I have a different vinyl with these two! Rhapsody in Blue is my favorite song of all time and their version my favorite of all. It cures and soothes any heartache for me! Thank you for this post! Nero has always been my favorite pianist!
I was at the concert in Rotterdam at the time. It was amazing. Peter Nero, one of the greatest ever!! I did send a message to Peter Nero a few years ago and asked him to perform this wonderful piece agian in the Netherlands. Unfortunately no anwser.
One of the greatest pianist of the 20 th century, knowledgeable in different musical idioms. It's a pity most of his output had to go on commercial direction often sacrificing artistic achievements in favor of the more easy to listen arrangements of comercial tunes. Giant.
joseluislopezpianista I agree with you! It almost makes me angry that he muddied the waters combining pop/classical and jazz, While he certainly had each individual talent spectaculary the mixing of the genders somehow made me feel cheated. I so wish you had concentrated your gifts on classical or jazz......but not both!!!!
Thank you so much for this video. This concerto is among my top-10 pieces ever. I also am proud owner of this record and still keeping it, although badly damaged after so many times of listening :-). I've got it from my dad, who got it as a present from his American colleagues in Moscow in 1976 (during the tribute to the 200 years of American Independence). Guess what: this has changed all my life: I started playing jazz, and my son is now playing "Rhapsody in Blue", and we all live in California! :-))
I bought this album when it first came out. I not only enjoyed his performance of the Gershwin Concerto in F more than any recording or performance I've heard (on the flip side of the album) but I fell instantly in love with his Fantasy, and most of my friends and family also fell in love with it. I think it is still relatively "undiscovered", and it would not surprise me at all if it ends up played a lot in the future. I have no idea why it has been so ignored.
Totally agree...a spectacular piece. I heard it once on the radio (KUSC) but it took me years to find it. Snagged a still-sealed LP on Ebay for a price I forget, many years ago. Whatever it was I paid, it was worth it.Thanks for sharing this with others who otherwise would never get a chance to hear it.
Great news for everyone who loves this recording as much as I do. It's been released on CD, combined with "Nero Goes Pops." The British label Vocalion released it, and the remastering is terrific. (Vocalion CDLK 4552)
Hello, Mark Ira! Vocalion seems to have remastered many of my recodings and indeed the sound is exemplary, not to mention the tempi which are the product of a young stallion let loose from the corral. Now that I've reached the mellow age of 84 I've become more constrained. Hope you're well old friend!
@@peternero678 Amazing piece, man. I half heard it on the radio, or heard half of it on the radio I'm not sure, and then spent years trying to find it and eventually did, on new sealed vinyl back in like the late 90s. I just bought the Vocalion CD this week, mostly because I wondered if such a thing existed. Was happy it did. What do you think of this work I wonder?
Splendido lp. Lui un fuoriclasse. Grande musicista
I have been looking for this piece since I first heard it in 1987. Thank you so much :+)
I have a different vinyl with these two! Rhapsody in Blue is my favorite song of all time and their version my favorite of all. It cures and soothes any heartache for me! Thank you for this post! Nero has always been my favorite pianist!
I was at the concert in Rotterdam at the time. It was amazing. Peter Nero, one of the greatest ever!! I did send a message to Peter Nero a few years ago and asked him to perform this wonderful piece agian in the Netherlands. Unfortunately no anwser.
I also wrote to him about 8 years ago just to thank him for giving me so much musical pleasure over all these decades but I too received no answer.
@@performanceconfidence Thank you. It's a pity
One of the greatest pianist of the 20 th century, knowledgeable in different musical idioms. It's a pity most of his output had to go on commercial direction often sacrificing artistic achievements in favor of the more easy to listen arrangements of comercial tunes. Giant.
joseluislopezpianista I agree with you! It almost makes me angry that he muddied the waters combining pop/classical and jazz, While he certainly had each individual talent spectaculary the mixing of the genders somehow made me feel cheated. I so wish you had concentrated your gifts on classical or jazz......but not both!!!!
classy ,elegant, lush and it swings like hell.
Great and the style of to play the piano and performers World Wide knowing.
Just wonderful Thank You
Thank you so much for this video. This concerto is among my top-10 pieces ever.
I also am proud owner of this record and still keeping it, although badly damaged after so many times of listening :-). I've got it from my dad, who got it as a present from his American colleagues in Moscow in 1976 (during the tribute to the 200 years of American Independence). Guess what: this has changed all my life: I started playing jazz, and my son is now playing "Rhapsody in Blue", and we all live in California! :-))
I bought this album when it first came out. I not only enjoyed his performance of the Gershwin Concerto in F more than any recording or performance I've heard (on the flip side of the album) but I fell instantly in love with his Fantasy, and most of my friends and family also fell in love with it.
I think it is still relatively "undiscovered", and it would not surprise me at all if it ends up played a lot in the future. I have no idea why it has been so ignored.
Gary Lloyd me too
wow that's just so heavy.. what a virtuoso
A giant of the piano, a great Master in Music !
Totally agree...a spectacular piece. I heard it once on the radio (KUSC) but it took me years to find it. Snagged a still-sealed LP on Ebay for a price I forget, many years ago. Whatever it was I paid, it was worth it.Thanks for sharing this with others who otherwise would never get a chance to hear it.
been looking for the rest of the Boston Pops album with Embraceable You and Can't Take that Away from Me.. Love those versions.
he combines great classical chops with feel and swing. Love I got Rhythm. Just burns!
Great news for everyone who loves this recording as much as I do. It's been released on CD, combined with "Nero Goes Pops."
The British label Vocalion released it, and the remastering is terrific. (Vocalion CDLK 4552)
Hello, Mark Ira! Vocalion seems to have remastered many of my recodings and indeed the sound is exemplary, not to mention the tempi which are the product of a young stallion let loose from the corral. Now that I've reached the mellow age of 84 I've become more constrained. Hope you're well old friend!
@@peternero678 big fan for 50+ years (sigh..). But unaware of Nero compositions apart ftom Sunday in NY. Any more?
@@peternero678 Amazing piece, man. I half heard it on the radio, or heard half of it on the radio I'm not sure, and then spent years trying to find it and eventually did, on new sealed vinyl back in like the late 90s. I just bought the Vocalion CD this week, mostly because I wondered if such a thing existed. Was happy it did. What do you think of this work I wonder?
An unknown masterpiece that needs to be heard more often.
He should get a Kennedy Center Honor. Still time for sure.
Un grande pianista tout court...
Enyoying the greatest american piano player do i have listening.
One of the best jazz piano concertos ever written!
Rachmaninov would have loved this. Bravo, Peter.
Ravel, Khachaturian, Gershwin, yes....but Rakhmaninov? Too aristocratic unless you're basing on parts of his Paganini Rhapsody
Like it many years ago
peter nero is a gunius !!!
ネロにグローフェそれにカプースチンのコンチェルトってもっと評価、録音されても良いと思うんですけどね？。
A musical genius Peter! His unique blend of Music speaks for itself!! Think George Gershwin would've been proud of his Concerto in F's interpretation.