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Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli - London 1959 Live (Score)
Absolutely jaw dropping performance of Ravel’s Gaspard de la Nuit, one of the most difficult ever piano pieces in standard repertoire.
Every movement is phenomenal and is played in such a poetic manner. The ondine beginning chords in the RH, and the double note runs near the climax, both of which are very difficult and uncomfortable to play, have such a clear, and perfectly crystalline sound which sounds better than so many other pianists. His voicing in the movement and the climax, one of my favourite parts in piano literature are impeccable. I love the way he treats it; not playing it too fast (the part that leads to the climax) and the climax itself is very clear and it has the perfect balance of RH and LH bass which compliment each other. 5:21 is amazing. Michelangeli definitely has the best performance of Ondine.
The second movement, La Gibet, is a real treasure with the atonal structure and mysterious and eerie feeling to it, and it is really present here.
Michelagenli plays this piece best in my opinion but this exact recording in 1959 London is my favourite performance mainly because of La Gibet, which I felt was slow enough to feel the emotions that Ravel intended, similar to Argerich’s performance. I prefer it compared to his 1960 recording in Prague which is 2 whole minutes faster and in this he lets the piece breathe more especially the movement. Not to mention the piano is of much higher quality, which makes the bass sound more profound.
The final and most famous & technically difficult movement, Scarbo, is incredible. In the start the repeating D-Sharp notes are the cleanest I have heard them and at a perfect tempo. His scarbo is metronomic but very ectatic, powerful, and passionate with a profound bass. 16:40 and 20:45, the two climaxes, are played with fiery. No excess rubato just Michelangeli creating magic.
Recording used:
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I do not own the audio and full rights go to respective owners.
I hope you enjoy the new score layout: I stopped using imovie and screen recording the score (thats why in previous videos there was an annoying grey arrow icon in the corner of the screen) and instead am using premiere rush after learning how to use it properly. As such the videos look better and the transition between pages are much more fluid.
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Liszt Funérailles S. 173 - Horowitz 1948 (Score)
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A stunning, dark, gloomy, sad, explosive, and powerful recording of Liszt Funerailles. Live performance by young Horowitz in 1948. He truly captures the essense in this piece, butg I am not sure why he skips many parts as I think it detracts from the performance. Still my favourite rendition. Recording used: ua-cam.com/video/DMRRwiVm6h0/v-deo.htmlsi=EcI4_qEKQ1KzrITd By Classical Rarities
Beethoven-Liszt - Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 Pierre-Alain Volondat Live 2003 (Score)
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I have no words. This is Liszt’s transcription of the legendary Beethoven Symphony No. 9, my favourite symphony, and is unanimously regarded as the most difficult Liszt composition he ever made. The piece is over an hour long, in this case 79 entire minutes, divided into four enormous movements, and the stamina, voicing, speed, clarity etc. required to pull this off for that amount of time is o...
Coca Cola Commerial Advertisement - Premiere Pro - Strauss Also Sprach Zaratrustra
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Commercial I made for a video production class at school. Used expensive camera to record shots, used Premiere Pro 2022 to make video and add audio. Recording used: m.ua-cam.com/video/dfe8tCcHnKY/v-deo.html
Beethoven Sonata No. 32 in C Minor Op. 111 - Ernst Levy 1956 (Score)
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In my opinion the greatest recording of this mighty and famous Beethoven piece, well known for its genius and innovative jazz like part in the second and final movement. The piece is the final sonata written in 1822 and the final note is a satisfying c major chord. It is a perfect ending to the set of 32 sonatas and also his first sonata the first note is also a C. For the perfomrnace, it is ab...
Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 29 Hammerklavier Op. 106 - Prague 1975 Sviatoslav Ritcher (Score)
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Beethoven Sonata No 29, Hammerklavier Sonata is undoubtedly one of the greatest sonatas ever written for piano and by Beethoven. Beethoven’s Viennese publishers announced the new sonata in 1819 as a work that “excels above all other creations of this master not only through its most rich and grand fantasy but also in regard to artistic perfection and sustained style, and will mark a new period ...
Liszt Reminiscences de Lucia di Lammermoor Donizetti - Martha Filjak, Jorge Bolet (Score)
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Two of my favourite recordings of Liszt/Donizetti Lammermoor, an majestic and short operatic paraphrase. The first recording I encontered is by Hegedus, but these two are better in my opinion. My all time favourite is kinda surprisingly a modern interpretation by Martha Filjak. It is modern but it has deviations to the score, such as in the ending which make it the most powerful executed, along...
Sergei Lyapunov Transcendental Etudes No. 1, No. 2, No. 4, No. 6, No. 11 (Volondat Live) (Score)
