Arthur Rubinstein - Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16 

Thanks !! I was wondering all the answers for the questions you just answered

For those of us who are too lazy to look it up they could bother to actually give the information. But that's okay I found out some interesting things about Arthur including his various illegitimate children and lust for women. Doesn't look like it does he? Who knew! Although you could say he's making love to the piano LOL

@@allonszenfantsjones There's no underestimating the inspiration a beautiful woman can provide. The muse, you know...

No sheet music for Rubenstein. Old master had this entire concerto memorized in his noggin. Just one of many, but oh so expressive.

Age made no difference Rubinstein is a master of the piano

Hope you are doing better now Carol.

My heart is with you.

I understand why you felt such peace when you listened to this. Rubinstein's expression is full of serenity, especially around the 25 minute mark. To find a sense of calm in the midst of grief is an extraordinary gift. I am glad Grieg and Rubinstein and indeed, all of the musicians, were able to work their magic for you.

It's sad, I understand you, I hope it's better now, time and music heals wounds.

How nice

I detest watching a pianist who acts so dramatically when they play, it's SO UNNECESSARY, the music itself is the star and showpiece. You don't have to raise your hand high over your head, shake your hair and sway your body, let the music speak for itself, and it WILL! Play it emphatically when needed, but just with your hands! You are in a concert hall, not on a movie set! You do NOT see the great Rubinstein acting, he just plays and it's beautifully sufficient! Another distasteful action while playing the piano is those to bang down on the keys, like they're slapping a horse's behind that is in the grain trough and shouldn't be there! That is also unnecessary, the well-made piano WILL reflect the sound out and if that is not enough, many sound engineers will put a microphone just inside the piano to balance the orchestra when it has hundreds of members in the orchestra playing in a large concert hall. I am well aware that some piano teachers today aid and abet in the dramatic actions of their students, but it's detrimental to them and their future as musicians who play brilliantly, not act dramatically! I saw a young blind boy who was a piano virtuoso, who played beautifully, meaningfully and let his hands produce the music; he couldn't see other performers who made those excessive dramatic movements, and his piano playing was emotional, sensitive and strong when the music required it, all with his hands, not his whole body! He knew how to make his hand produce all the dynamics of sound as necessary!

if you like contained pianists, you will like Benedetti Michelangeli

Absolutely. That is academic approach that gives so much respect to classical music.

int it great?

There you have Lang Lang

That’s insane but amazing I wanna play this next year but just the first mvt because I’ve only been playing piano for 3 years and my teachers say I could probably finish it but you’re so lucky I would love to hear this every morning in person

@@davidserrato4738 you can do it! I know you can! Yeah, it was quite lovely to wake up to this. One of my favorite life memories.

I'm fascinated by musicians with that sort of ritual. What was your roommate's name?

thanks

Thank you so much

I have to find

Thank you

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He was one of his kind. Artir Rubinstein und the chilean pianist Claudio Arrau they perform until the very end of their lives. Now they are legends ot the piano.

sure

Glad to hear your story.

Wonderful story, this concerto is indeed absolutely wonderful

Ruth Hamm I don’t know I am crying because of your story or the music or both. Thanks for sharing your beautiful story!

The music already making me cry, your story isn't helping. This is the first time that I've heard this all the way through. I didn't know what the name of it was I only have the beginning until today.

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German Cardoso Khatia has her eyes closed half the time playing this.

Wow, how could Beethoven wrote his symphonies with his deaf ears?

Hello popo A guy working with Beethoven on a trio said later that his piano was horribly out of tune.

German Cardoso - cheat codes probably

Yes I was just thinking this is my favorite all time piece. I've been listening to it for 50 years Taccata and fugue, is top 5. Foggy mountain breakdown, baba Oreiley, and not sure on #5

Previn adds a lot to this video's gravitas.

Yes, The camera work is beautiful

Yes, and I found this similar to Karajan films.

Indeed, this film is an artwork in itself.

@@neil7137 True!

Meh. The Rach 2 is the best. LOL....Heck, they're ALL the best.

Mozart’s 21st is also good too

1. Grieg's 1st - Rubinstein 2. Rachmaninoff 2nd - Federova 3. Brahms 2nd - Yuja Wang 4. Mozart 24th - Previn 5. Tchaikovsky's 1st - Horowitz

@@beachsideoldman869 You forgot Rachmaninov 3rd !! (performer: I would say Leif Ove Andsnes)

@@beachsideoldman869 I love brahms second piano concerto soooo much. Vastly underrated if you ask me.

i love this kind of stories. blessings from italy

Wow - your dad also sang in South Pacific for John Kerr! Wonderful voice!

