van cliburn has bone cancer

[alocispepraluger102]

van cliburn has bone cancer Edited August 29, 2012 by alocispepraluger102

[JSngry]

Van Cliburn's mom was, for a while in the late 1950s, organist at Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Kilgore, Tx, where my family attended worship services for many years. My folks used to tell me that young Van would sit in the pew with me when my folks left to take communion.

True story, and I hope that it in no way contributed to his current illness, for which I wish him the best possible outcome. My dad died from bone cancer too, after living with it for almost fifteen years. The first ten were ok, the last four kinda rough, and the last one hell.

[fasstrack]

The thing that always stuck in my head about Van Cliburn, for some reason, is that apparently he lived w/his mother until she died. And an LP my dad had, 'Plays Chopin'-which I was sure was pronounced 'Chop-in (soft i). I don't know his playing. The only 'name' classical pianist I listened to very long was Rubinstein-my shortcoming. But I was paying more attention to the composer back then. I certainly wish him well.

[Larry Kart]

At his best, Cliburn was a great pianist, fantastic chops plus deep musicality in the repertoire that attracted him. Took me a while to reach that conclusion, given my reaction to all the early hype, but the recordings don't lie.

[JSngry]

[king ubu]

Just spotted this one - upcoming (not yet found on amazon.com, it seems) in mid February:

Van Cliburn - Complete Album Collection (28 CD+1 DVD)

CD 1 Tchaikovsky - Concerto No. 1- RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra - Kondrashin

CD 2 Rachmaninoff - Concerto No. 3 - Symphony of the Air - Kondrashin

CD 3 Schumann - Concerto- Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Reiner

CD 4 Prokofiev - Concerto No. 3 – Mac Dowell - Concerto No. 2 - Chicago S.O. - Hendl

CD 5 Beethoven - Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”- Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Reiner

CD 6 My Favorite Chopin

CD 7 Brahms - Concerto No. 2- Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Reiner

CD 8 Rachmaninoff - Concerto No. 2- Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Reiner

CD 9 Beethoven - Concerto No. 4- Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Reiner

Cd 10 Brahms - Concerto No. 1- Boston Symphony Orchestra - Reiner

CD 11 Beethoven - Sonata No. 26 “Les Adieux” - Mozart - Sonata K. 330

CD 12 Chopin - Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3

CD 13 Grieg - Concerto - Liszt - Concerto No. 1- The Philadelphia Orchestra - Ormandy

CD 14 Chopin - Concerto No. 1- The Philadelphia Orchestra - Ormandy

CD 15 My Favorite Encores

CD 16 Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini - Liszt - Concerto No. 2- The Philadelphia Orchestra - Ormandy

CD 17 Prokofiev - Sonata No. 6 - Barber - Sonata

CD 18 Beethoven - Concerto No. 3- The Philadelphia Orchestra - Ormandy

CD 19 My Favorite Brahms

CD 20 Beethoven - Sonatas No. 14 “Moonlight” - No. 8 “Pathétique” - No. 23 “Appassionata”

CD 21 Chopin’s Greatest Hits

CD 22 My Favorite Debussy

CD 23 The World’s Favorite Music

CD 24 Rachmaninoff

CD 25 A Romantic Collection

CD 26 Van Cliburn plays Liszt

CD 27 Van Cliburn plays Brahms

CD 28 Van Cliburn in Moscow - Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra - Kondrashin

DVD Van Cliburn - Concert Pianist - A Film by Peter Rosen

Source:

http://www.amazon.de/dp/B009EJSUBY/

(might this thread be moved to classical?)