Josef Lhevinne plays Chopin Heroic Polonaise, op. 53 - live 1935

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A rare recording of Josef Lhevinne playing Chopin's Polonaise in A-flat major, op. 53, broadcast on 3 November 1935. I have retained the original introduction to the broadcast, which was part of The Magic Key radio show. In the early 1990s this was released on CD by APR, but that is not my source, I have not heard it, and they printed an incorrect date for the performance. Lhevinne sounds more wild in this one than in his better-known 1936 recording.
Иосиф Левин - Шопен - Полонез - Joseph Levin

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@jackcurley1591 Месяц назад

Holy shit! What control, what style, what flare!! Lhevinne is one of the finest musicians to ever grace the ivories, no doubt

@petergoldstein1075 14 дней назад

The finest

@pianopera 8 лет назад

One of the greatest technicians in the history of piano playing...and with "technique" I don't only mean mere speed, though it's definitely part of it.

@3047L-f6m 7 лет назад

I completely agree, though in my mind it depends on what a musician is looking for. Pachmann has been criticized for lacking in technique (which probably means his struggle in more energetic music), yet I have rarely heard any pianist capable of his pianissimo shadings, his speciality (which is an art in itself). on the other hand, I've rarely heard any musician with Lhevinne's grand heroic rhythm and thundering force, which was definitely his speciality.

@3047L-f6m 7 лет назад

his extraordinary sense of rhythm is something which any musician should listen to. this is something which cannot be taught by any teacher or any metronome.

@norahdealmeida5847 6 лет назад

You are absolutely right when you say that the sense of rhythmcannot be taught!!

@roneven3420 Год назад

Lhevinne is hands down my favourite pianist. His playing is truly captivating. He makes very few mistakes in his performances if at all, and his musicality and usual delicacy are something I've never heard from any other pianist. There are a few who get fairly close: for me these are Josef Hofman and Moriz Rosenthal. These two are also great, but I tend to like Lhevinne's style the most. How I wish this non-modern playing still existed today, as to my ears it's so much better.

@dwacheopus 9 месяцев назад

Check who Sultanov and Pogorelich is, you will like them!

@norahdealmeida5847 6 лет назад

Great interpretation! Full of impulses, rhythmically rich and very criative! Admirable pedal!

@youtubecommenter2 Год назад

Those octaves in the middle section are just...

@petergoldstein1075 14 дней назад

Superhuman

7 лет назад

Damn, that cavalry must have been in quite a hurry.....

@kaleidoscopio5 5 лет назад

Really interesting, especially in the rythm.....nice

@MrGer2295 8 лет назад

Beautiful! Thank you for posting!

@yunzhao6051 8 лет назад

the one of my favorite pianist :)

@dorfmanjones Год назад

Astonishing. With much more swashbuckle than his Camden recording. And the octaves!!!

@CarmenReyes-em9np Год назад

En esa época ,por lo he escuchado de su música es como si se rifarán haber quien aceleraba más. 🌹

@Jvesit Год назад

la primera leccion de piano ,dar a cada nota su tiempo, no hace falta tocar tan rapido.

@clairedesmond557 3 года назад

Brilliant to listen to this

@CarmenReyes-em9np Год назад

Gracias buenas tardes.

@上於安威 8 лет назад

There was also this era..

@metteholm4833 5 лет назад

Let´s go back to those values!

@morhywaden 5 лет назад

Stupendous pianism. The trills are amazing likewise the incredible execution of the scales. One of the greatest performances of this polonaise. The other for me is Rubinstein who brings his own aristocratic nobility.

@sirdicaudore 8 лет назад

Fantastic! I totally ignored this "live" version! Is this the only existant Josef Lhevinne's "live" recording?

@ADGO 8 лет назад

+sirdicaudore I'm not sure. I don't know much about his recordings. Like Hofmann it's usually guys in the US who have all that info, but perhaps someone here can answer that. Otherwise sending an email to the piano archives in Maryland would get an answer probably.

@sirdicaudore 8 лет назад

+ADGO Thanks so much for your answer. I have Hofmann's complete live recordings - W. Marston's monumental edition, 8 double CD boxes, still waiting for the last 9th volume - but all I had found of Lhevinne's recordings is less than one hour of acoustic/electrical recordings + some piano rolls. It would be so wonderful if more live recordings of this giant came into light...

@ADGO 8 лет назад

+sirdicaudore I did check the other Magic Key broadcasts--at least the ones I could find online--and Lhevinne featured only once (this performance). Bauer and Levitzki featured a couple of times though. I can't say I like Levitzki, but Bauer was very impressive. From what I read, Magic Key was a RCA show, so they had the money and power to make those sort of recordings at the time. I'm not sure who else would have.

@sirdicaudore 8 лет назад

+ADGO How very interesting to hear these legends' playing live! There is also on RU-vid this fantastic document of Moriz Rosenthal performig live the second movement of Chopin's Piano Concerto No.1 in a concert that was broadcast live during his 75th birthday celebration, December 19, 1937! Maybe Rosenthal's most poetic testament! Thanks again for this information and of course for your wonderful channel full of real treasures and rarities. I'm so grateful!

@ADGO 8 лет назад

+sirdicaudore I also admire Rosenthal very much -- he was special and so poetic, very free. Thanks for the nice words. They mean a lot.

@michsturge671 5 лет назад

Is that Milton Cross narrating?

@rigel48 7 лет назад

Terrific interpretation. But is not it more "Allegro con fuoco" than "Maestoso" ?

@yurimeyrowitz6788 6 лет назад

Who knows... there may have been time constraints for the broadcast... as well, he was known for getting a bit nervous for concerts - and microphones can intimidate even great artists... as I said, who knows... just enjoy what's there...

@Jvesit Год назад

toca muy stacato... pero bien.

@BFett-hs9lv 6 лет назад

The dryness of this execution is due to the type of recorder? Or is it a stylistic-interpretative choice?

@florianwalch5639 5 лет назад

Both - the recording isn't good, even for the time, but Lhevinne doesn't cheat with the pedal like so many later pianists do.

@metteholm4833 5 лет назад

A choice.

@wanderer6972 3 года назад

Most old masters do not use pedal excessively.

@Whatismusic123 2 месяца назад

@@florianwalch5639 cheat? lmfao if using the pedal is cheating in your eyes, you may as well just give up the piano entirely, what a joke. it's not that he's "not using the pedal excessively" it's that he's not using the pedal enough at all, it's really poor performanceship for the sake of theatrics.