on Spotify, studio recording DGG)👍😉
What a beautifully tranquil interpretation of the 1st movement.
Igor Zhukov's aesthetics are unique in his approach to performance, as highly evidenced here. I revel in the depths of his sonority and sheer perfection as a listening experience. R.I.P. Igor Zhukov, one of the greatest performers of Chopin and Scriabin ever to grace this planet. Thank you ADGO for this fascinating post.
Доброе утро!
Хорошего дня!
Желаю,Всем,я.
Да здравствует Шопен!
Во веки!
Благодарю, вас,замечательный пианист!
Как хорошо, что чтут
память о Вас. Благодарю!!!
A revelation! What a special artist. He doesn't interpret here. He lives the piece and we are richer for it.
R.I. P. Igor Shukov - Thank you.
A unique, gorgeously played performance; one can hear the influence of his teacher Neuhaus.
The polyphony is so special and tasteful. I had never listened to such unique interpretation before this.
i was very surprised at the depressed feeling of 1st mvt., and i feel very comfortable with it.
haha perfectly said :)
Perfectly sad :)
BEAUTIFUL performance and so tender at 15.38. A beautiful pianist!
Einer der besten Musiker - nicht nur Pianist - der sich immer vollkommen in den Dienst der Musik stellte.
Seine Scriabin-Einspielungen sind mit denen von Gawriloff unvergleichlich. Als sehr erfolgreicher Tonmeister sagte er über sich, dass er vielleicht einer der besten Pianisten unter den Tonmeistern sei und unter den Pianisten einer der vielleicht besten Tonmeister. Diese Bescheidenheit und Vollkommenheit hört man.
Дорогой АDGO! Низкий поклон за Ваши чудесные записи! Открыли мне Жукова! Моя учительница по музыке была ученицей Нейгауза! Все понятно и близко! Спасибо Вам также за очень интересный пост о конкурсе Шопена и Ваш перевод на английский! Благодарю! Жду новых королевских подарков!
Спасибо! :)
WOW... what an EYE opening performance!
Igor Mikhailovich Zhukov (born 1936) is a Russian pianist, conductor and sound engineer.... studied first with Emil Gilels and then with Heinrich Neuhaus. Thank you ADGO very much for the beautiful upload
He is more than a credit to his instructors. He honours them in every way.
Outstanding!!!
Movement II - 10:30
Movement III - 13:10
Movement IV - 22:17
I remember very well the Recitals Zhukov gave in Munich in the late 80ths and the early 90th eath year. Very intense performances. Great ton hear a part of a London recital. Wants more !
Zhukov is the real deal. Check out his Tchaikovsky G major concerto. THE reference recording of that work!
Je suis bien d'accord avec vous : aucun interprète ne l'a égalé à ce jour dans ce fabuleux enregistrement.
Very interesting and beautiful take on the opening, different from most, who blast through it. he really reveals more in it.
Великий музыкант! Просто ЧУДО ! Спасибо за запись !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was there.
Thanks for this amazing and very personal performance, ADGO! I never listened to a performance which captured the melancholy of b minor so immediate - the first movement sounds like a dreamy meditation.
Hi Jan, I agree with you completely. Zhukov is out on his own in capturing the emotional depth of this work.
Magistrale !!!👏👏👏
Благодарю!!!
Veramente affascinante. Un altro Stasik.
What a fascinating contrast to the performance of the late William Kapell. But Zhukov has such a sensitivity in his interpretation.
Unique!!
Igor Zhukov recorded atthe beg. of Year 2000 the whole set of 10 Scriabin Piano Sonatas using Floisdorf Studio in Mechernich, close to Cologne. Producer was Mr. Joachim Krist.
perfect!
RIP.
wow..
MAGNIFICO!!!
I've never heard of such a different and beautiful performance. As expected, it was Russian.
-- Intense. --
Gem
Not so much a performance as a panoramic landscape filled with lush details ...
This is interpretation.
Wolf Siegel fm Munich could have more interesting recordings from Igor Z. And not only as a legendary pianist, but also as conductor of his chamber orchestra
This live performance is one of the most moving performances of Chopin/58, and it may well be Zhukov's greatest performance. Thankfully, this was well recorded - no piano banging, unlike the Moscow recitals of the same year. The only competition is Kate Liu's performance from 2015, and a horribly marred and fragmented performance of the second movement by Tatiana Ryumina.
ioannes tritemius this is a superlative rendition, I agree. Listen to Gilels’ rendition too (but not on YT, live, better on Spotify, studio recording DGG)👍😉
I too was amazed by the Ryumina performance - what possibilities!
The piano sound is quite similar to Gilels’ studio rendition (Bechstein). Very inspired pianist...a revelation.
Zhokov was also a student of Gilels..
He must have been Gilels´best student!.... or something like it.
On peut même dire que l'élève a passé le maître.
He was Gilels student
And of prof. G. Neuhauz where he graduated in 1960. He won Marguerite Long competition in Paris in 1957.
Absolutely no pulse-self indulgency to an extreme.
There is a pulse, but if you're expecting it to be similar to your own, you'll just remain dismissive like this.