Frederico….Mille grazie!I love Italy! I studied Italian for three years in college and got pretty fluent ma non parlo con nessuno, dimentico molto.ahora (I think that’s right, lol)

And to S Mitra, yes he did and thank you very much. I was his biggest fan! Still am

I'd imagine your father knew Marnie Nixon. ?

Elisabeth C. Dieryckx Grieg recounts that he brought the manuscript of this concerto to Liszt to review. Liszt asked him to play it for him but before Grieg could respond, Liszt took the score and played right through it - solo and orchestra parts at first sight, impeccably.

that ending theme in the 3rd movement really is great

His 1 year old daughter died, so he composed a song for her (memory)

Have the Danes or the Sweedes any like this?? Never.Or Munck and Ibsen. We Norwegians are superior in art..

@Mookie Spindlehurst Except the fact they're all in A minor and that they're both piano concertos?

I can see why the piano opening are almost the same

JABULOSO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@@celiahaydeemcastilhomoscar7618 ,.

Agree, agree, agree!

Was wondering why I was noticing so many similarities.. Thank you for this interesting bit of information!

Comparto tu comentario. No es necesario ser músico o haber estudiado música, es un placer para mis oídos y como tú dices, eleve el espíritu.

Maravilloso!!❤❤❤❤

When I was young-young, and he was also young, Rubinstein was my favorite pianist. Fortunately to have heard him live

I agree, Duggie! Some pianists today, think they MUST be dramatic, often raising one hand up higher than their head, pushing out with their elbows and leaning way over the keys, it is superfluous over-acting; let the MUSIC get the attention it deserves, you can take your bows at the end!

@@mjleger4555 sometimes i get hyped and I raise my eyebrows a little too much,

@@mjleger4555 like Daniil Trifonov?

@@surgrus4367 I've never watched that person play.

Hoffman? Feinberg? Rachmaninoff? Lhevinne? Cortot? Just a few names you missed

@@DynastieArtistique Kissin?

@@jesusslushies2192 kissin is nowhere near the level of those great masters. keep his name anywhere away from theirs

Rach 3 ah but actually hard to decide because Rachmaninoff himself said he thought this was the best but maybe he was just too humble

Also Rach 2 is what I would call embodiment of beauty,both this concerto you are listening and Rach 3 are reach level of greatness that Rach 2 does not in my opinion

Mine would be Rach 2 or Beethoven 3

Agreed

Yes wisdom of 32 minutes of music with out any sheet music.

Gerbil Jim

I hear the soughing of the wind in the tall trees.

He is definitely NOT playing this for the first time. There is a legend that says Rubinstein actually heard Greig perform this concerto.

@@cookingprof I think that was a figure of speech, to express how even at his old age Rubenstein still played the piece with as much passion and awe as someone who would have played it for the first time

@@CanofSoda_ didn't know soda cans were that intelligent..

@@csongorolah2360 :P

He's playing all the right notes... but not necessarily in the right order

What do you mean?

Lovely poetic tribute to great work,of art and to,great pianist.

Very nice and sincere comment!! 🎶☺️🍀

And they know Morning Mood, but nobody knows it's by him.

Peer Gynt, String Quartet in G Minor, Holberg Suite, Symphonic Dances,

Indeed, I think Grieg is underrated. Also Mendelssohn and, as of late, Liszt...

Morning Mood and Hall of the Mountain King are what everybody knows but when ask people if they know Grieg they say who's Greg

+O Lobisomem Liszt could never be underrated... He always seems to get a lot of clout around RU-vid.... Respighi and Mahler have fallen into neglect recently... Sadly

Wow, What a Wonderful Story!

@Mookie Spindlehurst It really doesn't matter! When the message is so well delivered.

Rubenstein's autobiography of his early career is interesting in this regard. Right from the beginning he was intense, attracted to the piano, had great talent, good teachers, and was not the easiest person to be around. Sheer skill and hard work carried him through and out into the wider world. As usual, that background shows here.

Very true, as for Mookie Spindlehurst I understand you just sent off a quick note. This is a computer concept not known to everyone. Is okay in some situations.

@Mookie Spindlehurst: do you mean “EsattAMente? Touché

@@ohraider 28:54 28:56

+GreenEyes Mexico "...would all have given Rubinstein a standing ovation and..." I feel Chopin would have as well ~

Rachmaninoff might well HAVE GIVEN Rubenstein a standing ovation, as their lives overlapped and Rachmaninoff perhaps had opportunities to attend his recitals, as occurred with Horowitz.

His playing reminds me a bit of Emil Gilels.

