Attended a live Rubinstein concert when he was around this age or older in St. Louis, Mo. During the concert he managed to break a hammer on the big Steinway D. The piano technician came out, replaced the hammer and Rubinstein returned and continued the concert as if nothing had happened. Later I heard a friend of the piano technician report that when the technician came back stage to say, “Maestro, you have broken a hammer” the old man displayed a fiendish grin. Yep, he still had it!
What I love so much about this performance is the speed. So many great performers today play at breakneck speed which I sometimes find exhausting to listen to and it sounds like a ruaway train out of control. This is the perfect balance of lyricism and piano gymnastics. So glad there are so many recordings of this superb performer.
Wow! I started to play this piece. After a month of study just with the score, without comparing to great pianists I also have to agree. You understand every note here as it's written. Absolutely perfect tempo.
Whilst admiring the performance, don't forget the real genius behind the composition. I don't understand how Frederic Chopin could create such music. He was not of this Earth, a true gift of God.
@@agamaz5650 How DARE you pollute this comment page with the vile, profane, disgusting, and hated "F" word, you illiterate, low-life buzzard-brained crude lunkheaded dingbat! And you need to learn how to punctuate a simple sentence and get schooled in capitalization! OFF WITH YOU, YOU INFERNAL WASTE OF SPACE!
If you want to play beyond technical pyrotechnics and recite a poem or be a storyteller while you do it, this is the kind of pianist you want to watch and listen to.
❤grande sr. Artur hai dedicato tutta la vita alla musica e si sente, quello che mi trasmette quando suona Chopin è tutte le sfumature dell anima ❤grazie😘💕
Whenever I see and hear him I feel better about humanity. I adore this beautiful old man. I remember being young and knowing very little about Chopin and Rubinstein was just a name to me I bought an LP of him playing the Ballades on impulse ( and a tiny budget!) and when I put the needle on the LP I felt bliss and awe! A feeling that has never gone away.
Walking through Royce Hall at UCLA, in the late 60's, after studying, I heard a concert in progress. Standing in the hall outside the concert, I recognized Arthur Rubinstein's playing. When Intermission came, I stood by one entrance, and slipped into an (inexplicably!) empty seat. I was entranced, and went backstage afterward, joining a long line of fans, who he would only very briefly grasp hands with, not shake hands with...I told my mother soon after, and she, also a great admirer of the artist, said that I must never wash my hands...
Thank u again utube for giving soooooo many the opportunity to watch the great maestro who would never have had the good fortune to see him perform in person since early last yr when the pandemic hit u really came thru for all that were stuck in their homes many jobless I for one watch utube more than reg tv on my iPad with ur programming n all the tv station apps I’m good to go please continue Much love Pamela NC 🙋🏼♀️👍❤️
Superb! I started learning this piece when I was a teenager, and never actually followed through. This is partly nostalgic and partly sheer delight in watching/listening to Rubenstein's genius. Love it! I agree with Bradley Burgess.... who would give this a thumbs down????
Chopin un genio inimitable. es dificil elegir una obra suya, porque todas son obras maestras , con sus sonidos característicos, originales , diferentes , inconfundibles, únicos. El juego de las alteraciones, es fabuloso. Los que se atreven a intérpretarlo tienen que ser grandes pianistas.
I love your description it fits in sooo well, even it’s the same cook, the second time might taste better too, but the first time might as well taste better in different people’s tongue!! And when do we see cook even compete for better flavour? There’s no such thing as the “perfect flavour”, same as music, nothing is called “perfect interpretation”.
The style and finesse that he plays with, the technique, yes he is the best! His look at the end is the look of a concentrated great pianist. Everything sounds so smooth and gentle, with great dynamic. It is not only about playing in tempo without making a mistake! it takes much more for being a great pianist!
Two pianists had made it impossible for me to listen Chopin played by other pianists (including even Evgeny Kissin)! Those two pianists are Arthur Rubinstein and Krystian Zimerman! Thank you both! :D
MusikPiratCH Interestingly, although trivially, Chopin, Rubinstein and Zimerman are/were not only all Poles, but they seem to have identical noses when viewed from the side. Coincidence? I don't think so! ;)
I think I know what "nobility" in performance means. It means being full of emotion but holding most of it reserve, not using the piece to show off (Lang Lang)or to express your own emotions (Horowitz). It is a kind of calm obeisance to the work of art, not pushing, not wringing its neck, just letting it unfold...
Peter Von Berg I think he’s discounting Horowitz saying he’s changed the piece from a Chopin to a Horowitz piece disregarding the score, in essence discrediting both
Bravoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo mi viejo por siempre.
He's a Legendary Pianist, I mean that he always plays piano with passion and enthusiasm, even though when he was an elderly, and then surprises (inspires) all of the listeners of his songs, like myself !
E non c'è niente da fare, ogni volta che ascolto questo brano, mi viene la pelle d'oca e non riesco a trattenere le lacrime.............sarò scema o no !!
Junto al tango "Volver" y "La gloria del águila" por Gardel, y esta obra de Chopin te dedico una vez más. Vamos a volver. Vas a volver, Cristina, ya volviste.
