Favorite Richard's piano performance

[JohnnyAngel]

And Now, which one you choose?

I chose "Our Day Will Come" one of the finest Richard's performance.

Regards

Jorge

[Rick Henry]

All excellent choices, though I voted for "This Masquerade". Richard's keyboard work has always been a step above the rest from the very beginning. With "This Masquerade" has offered us a sense of richness and class beyond most anything else on the music scene in 1973.

"Our Day Will Come" also contains some great keyboard work by Richard.

I am also impressed quite a bit with both "From This Moment On" and "Flat Baroque". Of course Richard's opening keyboard part in "Close To You" is classic.

[smoothie2]

Tough choice again...but I settle on Flat Baroque...
he really goes over the top with any song he plays...but Flat B.
is truly a masterpiece...he really shines out as a real pro that he is.

[BethMosior]

WOOOOOOOW another hard one because I love everything Richard has done ok I'm just a Carpenters nut and proud of it LOL I can tell its Richard playing by just a few note on the keyboard OOOOOOOOOOOO

[enigma]

My actual favorite Richard piano performances are a toss up between Heather and Karens Theme but of the ones listed based strictly on Richards piano playing I went with Sometimes.

[YesterdayOnceMore]

I went with From This Moment On, because I love the Baroque style of music, and I think Richard did an outstanding job of being able to play this and seemingly so easiliy. I know that this and the Christmas Song "It's Christmas Time" were penned and arranged by others just for his use, and he has no plans to ever release these arrangements. Had It's Christmas Time been on the list, that would have gotten my vote.

Nice polls Jorge. Thank you.
Tim

[beaner]

I've never really paid much attention to the piano playing in the songs so if I had to come up with one I would have to say "The Warsaw Concerto" which would prove Richard's talents when it comes to playing Classical music.

However, I do also like "Karen's Theme" a lot too!

[wisejester7]

Of those choices...Sometimes

[ThomB]

From This Moment On is amazing.

[ps11932]

This is a great poll- it gives opportunity to reflect, concentrate and sometimes check out background information- and education is part of being a fan. Thanks, Johnny Angel! I have, like many, voted for "From This Moment On"- excellent timing, and style. The C's song that may always be my very favorite is "Sing"- partly because of the instrumentation, and I assume that Richard is the pianist? And of course, he does a great job with "Dizzy Fingers", too.

[GoodOldDreams]

admin said:

All excellent choices, though I voted for "This Masquerade". Richard's keyboard work has always been a step above the rest from the very beginning. With "This Masquerade" has offered us a sense of richness and class beyond most anything else on the music scene in 1973.

"Our Day Will Come" also contains some great keyboard work by Richard.

I am also impressed quite a bit with both "From This Moment On" and "Flat Baroque". Of course Richard's opening keyboard part in "Close To You" is classic.

I'm with you on this one, Rick. Richard's piano playing, along with the flute, really helps to set the intimate, sophisticated, jazzy mood of "This Masquerade". "Our Day Will Come" has that wonderful jazz feeling likewise. The subtle changes in the rich opening chords and first verse of "Close to You" and the riffs that Herb Alpert advised Richard to play to bridge from the refrain to the third verse are astounding.

Other favorites not officiailly in this poll also include the poetic "Heather", majestic "Warsaw Concerto" and the amazing piano-hopping in "Dizzy Fingers."