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Five superb and very rare live recordings by Pierre Alain Volondat of Lyapunov’s Transcendental Etudes. No. 1 the first etude is a very beautiful etude and this is the most melodic recording of the etudes by Volondat. It is delicate, subtle, and a relaxing piece and this recording has very impresseive voicing espcially the countermelody in the beginning. 3:27 there is a change in the audio as a...
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor Op. 18 -Weissenberg,Karajan Berlin Philharmonic (Score)
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Hello everyone! Sorry for the slight delay in posting as I have been very busy since the New Years. Here is a collosal performance of the greatest Piano Concerto ever written and Rachmoninoff’s most famous piece and the best one in my opinion. The second piano concerto has one of the most memorable melodies, beginning, climax with an insane amount of emotion packed into less than 40 minutes. Li...
Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor - Hofmann (Score)
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Josef Hofmann, the best Chopin interpreter, unleashes a performance just as good his the first concerto. A piece so Chopinistic, a combination of fury virtuosity and calm phrases and here executed wonderfully. A notably part is 14:22 and 27:30. The slower parts are suplime and the faster parts he brings out the dramatic/exciting parts. Also, the Orchestrated work truly understands him as pianis...
Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor Op. 11 - Josef Hofmann 1938 (Score)
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My third favourite piano concerto and one of Chopin’s best compositions ever written. Occuring in 1938, with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, and Sir John Barbirolli as the conductor, Hofmann unleashes and unbelieavably awe inspiring performance. In 33 minutes, 10 minutes faster than most recordings, he brings out all the colour that chopin intended. Amazing voicing especially in the second...
Chopin Berceuse Op. 57 in D-Flat Major “Lullaby” - Hofmann (Score) 1937
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A stunning, sensitive, and amazingly voiced interpretation of Chopin's Berceuse Lullaby, composed in 1844-45. It was composed as technically difficult variations, with fast runs of thirds, which are played not only flawlessly but with perfect pedal control. Recording used: ~ • ua-cam.com/video/2eU2k0VaMQo/v-deo.html ~ . recorded 1937 Golden Jubilee concert Do not own audio This video is a reupl...
Chopin Selected Waltzes - Op 34 No 1, No 14 Posth, Op 64 No 1&2, Op 42 No 5, Op 18 - Hofmann (Score)
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Chopin Selected Waltzes - Op 34 No 1, No 14 Posth, Op 64 No 1&2, Op 42 No 5, Op 18 - Hofmann (Score)
Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2, Op. 9 No. 3, Op. 27 No. 2, Op. 15 No. 2, Op. 48 No. 1 - Hofmann (Score)
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Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2, Op. 9 No. 3, Op. 27 No. 2, Op. 15 No. 2, Op. 48 No. 1 - Hofmann (Score)
Chopin Etude Op. 25 No. 9 in G-Flat Major “Butterfly” - Hofmann 1937 (Score)
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Chopin Etude Op. 25 No. 9 in G-Flat Major “Butterfly” - Hofmann 1937 (Score)
Chopin Nocturne 13 Op. 48 No. 1 in C Minor - Nikolai Lugansky (Score)
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Chopin Nocturne 13 Op. 48 No. 1 in C Minor - Nikolai Lugansky (Score)
Chopin Polonaise Op. 40 No. 1 “Military,” Op. 44, Op. 53 “Heroic,” Op. 26 No. 2 - Hofmann (Score)
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Chopin Polonaise Op. 40 No. 1 “Military,” Op. 44, Op. 53 “Heroic,” Op. 26 No. 2 - Hofmann (Score)
Chopin Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante in E-flat major Op. 22 - Josef Hofmann (Score)
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Chopin Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante in E-flat major Op. 22 - Josef Hofmann (Score)
Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 1 in D Minor Op. 28 - (Sean Botkin) (Score)
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Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 1 in D Minor Op. 28 - (Sean Botkin) (Score)
Rachmaninoff Piano Sonata No. 1 in D Minor Op. 28 - Weissenberg (Score)
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Rachmaninoff Piano Sonata No. 1 in D Minor Op. 28 - Weissenberg (Score)
Scriabin Sonata No. 4 in F-Sharp Major Op 30 - Nyiregyházi (Score)
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Scriabin Sonata No. 4 in F-Sharp Major Op 30 - Nyiregyházi (Score)
Alkan Trois Morceaux Dans Le Genre Pathétique II - Le vent - Jens Hagen Wegner (Score)
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Alkan Trois Morceaux Dans Le Genre Pathétique II - Le vent - Jens Hagen Wegner (Score)
Alkan Song of the Madwoman on the Seashore La Chanson De La Folle - Jens Hagen Wegner (Score)
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Alkan Song of the Madwoman on the Seashore La Chanson De La Folle - Jens Hagen Wegner (Score)
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C Sharp Minor - Ernst Levy (Score) Reupload
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Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C Sharp Minor - Ernst Levy (Score) Reupload
Liszt Ballade No. 2 in B Minor - Ernst Levy (Score)
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Liszt Ballade No. 2 in B Minor - Ernst Levy (Score)
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C Sharp Minor - Ernst Levy - Score
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Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C Sharp Minor - Ernst Levy - Score
Beethoven Sonata No. 23 in F Minor Op. 57 (Appassionata) Ernst Levy (Score)
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Beethoven Sonata No. 23 in F Minor Op. 57 (Appassionata) Ernst Levy (Score)

