L'op. 16 di Rachmanopff l'ho ascoltata per la prima volta questa registrazione. Ero giovane ,e non sapeva cosa mi aspettava ma nella mia stanza, in attesa degli eventi futuri, mi consolavo con questo pianista lirico
What overwhelms me here is the absolute poetry that comes out of Lazar Berman's piano. Every inflection, every silence, every restraint, every delay, every nuance, even the most minute, is sumptuously sculpted and chiseled. Such a piano is one of the most unattainable peaks. And this is not the RUSSIAN SCHOOL, no. It is about Lazar Berman.
Many years have passed since I heard the studio recording. I had not realized the transparency of his playing, which maybe did not present itself in the studio. This is an incredible find! Many decades ago, I studied with Hans Graf (pianist) in Vienna, Austria. Berman had not yet toured the United States, and was therefore only a legend to us students. I was with Graf in his living room, playing the Liszt Wilde Jagd, and mentioned Berman's recording of it as staying so vividly in my memory. Graf responded, "Oh, he stayed here when he came to Vienna. He practiced on the piano where you are sitting." To an ambitious student trying to put everything together for the first time, those tales are magical. Graf told me some things about him that at least made him a bit more human to me, but his playing remains on a pedestal. (I love the way he sings to himself in a live performance.)
@John Spradling, I love this story...it reminds me of a time when my professor said "Try this fingering that Michelangeli uses" and I replied you know him? "Oh my dear, we were lovers when we were young students!" Berman's playing is exquisite; deep, long lines, and the structure is there. I have recently heard some performances of these pieces that were wispy and rambling, and this recording reminds me of how much he understands the pieces he performs.
As long as such recordings exist on earth, there' will be healing and hope. Great poet, what an understanding of the instrument, no tricks like so many others today, but pure Rachmaninoff music. Mr. Berman, return soon. Thank you for uploading!
This really is an amazing performance - or rather amazing performances with each of the moments musicaux characterised and played with such colour and joy. I knew the studio performance, and I heard Berman in London back in the late 70s - but this is wonderful.
What a musician and what a pianist! You hear it from the very first sounds. Greate left hand! I am not going to discuss everything, because I could write a book about it. Amazing beauty!
Lazar Berman The second-hardest hitter of The piano! Berman The second-rated player! Mikhail Pletnev The hardest hitter of The piano! THE greatest pianists of All Time Are really Artur Rubinstein Grigory Sokolov Emil Gilels Radu Lupu Mikhail Pletnev Sviatoslav Richter Maurizio Pollini Vladimir Ashkenazy Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky Solomon Cutner Maria Grinberg Natalia Trull
Bellísimo, lo amo. Especial para inicio del Otoño en nuestras Latitudes. Para suavizar dulcemente un amor impostor. Y acompañar otro 24 afirmando la Justicia. "Nací para amar". Che
L'op. 16 di Rachmanopff l'ho ascoltata per la prima volta questa registrazione. Ero giovane ,e non sapeva cosa mi aspettava ma nella mia stanza, in attesa degli eventi futuri, mi consolavo con questo pianista lirico
I once rode on a city bus with him. He was exactly as I imagined him. Dignified, relaxed, kind of looked like a bum, but I knew better.
How ignorant can one be to dislike this...
What overwhelms me here is the absolute poetry that comes out of Lazar Berman's piano. Every inflection, every silence, every restraint, every delay, every nuance, even the most minute, is sumptuously sculpted and chiseled. Such a piano is one of the most unattainable peaks. And this is not the RUSSIAN SCHOOL, no. It is about Lazar Berman.
Many years have passed since I heard the studio recording. I had not realized the transparency of his playing, which maybe did not present itself in the studio. This is an incredible find! Many decades ago, I studied with Hans Graf (pianist) in Vienna, Austria. Berman had not yet toured the United States, and was therefore only a legend to us students. I was with Graf in his living room, playing the Liszt Wilde Jagd, and mentioned Berman's recording of it as staying so vividly in my memory. Graf responded, "Oh, he stayed here when he came to Vienna. He practiced on the piano where you are sitting." To an ambitious student trying to put everything together for the first time, those tales are magical. Graf told me some things about him that at least made him a bit more human to me, but his playing remains on a pedestal. (I love the way he sings to himself in a live performance.)
@John Spradling, I love this story...it reminds me of a time when my professor said "Try this fingering that Michelangeli uses" and I replied you know him? "Oh my dear, we were lovers when we were young students!" Berman's playing is exquisite; deep, long lines, and the structure is there. I have recently heard some performances of these pieces that were wispy and rambling, and this recording reminds me of how much he understands the pieces he performs.
As long as such recordings exist on earth, there' will be healing and hope. Great poet, what an understanding of the instrument, no tricks like so many others today, but pure Rachmaninoff music. Mr. Berman, return soon. Thank you for uploading!
Sensational virtuoso....Wow! BRAVO from Acapulco!
......and really compares Favorably with Pogorelić!
This really is an amazing performance - or rather amazing performances with each of the moments musicaux characterised and played with such colour and joy. I knew the studio performance, and I heard Berman in London back in the late 70s - but this is wonderful.
What a musician and what a pianist! You hear it from the very first sounds. Greate left hand! I am not going to discuss everything, because I could write a book about it. Amazing beauty!
This is incredible. One of the best rachmaninoff interpretations i've heard.
10:44 Extraordinaire, dans l'andante en si mineur ! Je ne l'ai jamais entendu joué comme ça !
Lazar Berman is a ROCK STAR
Lazar Berman The second-hardest hitter of The piano! Berman The second-rated player! Mikhail Pletnev The hardest hitter of The piano! THE greatest pianists of All Time Are really Artur Rubinstein Grigory Sokolov Emil Gilels Radu Lupu Mikhail Pletnev Sviatoslav Richter Maurizio Pollini Vladimir Ashkenazy Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky Solomon Cutner Maria Grinberg Natalia Trull
More like the Plato of music.
speachless...
Bravo!
Superb, I like this even better than his studio recording of the same piece.
Гениально!
mooi !
ROCKmaninov
Bellísimo, lo amo. Especial para inicio del Otoño en nuestras Latitudes. Para suavizar dulcemente un amor impostor. Y acompañar otro 24 afirmando la Justicia. "Nací para amar". Che
Argentina? que lindo encontrar hispanohablantes en estas latitudes!
WOW GREAT !! ❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
23:00 Maestoso
❤️❤️❤️
mandou muito 🔥
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18:53 Adagio
Прекрасное чувственное с глубоким собственным пониманием исполнение!
Великолепно!
Браво!
На уровне Михаила Воскресенского. Почти.
I thought piano was a cold, mecanical and dull instrument untill I dscoverd Lazar Bergman, thanks for sharing!
Presto 15:43
His version of this and lola astanova's I like.
15:43 Presto
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