chislehurstbat (August 14, 2008 at 9:23 pm)

Still my favourite interpretation of this concert. Many many thanks for posting this.

nburton85 (August 5, 2008 at 2:17 pm)

From approx. 5.27 where the piano goes up an octave then down and back up the octave; this is one of the best interpretations and crisp playing of this passage i've heard! Just fantastic. Berezovsky completely makes a hash - but then his octave playing is amazing.

gspaulsson (August 5, 2008 at 2:08 pm)

This is why I stopped using analogies: Not one person in ten has the brains to understand them. The statement "A is to B as C is to D" compares the relationship A:B to the relationship C:D. It does not compare A to B or C to D. Analogies are often far-fetched for humorous or other reasons, e.g. "A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle" says women don't need men. It doesn't compare women to fish or men to bicycles.BTW, Cliburn was gay. So what? He also had wavy hair.

Caxton1942 (August 4, 2008 at 9:26 am)

If I had been in power as the Soviet premier at the time...and the judges had come to me. I would have said the same thing...If he is the best...give it to him...I have quite a few other things on my mind. This is fantastic!

sanjosemike (August 4, 2008 at 6:40 am)

Krushchev is in this video applauding, so it is an original. During the competition, the judges (warily) went to Krushchev (who had just succeeded the dangerous Stalin), and "asked" if it was OK to grant the prize to Cliburn. Stalin would have executed the judges for even asking, if he were still alive. Krushchev asked: "Is he the best?" They said yes. Krushchev replied: "Than give it to him." The rest is history. New history: The NY Phil. playing in N. Korea! sanjosemike

Miladie (August 3, 2008 at 4:22 pm)

Absolutely fantastic!

lolokoppel (August 3, 2008 at 3:55 pm)

In great admiration!!!!

EchoCannon89 (July 31, 2008 at 8:18 am)

Yes, the only thing that would have made it better is if he had played a special concert for the political dissidents at a Gulag, as far away from the capitalist pigs as possible. I'm sure the prisoners who survived the duration of the concert would have enjoyed it immensely and been inspired by the artistry of the playing to work even harder! I'm also sure that when Van Cliburn got home to Texas he was jealous of all of the cultured Soviets who had to wait in line two days for a potato!

krino2lino (July 22, 2008 at 6:25 pm)

gay or not so lang he's happy nobody can change is being !!

5chadenfreud (July 18, 2008 at 4:09 pm)

well... i've wasted 60 seconds of my life reading that drivel, honestly yfswang, grow up...