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @ly776
    @ly776 День тому

    I'm glad that my digitization of this recording has reached a wider audience through your channel. I worked quite a bit to get the dynamics consistent wi the LP.

    • @Janeahmon
      @Janeahmon День тому

      Yes thank you for uploading it!!

  • @bartomiejszwagrzyk3211
    @bartomiejszwagrzyk3211 День тому

    How is it even possible to get such a rich variety of sounds from a piano? Truly out of this world

  • @deecollins9048
    @deecollins9048 10 днів тому

    More videos please if possible.

  • @kaleidoscopio5
    @kaleidoscopio5 10 днів тому

    St Francois de Paula sailing through a tsunami 🤔

  • @richardvolpe7664
    @richardvolpe7664 11 днів тому

    I never heard anyone accuse this piece of being of high quality, and this performance does its best to substantiate the idea. Could the opening tempo be any alower? Could the rest of the piece be played any more sloppily or unmusically? No one (in my listening experience), not even Horowitz, has been able to make this piece "work", and I can't imagine why a pianist would bother with it, there being so many dozens of "worthier" works from which to choose.

  • @d_r_e_a_m_b_o_a_t
    @d_r_e_a_m_b_o_a_t 17 днів тому

    Yay my two favorites!! Great choices

  • @ConcordMass
    @ConcordMass 17 днів тому

    9:30, 16:14, 44:37

  • @jojijoshy5473
    @jojijoshy5473 20 днів тому

    Nice try..don't try

  • @d_r_e_a_m_b_o_a_t
    @d_r_e_a_m_b_o_a_t 21 день тому

    In the 50s with Horowitz retired, I would raise Michelangeli as the greatest pianist performing live. This and his 1957 Debussy Images are mind-blowingly good

  • @437composer
    @437composer 22 дні тому

    nice

  • @ValzainLumivix
    @ValzainLumivix 22 дні тому

    Epic!

