Saturday, October 30, 2010
The Field Marshall from Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death
Death's triumphant ride over the battlefield, chillingly performed by Dmitri Hvorostovsky. [Hallowe'en hive call: who is the pianist in this video? He is awesome, but unnamed in the video's description.] Update: A huge thanks goes to Pamela for the positive ID on the pianist: he is none other than Ivari Ilja, a long-time collaborator with Hvorostovsky and head of the piano department at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.
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I believe it is Ivari Ilja; he has been Hvorostovsky's pianist of choie and is indeed amazing!!!
ReplyDeleteAlso, this looks like it is the same concert from Moscow 2005. There is more on youtube.
ReplyDeleteIt infuriates me that the pianist isn't even named. Which means you must hyperventilate in exasperation. This pianist was indeed awesome. So much so, I was even distracted away from Dima's inherent hotness!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Pamela - he's definitely Ivari Ilja.
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