it is because you are looking to Rubenstain But if I put my vídeo playing this work and with this audio ,you will disagree about me because I am not him, I mean ... this performance is not so great And special like you describe
Well, I'd disagree with you as I was seeking for a good performance for this exact etude of Chopin and I really found that this recording is the best. If you have a better track to share, please do me a favor.
The sound, the rubato! The poise and grandeur, such first class artistry! Thank you for sharing this testament of such a generous, fervent-hearted artist!
No histrionics, no grimacing, no dramatic gesticulation- how on earth is one supposed to know what the artist is experiencing as he plays? It’s called humility before the music, something the current crop of self absorbed pianists often lack.
@@man0sticks That was his way, and it was, and is, magnificent. But, other pianists have other ways, and that doesn't matter, if the end product, the music, is magnificent.
His sensitivity and musicality can only be described as heavenly. When I heard him live in London in around 1970 his playing affected me with his magic and genius for ever. He was a true musician !!!
Nobody plays this piece better then this performance of Rubinstein - words cannot describe the beauty and majesty of his playing, I am simply floored by its beauty......and nobody plays like that today!
This is unique. He seems to be the only one who is able to play this the way it was meant. Only when Rubinstein plays this, you understand the piece. Only when Rubinstein plays it, it becomes music. Bravo!
Where Chopin is concerned, Rubinstein hits the nail right on the head. This really is musical playing. Wonderful! So pure, heart-felt, warm, poetic. Such phrasing has not been heard since his passing.
This is how i remember rubinstein at live concerts. I went to many. Just to sit there and watch him and all this music just flowed out of him. And then i would go around london for days afterwards in a heaven!
Oh my God! Bursting out in tears! I've never heard this take before, and I sure have never heard any pianist let the middle voice take shape so elegantly and naturally as Rubinstein in this clip (at 0:57). Te quiero, Arturo!
I'm working on Opus 25... and this is probably the easiest technically but by far the most difficult musically to perform, especially keeping the inside notes as accompaniment and not so prevalent. And here Rubenstein is, just playing it so naturally and beautifully. He doesn't even have to think, it's just a part of him. Amazing. It's a gift.
This is without a doubt the best interpretation of Chopin's pacing and volume/sensitivity dynamics for this piece that I've heard on UA-cam. Rubinstein's delicate touch on those sweet spots are like evaporating mist - pianissimo at its best! His ritardandos and accelerandos are phenomenal! I completely love how he shapes and colors this beautiful Etude. Who else plays it like this? Please let me know 😊
Beautiful. This man has always mastered the art of passionate playing. I only regret that I wasn't born earlier enough to enjoy any of his performances live :(
In my life, I have never heard such beautiful and masterful phrasing of a melody. His other performances/recordings don't come close to this. Phrasing is a hard thing to do, and this guy is literally making the piano talk or sing to you. Wonderful.
I guess Rubinstein's discography would like to fullfill this wish. However, as far as I know Rubinstein very rarely recorded some Chopin Etudes (like Krystian Zimerman by the way). On his Moscow recital Rubinstein played 4 Etudes. That's the most I heard. 😍
For me, Rubinstein is the supreme interpreter of my favorite composer. He is just sublime. The beauty of the music, the integrity and poetry of his playing - just the best. Thank you so much for this.
In addition to this being such a beautiful performance, check out AR's technique & mechanics. Perfect posture. No wasted or unnecessary movement whatsoever. Totally relaxed !
I heard Rubinstein play Chopin live in London in about 1970. He was so magical and unique, that the concert changed my life. I will never forget his magical touch, musical flair and stage presence.
As I young piano student years ago, I had a chance to meet & talk with Rubinstein before & after a recital at Bucknell U. He played this etude. It does look effortless. He had a large, very square hand; his fingers, when held together, were almost even in length. He needed little motion of the hands at all. It was all in the fingers, which, when you shook hands with him, felt completely independent of the palm. He was wonderful in every way.
Well said. Music should always first and foremost, be appreciated for the vibrations of the sound, not the appeal of the look. When music manages to impress on bare vibrations, it shows its pure beauty.