  • @437composer
    @437composer 23 дні тому

    young beast hrowotiz

  • @437composer
    @437composer 24 дні тому

    so glad to see lyapunov perform

  • @d_r_e_a_m_b_o_a_t
    @d_r_e_a_m_b_o_a_t 24 дні тому

    Legendary score video, congratulations!

  • @johnpolhamus9041
    @johnpolhamus9041 29 днів тому

    I wondered why all the clinkers...and Ervin. Explains it.

  • @Whaijorhujishkomunyk
    @Whaijorhujishkomunyk Місяць тому

    Nice

  • @wb2287-1
    @wb2287-1 Місяць тому

    How many notes in each bundle?

  • @santiagohernandezcolin8576
    @santiagohernandezcolin8576 Місяць тому

    Thank you

  • @montanamontana80
    @montanamontana80 Місяць тому

    This is a Broadcast recording in Carnegie Hall 6 May 1940, before 3 days of his RCA studio recording 9 May 1940

  • @ConcordMass
    @ConcordMass Місяць тому

    0:05 Allegro con fuoco ma non troppo 8:01 Adagio 18:20 Presto 24:09 Allegro 19:34, 23:01 --> 23:52, 25:17 --> 25:35

  • @jinwoobae7555
    @jinwoobae7555 Місяць тому

    Winderful

  • @vashechado2896
    @vashechado2896 Місяць тому

    Спасибо большое!

  • @437composer
    @437composer Місяць тому

    horowitz fits n2 more than n1 recorded on 1936, i think, cuz he rushes straightly, coercively that make it not appreciate the length of the notes on n1 so i like n2 more. what a tragical and bravely.

  • @brent3522
    @brent3522 2 місяці тому

    I'm just amazed that he didn't forget the notes lol

  • @ciararespect4296
    @ciararespect4296 2 місяці тому

    Too much syncopation

  • @437composer
    @437composer 2 місяці тому

    im melting now

  • @d_r_e_a_m_b_o_a_t
    @d_r_e_a_m_b_o_a_t 2 місяці тому

    Fiorentino’s on my channel is my favorite (by far honestly) but this and Selivokhin are certainly runners-up!

  • @paolofrigeriomusic3691
    @paolofrigeriomusic3691 2 місяці тому

    La versione più folle. Più viva, piena di magnifici errori. Di bombe a pedale. Di scaglie di diamante. Lui crede di essere Brahms mentre compone il pezzo, e ti scaraventa nella fornace della creazione. Nel vortice del "cosa vuol dire" essere umani. Paolo italia

  • @benharmonics
    @benharmonics 2 місяці тому

    0:06 first movement: B-flat major 2:35 exposition repeat 5:07 development 7:05 recapitulation 9:45 coda 10:41 second movement: B-flat major 11:28 trio: B-flat minor 12:01 presto 12:21 scherzo recap 13:34 third movement: F-sharp minor 13:41 first theme 16:25 recitative 17:49 second theme: D major 19:31 development 1 21:33 first theme recap 24:00 recitative recap: D major 25:17 second theme recap: F-sharp major 26:57 development 2 28:33 first theme recap (partial) 29:27 coda: F-sharp major 30:44 fourth movement: B-flat major 30:44 introduction 30:44 prelude 1: ends in G-flat major 31:14 fantasia 1: G-flat major 31:33 fantasia 2: B major 31:51 fantasia 3: G-sharp minor 32:01 prelude 2: ends in A major 32:35 transition to fugue 32:52 fugue: B-flat major 32:52 part 1 32:57 opening: subject introduced 33:44 A-flat major 34:28 G-flat major: theme 2 introduced 34:43 E-flat minor: augmented subject 35:05 B-flat minor: augmented subject 35:32 A-flat major: theme 2 36:03 B minor: retrograde subject 36:40 D major: stretto 37:18 G major: inverted subject 37:47 E-flat major -> A major 38:16 part 2: double fugue 38:16 D major: chorale 39:01 B-flat major: subject returns 39:22 F major: stretto 39:54 F pedal point (false ending) 40:15 B-flat major: stretto climax 41:00 pre-coda: F pedal point 41:37 coda

    • @Janeahmon
      @Janeahmon 2 місяці тому

      Thank you! Hope you enjoyed the video.

