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It's good to have this recording. Now if those who know no Russian would learn to pronounce the composer's name closer the way Russians do: Bah-LAH-kee-rehf, with the stress on the second syllable.
The haunting melancholic depth and unspeakable suffering Pogorelich manages to convey in this illustrious interpretation are absolutely phenomenal, not to mention his dynamic control and phrasing. It's certainly not everybody's cup of tea (And that's okay! That's precisely what makes art so magical and valuable!), but I'm hooked. Those octaves right before the doppio movimento (4:53) in particular devastate me every time; it almost sounds as if fate knocking on the door there. What a storyteller. May Aliza Kezeradze rest in peace. I hope Ivo has since found solace in this music and elsewhere. Losing those we love and cherish so dearly to something as vile and horrid as cancer is utterly devastating.
Браво, Маэстро! Сегодня, 25 сентября 2024 года, в Ваш День Рождения, хочется признаться, что Вы-украшение нашей жизни, вечный источник творчества, вдохновения и надежды в столь непростые времена. Помним, любим, слушаем и надеемся на встречу на Вашем концерте на родине.
This is incredible music! One aspect of this video that I like is the showing of the musicians' faces. This gives us a clue about the emotions and feelings they experience while making this beautiful music.
There was a time in the 80s and early 90s when Yuri Bashmet was unmatched among solo violists, and this recording shows that, extraordinary performance. And yes, although the work is 'realised' by Serly, it is still Bartok's final swansong and deserves to be heard even if he did not complete it.
He’s that typical Russian male pianist with a giant physique and an elephantine tone to knock the socks off your feet at any given moment in this concerto for all time!!!
Kogan used to lean backwards a lot when he played, often with the violin pointed slightly upwards! Usually it’s the opposite. Sometimes some of us lean forward when going to a high position. Elman did that a lot and so did Milstein.
Исполнение безусловно блистательное. Назвать его лучшим однозначно не могу, так как тут только аудио, а у Юджи Ванг, Натальи Трулль и Михаила Плетнева есть и видео. Впрочем, удовольствие получил огромное, а это главное.
I love Beethoven's piano sonatas, and especially the late ones. Opus 111 is an incredible piece of music that transports us to a higher realm of consciousness. This is an amazing performance, I hadn't heard this one before. I've heard this sonata live once or twice and many times on radio or CD, but this has to be one of the best ever renditions of one of my all-time favourite pieces of music. Thank you Beethoven and thank you Sviatoslav Richter for such a memorable performance.
Where is Bunin now? I want to see him in a live concert. I have just discovered him a month ago,. How good, superb, Marcelo US a pianist He is. He is now One of my all time favorites.
e very Stalinistic way to play Chopin very modern efficent.There s no time to sing like out Pasta or Malibran no Place to take a breath .Great efficiency no time to breath fresh air.A Chopin a la Prokofiev but in those days Prokofiev Who was the Stalinistic composer side was dying.But Prokofiev like Bartok played in the old way ...the good way..beautiful no rush no destroying Wind ...
