Benno Moiseiwitsch plays Schumann's Kreisleriana (1961 rec.)
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- Опубліковано 23 лип 2017
- Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Kreisleriana, Opus 16
1. Äusserst bewegt, in D minor
2. Sehr innig, in B flat major
3. Sehr aufgeregt, in G minor
4. Sehr langsam, in B flat major
5. Sehr lebhaft, in G minor
6. Sehr langsam, in B flat major
7. Sehr rasch, in C minor/E flat major
8. Schnell und spielend, in G minor
Benno Moiseiwitsch (1890-1963), piano
BBC Broadcast recording, 1961
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I was at his last three Promenade concerts: two performance of Rach 2, and one of Beethoven's Emperor.
I have never forgotten his playing.
He integrated himself into Schumann's music completely, it sounds as if he composed this piece himself! Great unity and beauty through the piece.
His first wife, Daisy Kennedy, told me Schumann was his favourite composer.
this has always been one of my favourite readings of this piece alongside Horowitz, Hofmann and Cortot. his poetic freedom in phrasing and tempo as well as his lively rhythm are an art which is now largely lost. I like how he takes so many risks, sometimes even losing control in service of the music.
All these are great, and also listen to Annie Fischer and Yves Nat.
I am insanely enamoured of Moiseiwitsch (if you'll forgive my effusiveness!)…the more I listen to his playing the more I am totally enraptured by it. His romantic temperament was ideal for Schumann…he is alert to the kaleidoscopic colours and textures of Schumann's sound world…he conveys the passion but also the poetry in the more intimate passages. This is a wonderful recording, one to savour and return to again and again!
I agree with every word you have written.
I'm am in 100% agreement with everything you've said.
He loved Schumann, not just his music, but also the human being. It comes out in all of his Schuman playing.
I love Moiseiwitsch plays Schumann's music in a Romeo style, as he has always been.
There's no lack of speed, energy and power from this 71-year-old - perhaps even a little bit too much at times! But there's also that marvellous tonal control and sense of phrasing ...
Despite some imperfections it's one of the most convincing, poetic version of the piece that I've ever heard...
Wow, it sounds to me as he knows Schumann. However, since I don' know what Schumann actually dreamed of, so it would be more accurate to say I see the pianist's dreaming by his playing. Thank you for sharing this masterpiece of record.
He professed to loving Schumann more than any other composer
Gorgeous! You can’t ask for more. This has that world of hidden sonority so necessary to bring out Schumann’s deepest thought.
My Great Uncle Benno!!!!
He reveals his wonderful mastership on the piano in Schumann's Kreisleriana, lyric approach in the 'Eusebius' and mastering the most difficult 'Florestan' passages with adequate technique and passion, although there is an overall control missing in general. But it doesn't matter IMO, this piece is very difficult.
Benno Moiseiwitsch the poet!
My great-grandgrandgrannnd father..
Awesome ! Thanks for posting !
Моисеевич вообще мой любимый пианист
Лучше Шумана никто не передал в звуках музыки мир Гофмана.И никто лучше Бенно(из известных мне интерпретаций Крейслерианы)не исполнил это сочинение.❤
what does cigarette do for this pose?
Many great pianists (and great composers for that matter) were heavy smokers...
It would be probably easier to cite the great pianists who weren't... I think Gould was too hypochondriac to smoke, but Rachmaninov, Cortot, Gilels, Michelangeli, Horowitz, Richter, Arrau, Rubinstein all did. Not sure about Hofmann and Gieseking, though the smart money is probably on smokers.
Btw not only pianists, many people in general smoked a lot in the past!
Smoking was considered quite chic and stylish right up to the 1990's. In the 1960's nobody mentioned anybodys' cigarette smoking until they got up to three(!) packs a day and only then was it seen to be worth commenting about.
@@morinoroba Hai - a terrible addiction. 🤢