It's curious that I also think the same when I hear or play this etude... I think Chopin was able to express like, all the beauty in the world in this short masterpiece... Impressive. And this is also the best interpretation I've ever heard!! Bravo!
Arthur Rubinstein Alfred Cortot will cross Centuries , Cortot since 1933 * recording studies * Rubinstein since 1967 * recording Mazurkas ; two unsurpassable records !
you call me a poser, where do you study, who is your teacher, wat competitions have you played in? any awards? have you ever competed at all? does anyone ask you to play for them? you have almost nothing at all on your channel. ''technical stupidness'' thats laughable, focusing on technique to learn an etude properly is ''technical stupidness''. and you should know, most 'normal' people dont play piano well. its takes something a little more than average.
the people arguing with me probably dont even play, and if they do their technique is probably not good because the use of 4 and 5 is to stretch the web in the right hand and develop wrist movement, which they ignore because theyre lazy or uncoordinated. chopin did not have large hands, and he talked about wanting to exceed the limitations having a small hand. op.10 no.1 has the same stretch. if youre not developing these techniques you havent taken anything beneficial from the etude
@alejandrothefader the whole comment was sarcastic. and you keep pointing out what thge music sounds like when the purpose is all for technique. the point of 5/4 is for a smaller hand to maximize wrist movement. by playing 5/4 you use wide circular movements, again the etudesm purpose is to strech the hand. why do an exercise if youre going to do it wrong. hes a bad example to young piansts here
@alejandrothefader playing an etude with the wrong fingering is like doing a workout and using your whole body to substitute lifting with a specific muscle. The 5/4 fingering is to stretch the web and maximize wrist movement. It's one thing to play a chopin etude, but to play well is another. Remember, Chopin wrote the music, not Rubinstein The 5/4 fingering is one of the aims in this study
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@alejandrothefader fine, you're the genius here right? You know more than Chopin obviously. Maybe Chopin should be studying your etudes. Hey, maybe we should all study Alejandros etudes because his theory on piano technique is what changed the musical definition of etudes. Yeah you are the real genius here buddy
@alejandrothefader you make alot of sense. Rubinstein is the genius. After all he made the career out of playing Chopin. Rubinstein is the inventor and innovator. Yeah Rubinstein is the real genius here. Not Chopin, he's just some guy who wrote all this music, he's not important....
i agree as well, i am acomplished pianist and he is so relaxed that it shows in his performance he has complete flexibility in his hands because he's not worried about what the audience think.
Artur Rubinstein przyjeżdżał do pobliskich mi Przytuł do dworu Grochowskich, spotykał się tam z Franzem Fiszerem z pobliskich Ław. dziś pozostała resztówka dworskiego parku i kilka prastarych wierzb pamiętających muzyką Chopina.
@alejandrothefader @anonymousQ45 to mr.anonymous I ask: does Chopin's score say anything about the fingering? an etude is for the pianist to solve it, like a sort of puzzle or challenge. If you're able to play it and make it sound musical and sound, as Rubinstein does, who cares if he's using 3-5 or 4-5? The score doesn't say: ¨this must be played using 4-5¨. Who do you think you are to say: he's using the wrong fingering??? Why don't you record yourself playing this and let us judge you?
@anonymousQ45 I have played it, but my aim, and I suspect Rubinstein's aim, was to play it as a piece of music. It's not ultimately just a technical exercise; the music matters here, and if the music works better for Rubinstein using his particular choice of fingering, then that's what he should use. The idea that everyone has to use exactly the same fingering regardless of the shape of their hands, the length of their fingers, the choice of tempo, the intended touch etc. is not sustaintable.
@anonymousQ45 "To impose a fingering cannot logically adapt itself to the different formations of the hand." - Debussy. Although some fingerings for a particular piece are more popular than others, the most appropriate form varies from pianist to pianist; not all hands and techniques are the same. There is no such thing as right and wrong fingering; the end result is what should be judged, and the end result works very well here.
