@@photo161 Not missing a note is sort of a 'baseline' criteria. So Albanese did not seem to miss any notes (at least to my ear), and his performance brought out the tremendous nuance and dynamics (at least to my ear) of the piece. I previously heard the same piece by a different pianist and he missed an ALARMING number of notes, but many seemed to enjoy that 'interpretation.'
Absolutely breathtaking gorgeous playing. Debussy would be thrilled to hear this stunning perfection. Shocking technical and musical mastery. Unbelievably great piece played magnificently. Instantly subscribed.
Bellísima interpretación de la Toccata de Debussy!! - Giuseppe Albanese, joven pianista excepcional. Italia, como siempre, dando al mundo lo mejor del arte musical. Mis más cálidas Felicitaciones!!
Fantastic performance!! "Debussy - Pour le piano: Toccata," I like mild style, however I like very much such style like this as somewhere it seems intense feeling, too☺
It's funny. I just commented on your other video of "Jardins sous la pluie" and said I played that while at Indiana University. I also played the entire "Pour le piano". I loved that work! Again, another brilliant interpretation!
Finally, a musician who follows Debussy's tempo marking at end. "Twice as slow." And he makes it make sense. This is a definitive performance. Please come to NYC. Carnegie.
Sinceramente non ho mai sentito suonare così bene Debussy da nessuno, credo che Lei meriti un posto accanto ai grandissimi interpreti di queste opere. Meraviglioso!
I tried to find this on Spotify but then just came back this interpretation on RU-vid as this is my favourite 😊love the music & love the way the musician plays it. It is a lot faster (in a good way) but also the way the expression is drawn out in places makes it an absolutely beautiful piece of music. 1.23-1.32 is my favourite part! The build up reaches right into your heart! A very warming moment.
Formidabile talento di questo pianista: inizio travolgente alla Bach poi il tema si evolve in aree più moderne, alcune somigliano a "Giardini sotto la pioggia" , s'intrecciano si rincorrono con sonorità profonde e descrittive , quasi jazzistiche con un incalzare che sembra trascinarti in un vortice d'acqua o lo scorrere di un fiume di note ..il tocco è perfetto, idem i coloriti e la passionalità, i tempi sono sostenuti e decisi, Il tutto è supportato dal miglior pianoforte del mondo! Cosa aggiungere ancora se non BRAVO m.o Albanese! (D.Foschi - accordatore)
a great , just great performance . i wonder why lang lang doesn't perform debussy stuff and also vuja wanj . but i bet there will be no difference(tehnically speaking) . You're a fantanstic pianist. just fabulous
Meraviglioso! Sono contento di avere di nuovo un italiano dopo Michelangeli e Pollini. (Mi piace molto anche l'esecuzione di Debussy di Larissa Dedova.) Ci sono anche due grandi pianisti ungheresi di Debussy: Dezső Ránki e Zoltán Kocsis. Il tuo gioco ricorda Kocsis nel caso di Toccata. E questo è un grosso risultato: congratulazioni!
@@albanesegiuseppe Dezső Ránki è anche molto degno di nota per Debussy. Sono andato a una scuola con Kocsis all'Accademia di musica. Suona spesso il pianoforte con sua moglie, Edit Klukon. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xoErMxHLNZo.html
Debussy's Toccata is so similar to the French organ toccatas of the Romantic era, as well as later ones. They all share an exuberant grand majestic ending. Example: the Widor and Vierne Toccatas. And later, the Duruflé Suite Op. 5 Toccata. All the more reason never to ignore Debussy's "twice as slow" indication.
From my nascent study of Debussy’s music one thing is provable. He gave no indications on 3 main things. Tempo, pedaling and fingering. Debussy’s own playing of his pieces demonstrates his “vacillation” in regards to tempo. He liked ‘rubato’ and he used the pedal alot. And while I won’t argue the merits of how fast this piece was played and whether it should be played thus, I will say that to simply fly through this piece without as much as a breath (another Debussy point: he referred to pedaling as ‘breathing’) renders the piece all just one, big mass of sound. And that’s the point where you either like the pianist’s interpretation or you don’t, being in the realm of subjectivity. I personally would like to see this piece “breathe” more in its rendering.
I could not possibly disagree more with your opinion. And Debussy was indeed very specific with tempo marking. And who cares about fingerings? No great composer used finger markings. Educated musicians can figure out tempo by the composers' markings. This performance is the epitome of the bliss and rapture Debussy intended. Speaking of tempo indications, what are your thoughts on how Mr. Albanese's playing of the final chords? His is the ONLY person I've yet heard who honored Debussy's score here. There is a ten year old Japanese pianist on RU-vid who also does it correctly. But that's it. And if you think THIS is fast and frantic, what must you think of the multitude of performances of those who literally plough right through as fast as possible?
The Ravel is harder to play, as the comments below indicate. But, while I like both composers very much, the Debussy piece has for me more pure musicality than the Ravel Toccata. The Ravelseems somehow much more relentless, and it can become a bit tedious. Not the Debussy.
Qui' di pollici verso il basso non ne vedo ma se ci sarebbero è come dice Lei, questo è bravissimo, formidabile non c'è nulla da dire all'infuori dei dovuti complimenti.