Milton Moore In his autobiography, Rubinstein recounts how he brought Rachmaninov and Stravinsky together at his home in Los Angeles and the two composers, who detested one and others music, chatted amiably. He was friends with both men, especially with Stravinsky whom he persuaded to write a simple piano concerto that he himself could play and make money as a concert artist! Rubinstein was a tremendous personality and his autobiography is well worth reading.

"He seems to have understood and felt every note so he gave each one it's own space and significance" This is exactly the explanation that Jerry Garcia, the famous psychedelic lead guitar player for the Grateful Dead said of his improvisational 'golden' lead lines' imitable quality. That he gave every note 'Full Value'. I arrived at this video searching for an example of this work and was immediately impressed with the elderly gentleman at the piano thinking that 'most are young good looking upstarts proving themselves' and how pleasing it was to watch an old hand mastering this piece with utmost reverence and surety. Only to look him up and realize who Rubinstein was. The performance is so good, at first I assumed he wrote it.

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@@tlafleur8433 No. He died quite awhile ago.

@@maryyueil Thx. Article mistake. Other article states 1982. My fav pianist of all. Can recognize his perfection without knowing beforehand.

Thanks to André Previn's arrangement

​@@theloganshow3602a remastered masterpiece

+gerard mcnally Gerard, you get it and you say it so eloquently. What a fabulous historic record of Rubinstein playing one of the classical classics. Thumbs up to your observations on the second movement.

Gerard, you're so right on! One sees so much b.s. in these commentaries. It's great to see one that does justice to the subject. And, in the case of Rubinstein the subject is on the highest plane!

Very nicely stated, "gerard mcnally" -- thank you for your thoughts -- I concur 100%. I was honored to audition under Rubinstein and attend several of his concerts, awe inspiring.

It's an essential part of a live performance I think. Rubenstein had an amazing ability of conveying the easiness that he was playing with. If you watch him, it looks as if he has more in hand, like the piece isn't complex enough to cause him any stress or difficulty. This is why it's so great to watch line concerts in the times of studio recordings.

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This concerto is my favorite Grieg composition. Peer Gynt is my #2. But all of them are near and dear to my heart such emotion and depth. I never get tired of hearing his music

Must have been a good time.

Raphael Venegas pretty amazing

In my home it was this very recording that was my introduction to Grieg. I've yet to hear better.

I've learned to listen classical music with my grandfather, the father of my mother. He passed away in the early 70's, I was a child. My grandmother said I liked to listen Mozart piano concertos and symphonies. I inherited some of my granfather vinyl albums, many by Rubinstein.

@@rogosobe Treasure them...x

It probably was easy to him as he had been playing it for years.

Actually of piano concertos, thus one is relatively rather easy, especially when compared with Tchaikovsky Bb Minor and Rach 3. Even those lesser known such as the Bartok are harder than this... 😂

1950Grendel Rubinstein has been playing this concerto for decades,he is a professional and they nearly always make their repertoires look"easy"the fact that he is so old and still at it is the amazing factor.

Eric Morecambe came pretty close.

I agree, as a Norwegian, I see the Norwegian landscape. And as an afterthought, I have been listening to this since I was 17, I am now 72

....ademas el maestro Rubinstein fue un gran ser humano.

I'm with you. His performance leads my soul into the peaceful river.

I so agree with everything you said. And You Tube is such a gift to us all.

Grieg's piano concerto dates from 1868, not 1858.

@@nedhopkins897 I’m imagining a 16 year-old Grieg writing this concerto now 🤣

+Ted Kelly time for you to move into comedy. ha, ha !

same problem here, in a song that has every note from a chromatic scale.

Or the right duration

Andrew Preview! .... "Grieg by Grieg with him and him!"

@@chrystaldark hahaahaha... that was my favourite sketch of Morecambe and Wise with Andre..

Merci pour ce post en Français...et que vive la grande musique !

Thanks for the information. I wondered why there was no sheet music.

thank you for giving us such info!

uklum all pianist don’t use sheet music when playing concertos

@@chunyu4669 OK, thanks, I didn't know. I'm sure I've seen them use it before, maybe just chamber recitals, though. I've just recently been finding out more about classical music.

uklum yup that’s it. when you’re a soloist you don’t have sheet music but when you’re part of an orchestra or you play chamber music you generally have and need sheet music

Because Eric Morecombe isn't in it.

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Acabo de decir eso mismo...llega al alma , no es maravilloso poder oirlo?

@@veritodaie1458 Absolutamente Verito. Es un privilegio.

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Thanks!

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Same here. First time I've seen this. Spellbinding!

This isn't true. If you were born without music then you'd not miss a thing. On the other hand, if all music simultaneously disappeared from the face of the earth, I think I'd start to weep.

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