    • @benharmonics
      @benharmonics 2 місяці тому

      @@Janeahmon I enjoyed it very much! I'll leave a separate comment about Richter's playing later.

  • @penzio7
    @penzio7 2 місяці тому

    This is my favorite nocturne of Chopin’s and I also love Lugansky’s rendition most. But it seems that this version is from a live performance, do you have any idea when and where this concert was held?😊

  • @Eliascmd
    @Eliascmd 2 місяці тому

    Sorry, but Liszt does not need to be transcribed! there are many changes that changed the character of the piece, especially towards the end. No one argues the superior technique Volodos has, but this piece does not need his input, respectfully!

    • @brent3522
      @brent3522 2 місяці тому

      Liszt encouraged this type of thing, and even did it himself a lot lol

    • @Eliascmd
      @Eliascmd Місяць тому

      @@brent3522 lol I know but only he can do it 😂😂 .. but honestly, this transcription took away the spirit of the piece. No one doubts Volodos’ amazing technique and amazing talent, I even have his transcriptions, but in this case, in my opinion, it’s not successful!

    • @user-br5ln8wu5w
      @user-br5ln8wu5w 2 дні тому

      @@Eliascmd Certainly, making changes or arrangements to a work does not necessarily mean the destruction of the spirit of the work, and can even enhance it, as in the case of Liszt, Busoni, Godowsky, but it is a dangerous practice that requires great care and sense. I am reminded of Horowitz. As you know, he was sometimes dissatisfied with Liszt's work and often made excessive changes. Horowitz called this "surgery," and what was ultimately produced by this great mad scientist was honestly nothing more than an evil chimera.

  • @Spoutnik
    @Spoutnik 2 місяці тому

    Sounds like me when drunk and pretending to be Maurizio Pollini. 😅

  • @Lircking
    @Lircking 2 місяці тому

    damn

  • @fredphipps9452
    @fredphipps9452 3 місяці тому

    Fab! thanks for posting

  • @Rach-Fanatic
    @Rach-Fanatic 3 місяці тому

    This recording is by far the best. The only issue I would have is that some segments are played to slow, but those are overshadowed by the rest. The pianists power and musical expressions are amazing for a relatively modern pianist. He gives thought to every note. The hidden melody he plays in the third movement struck me with awe. This sonata really is amazing, and highly underplayed because of its length. The intro tempo at the start of the 2 movement his you deep into the sole. Rachmaninoff, I believe is, in a way, the opposite of Scriabin. Scriabin reached farthest into the transcendental realm of music, while Rachmaninoff went deeper into the heart than any composer has. His music has matured to a level that most people haven’t. I always wondered why people don’t fully appreciate him and his work, and it’s for that reason.

    • @Janeahmon
      @Janeahmon 3 місяці тому

      Very well said! A very underappreciated pianist and piece

    • @RaineriHakkarainen
      @RaineriHakkarainen 16 днів тому

      Victor Eresko is the best Rach sonata no 1! Eresko's coda 3rd movt much better than Botkin's!

    • @Rach-Fanatic
      @Rach-Fanatic 16 днів тому

      @@RaineriHakkarainen I would disagree. In fact, there is no “good” recording. Botkin had a very great interpretation for all movements. He had very powerful rubato, and a strong performance. Not everything is boring. it is also really stretched out, But musically it definitely is the best. 3rd movement voicing he had done was the best. Botkin performance is the best we have right now.

