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MARIA GAMBARIAN
contemporary Armenian pianist
Maria Gambarian studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Heinrich Neuhaus, Lev Oborin and Konstantin Igumnov.
Many of the recordings offered below are very recent and clearly not representative of the interpretive pianist at the top of her form, thought her 2011 Chopin Études show she still has the chops. But her 1972 recording of the Schubert-Liszt "Gretchen am Spinnrade" might be the most beautiful one I know. And her stunning abilities as a pianist can be still heard in her 1997 performance of Beethoven's "Tempest".
Bach Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903
Beethoven Piano Sonata 17 in D minor, Op 31~2
01:42 ➢ i Largo. Allegro
08:17 ➢ ii Adagio
15:16 ➢ iii Allegretto
Live in 1997
Moscow Recital - 15 December 2002
BEETHOVEN
02:05 ➢ iii Allegretto from Piano Sonata 17 in D minor, Op 31~2 "Tempest"
SCHUBERT-LISZT
12:12 ➢ Schubert-Liszt "Der Leierman"
15:07 ➢ Schubert-Liszt "Gretchen am Spinnrade"
22:42 ➢ Schubert ???
Live in 2002
Schubert-Liszt "Gretchen am Spinnrade"
recorded in 1972
Prague Recital Encores - 21 November 2012
Chopin Mazurka in A minor, Op 17~4
Chopin Waltz 6 in D♭ major, Op 64~1 "Minute"
Vartapet Komitas (1869-1935) "Little Brook" (excerpt - arr. Gambarian)
Chopin Études, Op 25
1 Allegro sostenuto in A♭ major
02:27 ➢ 2 Presto in F minor
04:16 ➢ 3 Allegro in F major
06:05 ➢ 4 Agitato in A minor
07:54 ➢ 5 Vivace in E minor
11:34 ➢ 6 Allegro in G♯ minor
live in 2011
Schumann 7 Träumerei from Kinderszenen, Op 15
Chopin Waltz 6 in D♭ major, Op 64~1 "Minute"
Schumann Variations on a theme by Clara Wieck, Op 14
live in 2011
Komitas Two Songs
"I cannot live without mountains"
"Water stream"
For those of you who enjoy murder mysteries, here is my first with a strong musical polemic as background
Murder in the House of the Muse
which is also available as an audiobook.
And this is the more recently published second mystery in the series:
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