Vieeeeeelen Dank für das Recital des großen Pianisten: Makelloses Klavierspiel, voll von musikalischen Eiinfällen, die man so von Anderen nicht hört. Ganz wunderbar dieser apollinische Zugriff auf die Waldsteinsonate, ich liebe es, so wie er spielt, meisterhaft und authentisch.
Josef, it says Allegro con brio, not Presto possibile 😂 but he could pull it off and he knew it. Love the subtle rubato and changes of tempo to suit the mood of each section.
@@HofmannScores Why? I'm probably just very obtuse but I cannot see the surreal... the left hand "smacks" (for lack of a better word) work perfectly in, for example, Chopin's Ballade 4. But I don't see the vision here.
Brilliant technical virtuosity, but the whole thing seemed to lack poetry. Quiet passages played loud and everything seemed rushed. I’m really disappointed.
Set the speed to -85 and it becomes beautiful music again instead of a race. Old recordings invariably undergo a tempo change because of a change in the playback medium. 😘
Golden Jubilee next?👀
Yess
certainty
The holy grail of piano recitals
Imagine having Hofmann as artistic director and actively trying to force him out.
It is incredible that this WHOLE concert is preserved forever!
I don't like the way he performed the Waldstein. Too fast and too airy.
I’ve never seen a pianist with such absolute control over his playing. Mr. Hofmann is truly on a different level.
Just how many pianists have You seen? I've seen/heard many.
Vieeeeeelen Dank für das Recital des großen Pianisten:
Makelloses Klavierspiel, voll von musikalischen Eiinfällen,
die man so von Anderen nicht hört. Ganz wunderbar dieser
apollinische Zugriff auf die Waldsteinsonate, ich liebe es, so
wie er spielt, meisterhaft und authentisch.
I don’t understand how this kind of playing is possible
Set the speed to -85 and it becomes music again. Old recordings invariably undergo a tempo change when played back on modern equipment.
@ if that’s the case, then there would be a pitch change. The tempo is characteristic of hofmann
Great capture of music performance history
i love how when it was written ff it never scared hofmann.
One of the three or four greatest piano recitals ever recorded-amazing job on this video!
Agreed, but what are your others ?
Imagine if pianists had played Beethoven this way 😍😍.
Incredible recital, absolutely love it
Simply overwhelming.
A wonderful treasure, thank you!!
Totally fresh and inspiring music making !
Omg thank you for this!
Wow, how amazing!
Absolutely unique! Waldstein sonata, a precursor to Boogie Woogie.
Someone ought to create a boogie woogie version of the Waldstein.
Josef, it says Allegro con brio, not Presto possibile 😂 but he could pull it off and he knew it. Love the subtle rubato and changes of tempo to suit the mood of each section.
"Tempos were slower back in the day. We are reading the metronome markings wrongly!"
There is a quote “by” hofmann that he deliberately sped up for this piece compare to his contemporaries because it is a boring piece when played slow
Its your peak video i believe.
Hofmann in the Ballade 4 is incredibly Battistini-pilled.
Truly one of the greatest Chopin recordings (and any recording for that matter!) ever made....
@ If Mattia Battistini was a pianist he’d 100% play like that.
What do you think about the waldstein performance? For me it never gets old.
Same here. It's my favorite Waldstein recording,
@@HofmannScores Why? I'm probably just very obtuse but I cannot see the surreal... the left hand "smacks" (for lack of a better word) work perfectly in, for example, Chopin's Ballade 4. But I don't see the vision here.
The description is absolutely heartbreaking. So much lost potential...
Especially seeing the current state of conservatories such as Curtis are at now......
based hofmann!!!
Actually you can’t do score vid for met because chromaticon score isn’t found right😅😅
Ikr, I've been looking on heaven and earth.
Shura Cherkassky performed it several times in the early 1980's, meaning he had a source... must be out there somewhere!
Beethoven als schnelle Etüde? 😂
No one should attempt to play this since Hofmann's performance- out of respect for art.
Brilliant technical virtuosity, but the whole thing seemed to lack poetry. Quiet passages played loud and everything seemed rushed. I’m really disappointed.
Set the speed to -85 and it becomes beautiful music again instead of a race. Old recordings invariably undergo a tempo change because of a change in the playback medium. 😘
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