@nearenough3 You have a sense of humor -or are a very young immature person and not a musician. Each Artist has their own value as an interpreter. As Rubinstein said himself there is no such thing as " best" just different -especially when you get to this level of performance. It's OK to be a fan but to say the things you have said about great artists actually demeans you and really gives us a good picture of you as a person -not that most would really feel it worth while to converse with you.
Some people tend to talk... differently when commenting on classical music. While it can be pompous, some people actually mean what they say. To say "It was good." leaves some people hanging, so they try their best to match their opinions to the music, which almost always fails. This is what we have classical music journalists for, so they can say "...and yet, there was something so reminiscent to the pagan virtuosity of Eduardo the magnificent". You have a point, if a vulgar one.
It is so beautifull and so beautifully played. But if you wish to listen to Arthur Rubeinstein at his best click here in U-Tube ..Chopin-Heroic Polonaise Opus 53 interpreted by Rubeinstein. It is heavenly ! Rubinstein had to have Chopin's spirit inside his soul in oder to achieve so much perfection. The great Polish composer and Rubinstein are immortal.
Difference between expressing yourself and insulting others. Pretty obvious really. Expressing yourself = "I think this". Not "Shut the hell up". Hahahahaha. It might be a strange concept TO YOU, but some people can connect emotionally with certain music. Visual artists such as Kandinsky and have been exploring this concept for almost about 100 years!
look at his fingers...yet again. They are motionless...that is dexterity. If i were to play this (which i may for my Amus Exam)...im pretty sure my fingers would be flailing all over the place...arpeggios are not my friend. But look at rubeinsteings fingers...they just seem to flow over the piano keys like water...
Hah PNOplayer92, what are you talking about... Rubinstein well known for NOT showing emotion??? I find it funny aswell, if I were to believe you, how he managed to make every single person in the audience 'believe' that he showed emotion. Do your research next time before posting bs.
@Gluberbloob For Rubinstein, it was NOT that easy. Despite his wonderful mastery of Chopin (et al) he chose not to record the etudes. This information is something I heard many years ago, and if someone knows that it is wrong please point out my error.
I think his interpretation by Rubinstein sets the example to follow. Close to the upper limit of expression for this etude but always within measure, as was usual for him. In contrast, Horowitz plays this a bit too schmaltzy and finicky, as he did often.
man i wish everyone would stop talking like they FEEL da musiK ''oh such beauty such grace such elagance so magnificent so magical'' shut the hell up. it was fucking good leave it at that. jesus i don't think some people realise how fake they sound.
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it is because you are looking to Rubenstain But if I put my vídeo playing this work and with this audio ,you will disagree about me because I am not him, I mean ... this performance is not so great And special like you describe
Darth Vader true
Well, I'd disagree with you as I was seeking for a good performance for this exact etude of Chopin and I really found that this recording is the best. If you have a better track to share, please do me a favor.
@@ruzannach Take a listen to Yeol Eun Son----she plays it with more color, less tempo fluctuation, and greater poetry
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THERES ALWAYS THAT ONE COUGH!
Cheydow right after i finished reading this i notice that cough too XD
+Cheydow One cough? That poor fellow's having a coughing fit!
They shouldn't let tuburcolosis patients into the concerts I keep saying it and they keep ignoring me
@@ccccoooooollll Omg same lol, it was as if it was on cue xD
Where's bugs bunny with a handgun when you need him? lol
The sound, the rubato!
The poise and grandeur, such first class artistry!
Thank you for sharing this testament of such a generous, fervent-hearted artist!
how still he is at the paino, unfussy and in total control, a true master. He could probably play chess at the same time !
No histrionics, no grimacing, no dramatic gesticulation- how on earth is one supposed to know what the artist is experiencing as he plays? It’s called humility before the music, something the current crop of self absorbed pianists often lack.
@@man0sticks That was his way, and it was, and is, magnificent.
But, other pianists have other ways, and that doesn't matter, if the end product, the music, is magnificent.
@@man0sticks why are you watching music should be listening to it
I've heard this piece many times, and this is one of the tenderest and memorable. I'm sad so few of the public ever get to hear it. Wonderful.
His sensitivity and musicality can only be described as heavenly. When I heard him live in London in around 1970 his playing affected me with his magic and genius for ever. He was a true musician !!!
how old are you this year
What a treat it must have been to hear him live, I am so envious!
