Rubinstein, Chopin, this polonaise played in Moscow.. It has this touch, the place is special, who knows the history will understand the emotions of Rubinstein
Who else can play Chopins Polonaise like this ? ? No one - ever - Its like watching war horses galloping across the battle field. Just beyond words BRavo Bravo Maestro !!!!!!
I have never heard a more magnificent performance. What a supernatural talent. Chopin must be in musical heaven when he hears his composition played like this. I had goosebumps. !! Bravo Bravo .
Oh my, have you ever heard of more triumphant, jubilant victorious playing in your whole life !!Maestro Rubenstein is in a planet of his own. This is just bliss, thrilling bliss, to listen to. Bravo Bravo !!!
@@johne6081 Horowitz has his flamboyant style with his misses that add flavour to Chopin's - in my opinion - first jazz music, which actually makes it even more jazz. They were both gods to be honest. Rubinstein was a Polish Jew and Horowitz was a Russian Jew and that may be the reason for the differences too.
@@miquelcanosasanteularia1678 @johne6081 @brmf4346 Trust me, being Polish makes all the difference, if nothing else, then in this particular piece alone. I've compared the two, and Horowitz consistently falls flat when he plays Chopin, and this is only in comparison to the sheer enormity of Rubinstein, of course. But it would indeed be a mistake to credit Horowitz as the superior interpreter of Chopin. Trust me, bro.
From what I heard, Franz Liszt took full advantage of his facial expressions. Usually contorting them when in intense passages, making all the women "pass out"
@@chewfacityyeah but it depends on the piece, like if its an insane balkariev islamey or don juan liszt transcription with many different colours u kinda need lil more expressions but yah.
Wow. His expressive way of playing is so beautiful that listening to him play makes me feel different than when others have played this piece. This is true art.
How come the great performers of the past trusted their performance more than any simulated showmanship to attract the admiration and even adoration of fans? Mr. Rubinstein, Mr. Horowits, Andres Segovia and Narciso Yepes in the Guitar were not great showmen of their instruments yet their art has survived long after their gone. Thank you for sharing this video of the great maestro at his best. Good heavens RU-vid exists for people to share this treasures and viewers like me to admire the memory of these great ones of mankind!
It sounds very close to pitch to me. If it is very slightly sharp, it is not even close to being a half-step. Recordings were all analog then; a slight change in the speed of the play-back may be causing the slight pitch variance.
I am, for better or worse, a bit synesthesic, and it sounds like the familiar burnished maroon of A-flat to me. The middle section opening seems plenty green, too, definitely nowhere close to F as far as I can tell.
The strongest rendition of this piece I've heard. Personally I think it's a man's piano piece, meant to be played this way. I have yet to hear it played satisfactory by a female pianist somehow. They can give it the emotion but not the heroic strength it needs. I could play it in my 20s but my entire back, shoulders & arms hurt after the practice sessions. Although an elderly neighbor said listening to it gave him goosebumps. That was a complement worth the pain.
from3.33 onwards I took my BP tablets. !! What a thrilling performance. I am still clapping. How did he put such energy into his playing. Bravo Maestro !! There will never be another Rubenstein. !!! Thank you Creator, for him.
I was introduced to this Master in 1961 through recordings my Aunt gave me a box st of LP's with Artur Rubenstein playing Chopin who was my inspiration and favorite composer of classical music. Between Rubinstein and Paderewski, that was all it took to drive me to practice hours on end to try and emulate the Chopin original scores. I realized that I would never be that gifted as either, so took a break from studies to join a rock band and then away from piano all together for 20 years. A mistake for certain but have returned to the piano in my older age to regain some of the magic and my first love, classical works. Thank you Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky and Artur as my inspiration. I'm now writing my own classical works.
Triumphant !!! The pianist Mr. Rubenstein must have felt he had conquered the marauding tribes with this playing. It is thrilling !!!! I would have given anything to be at this concert, anything.. Bravo !!!
He was 77 here. What a truly Grand Master of the piano and in particular, this particular Chopin. Perhaps playing it more arrogantly than Liszt could! Bravo! Some staggering arm weight aerial bombardment at 3:43 ! What memories is he calling forth, his eyes closed, expressionless at 4:53
I often think the studio recordings don't do him justice from what people say Rubinstein was really like in recital. There are so many recordings, and so many of them are so incredibly cautious. But whatever the Russian engineers did, my god, this must be what it was like - it's a whole orchestra!!!!
Yes, agree. The Russkies had dominated Poland since his birth, and seemed stronger than ever in 1964. Arthur letting them know Polish pride is real and daring them to find a more incendiary player. All this at the age of 77.
haaa i understand the performance much better now. Music interpretation being politically (also could we say socially ?) involved. it was indeed a breath of fire from him!@@strukhoff , now it all make sense. And it moved me even more.
Something weird I just noticed. Towards the end, when he was facing towards the right, just below his shoulders, you can see the horizontal lines from the wall through his shoulders. Like he's a ghost.
