ABMs Rach 4 convinced ToneBase RU-vidr (and PhD pianist, Julliard) to strive to be like Michelangeli. Ben has taken it into competition, and continues to champion this brilliant work above the composer's more popular concerti. What is the source of ABMs magic? One leading possibility is this: his fingering! In the most rapid passages. It's electrifying! For me there's something of a more romantic styled Glenn Gould to Arturo's bravado.
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One of the most authoritative interpretation of this sublime concerto by Maestro Solomon Cutner. His Beethoven - both piano concertos and piano sonatas are the landmark in the history of piano technique . I pay my humble tributes to his memory on the occasion of his 36th death anniversary today. Especially his piano entr y, introduction & development section is powerful & caressing . Thanks Maestro.
My mother played this piece over and over when I was a child (I am 74). The recording was on a 78. We were both brokenhearted when my dad accidentally broke the record when I was about 6 or 7. Thank you so much for posting this amazing piece. Paderewski's interpretation is the best version I have ever heard. He caresses the notes with love. He never attacks them.
Never had I cried for this prelude, the humanity, the sincerity, the transparence of the processes, the presence, serving amd humble, the powerlessness, the feel of persecution felt, discovered throughout not chosen. Million thanks
That is the best interpretation of all I've heard. So deep, full of concern and anxiety. I do not know how Scarlatti meant it, but light melancholic versions of other musicians seem to me less moving.
Seventy-five years ago, but fresh as paint. In a way this piece is the essence of Liszt, combining brilliance with delicacy, poise with vulgarity. It is wonderful how Solomon managed to play it with a mixture of dash, seriousness and humour, keeping the vulgarity at bay without at all despising it. This used to be piece frequently played by student pianists at benefit concerts, but not like this.