  • @JaquesCioran
    @JaquesCioran 3 місяці тому

    B R U T A L ... (thanks for the recording) ...

  • @elagabalusrex390
    @elagabalusrex390 3 місяці тому

    One of the worst classical piano recordings I have ever heard. The over-inflated dynamics, the inexplicable fluctuations of tempo, the profusion of wrong notes and phrasings - altogether I don't even know how to sum it up. Even Paderewski at the end was playing better than this, for goodness sake. (Before everybody excoriates me with their replies - I am aware that Nyiregyhazi was a good pianist at one time in his career, and have heard some recordings by him of other pieces that I've liked quite a lot. But he clearly was out of practice by the time he made this, and I don't think it even remotely reflects what he was in his prime).

  • @bosu37
    @bosu37 3 місяці тому

    I’ve struggled with giving Brahms proper listening time beyond the flashy Paganini variations, 3rd symphony, or intermezzi, but this is fantastic.

  • @ronl7131
    @ronl7131 3 місяці тому

    Energetic sound world

  • @Groglor
    @Groglor 3 місяці тому

    Where did you get the bands?

    • @Janeahmon
      @Janeahmon 3 місяці тому

      They are US Dollar bans for $1 bills. I got them from the bank when I ordered $1400 in one dollar bills. I couldn’t get canadian dollar bands.

  • @kaleidoscopio5
    @kaleidoscopio5 3 місяці тому

    The playing is terrible but the conception of the piece is in the level of genius. He made love this piece 😁

  • @437composer
    @437composer 3 місяці тому

    27:25 Scherzo

  • @recel503
    @recel503 3 місяці тому

    Worst pianist ever

    • @Janeahmon
      @Janeahmon 3 місяці тому

      Well in your opinion, who is the best?

    • @recel503
      @recel503 3 місяці тому

      @@Janeahmon best pianist ever is probably Michelangeli but my fav is Horowitz

    • @Janeahmon
      @Janeahmon 3 місяці тому

      @@recel503 Yes, Michelangeli is superb and his recordings of famous concertos such as Grieg and Rachmoninoff are my favourite recordings and similarly my favourite pianist is also Horiwitz. Your original comment is wrong. In these recordings just relisten to the immense musicality and lyrical sound of the quieter pieces which shows the complexity of the interpretations. He is not to your liking probably because of his crazy loud and messy playing in the other ones but saying he is the worst is just incorrect because he is a professional pianist who has played extremely hard repertoire such as Liszt Concerto and Liszt’s hardest ever piece Beethoven Symphony 9 really well, making him an exceptionally talented pianist. Its just a few recordings I have seen of him such as the 6th etude that are played like Nyiregyhazi and you label him as the worst pianist ever from just that. Any other with an experienced musical mind would say that he has accomplished with his interpretations and/or in any case fascinating/interesting indeed. As such it is incorrect to say he is the “worst pianist ever.”The worst pianist would be like a 4 year old who cant play. In my opinion Volondat is leagues ahead most of modern pianists. What is your reasoning?

  • @F.Adebiyi
    @F.Adebiyi 3 місяці тому

    Beautifully performed. The Pierre Alain Volondat takes hold of time itself, and manipulates it to his own will. The will of the music.

  • @alexandrafol
    @alexandrafol 3 місяці тому

    This is phenomenal. Thank you for uploading!

  • @TheodoreNelsonBedford
    @TheodoreNelsonBedford 3 місяці тому

    10:00

  • @katrmior
    @katrmior 3 місяці тому

    The absolute best recordings around! thank you very much for honouring them in such a way. I so wish he had recorded them all

    • @Janeahmon
      @Janeahmon 3 місяці тому

      Thank you for your comment!! Glad you can always enjoy my videos and channel where I honour great underrated pianists. If you have any more requests for recordings you can always suggest them and I will take a look. Thank you for this request!!

  • @10lulu18
    @10lulu18 3 місяці тому

    My favorite recording! Thanks for uploading this!