Never mind the insane technical mastery-the musicianship he exhibits puts him in a class by himself. He tends to be remembered as a composer, but as a pianist he was special. Hearing this kind of genius leaves one feeling that somehow I am a different person now than I was before I heard it. The last time that happened to me it was after another piece played by Rachmaninoff.
@@prundonmcavoy7155 maybe but not in this situation, man is ruining the beauty of schubert with all kinds of added notes figurations and octave displacements. those of you who find schubert too 'simple' and in need of this kind of treatment are the ones missing the point.
@@arnoldschoenberg8656 Those of you ignoring the tradition of transcription and arrangement in all its forms, including florid virtuosity, or ESPECIALLY those of you who believe that they cannot exist side-by-side with the glorious simplicity of Schubert, are the real ones missing the point.
@@prundonmcavoy7155 I'm not ignoring it, I'm directly deploring it. I don't personally have a lot of respect for the tradition of transcription and arrangement in all its forms, and the mere fact that it is a tradition will not cut it for me. I'm not saying it shouldn't exist either, music is music and what won't do it for me will do it for somebody else. I am still granted the right to question Rachmaninoff's taste here, which I view as symptomatic of a sick decadent 'tradition' of cheapening masterpieces for mass consumption. But yes, I do believe florid arrangements and transcriptions can exist, in fact in the piano world they are rather prolific.
@arnoldschoenberg8656 Well then you fall into the second category, those who believe they can't exist side-by-side, and I just think your musical world is the poorer for it. Especially when it results in you claiming those who enjoy it are missing the point. That's really where it's just not about your right to have taste one way or another, but where you're establishing a hierarchy as if Schubert's simplicity is somehow so fragile that if someone enjoys the transcriptions too, they miss the point.