Wow, I used to spin Rubinstein records back in the day. I had forgotten how musical his playing was. This was just magical.
this is how this etude was meant to be played
How do you know?
Ah yes because Chopin rose from his grave and told you
@@marshan1226 Beautiful answer to a stupid comment !! Till today I thought Mr. Ya O had a cup of coffee with Chopin....
@@12brunoparis hippie
This kind of bullshit answer js what chopin wouldve hated the most. He encouraged creativity and improvisation
ルービンシュタインはなんらかの理由でエチュード全曲の録音はしませんでした。それだけに、単独の曲にしても彼のエチュード演奏を
聴けるのは大変貴重であり、幸せであります。
Nobody plays this piece better then this performance of Rubinstein - words cannot describe the beauty and majesty of his playing, I am simply floored by its beauty......and nobody plays like that today!
there is also Alfred Cortot , Cortot- Rubinstein. ..
This is unique. He seems to be the only one who is able to play this the way it was meant. Only when Rubinstein plays this, you understand the piece. Only when Rubinstein plays it, it becomes music.
Bravo!
So very True!!!!! I heard him play it live at age 16. Indescribably Sublime. Many were reduced to tears...
When you're having a tough time, and everything's going wrong, listen to this... enough said?
AR: I don't always play play Chopin Etudes, but when I do...
Where Chopin is concerned, Rubinstein hits the nail right on the head. This really is musical playing. Wonderful! So pure, heart-felt, warm, poetic. Such phrasing has not been heard since his passing.
This is how i remember rubinstein at live concerts. I went to many. Just to sit there and watch him and all this music just flowed out of him. And then i would go around london for days afterwards in a heaven!
That sound... that sound... just heavenly
Oh my God! Bursting out in tears! I've never heard this take before, and I sure have never heard any pianist let the middle voice take shape so elegantly and naturally as Rubinstein in this clip (at 0:57). Te quiero, Arturo!
True, but also listen to Cortot bring out that voice.
Los nombres propios no se traducen. Su nombre es Artur.
Listen to Cortot
@@iggykarpov and Horowitz in his very last recording.
tempo, phrasing, artistry all perfect! Not just mechanical - but with meaning.
Couldn't agree more.
Somehow Rubinstein always makes music seem so effortless. Life is indeed worth living!
Wonderful performance! WOW!!!!!!
When I hear this kind of playing I just can't imagine it being played any other way - he does it just right.
Best version I've heard of this etude, and impressively it is a live performance! Rubinstein's singing tone is phenomenal in this piece.
ahhh...it makes me cry...its the most beautiful chopin i've ever heard,he indeed is a genius
Wow this piano is sharp. Amazing performance though!
So lucky I got to see him twice.
You lucky person
I'm working on Opus 25... and this is probably the easiest technically but by far the most difficult musically to perform, especially keeping the inside notes as accompaniment and not so prevalent. And here Rubenstein is, just playing it so naturally and beautifully. He doesn't even have to think, it's just a part of him. Amazing. It's a gift.
This is without a doubt the best interpretation of Chopin's pacing and volume/sensitivity dynamics for this piece that I've heard on UA-cam. Rubinstein's delicate touch on those sweet spots are like evaporating mist - pianissimo at its best! His ritardandos and accelerandos are phenomenal! I completely love how he shapes and colors this beautiful Etude. Who else plays it like this? Please let me know 😊
Beautiful. This man has always mastered the art of passionate playing. I only regret that I wasn't born earlier enough to enjoy any of his performances live :(
I was there
Rubinstein is the best Chopin interpret i have heard, spectacular.
by far the best performance I've ever heard of this piece
Rubinstein is één van de beste Chopinvertolkers ooit, misschien wel de beste
It’s my ninth year of piano studies and I grew up with Rubinstein
In my life, I have never heard such beautiful and masterful phrasing of a melody. His other performances/recordings don't come close to this. Phrasing is a hard thing to do, and this guy is literally making the piano talk or sing to you. Wonderful.
How desperately I wish Rubinstein's discography included the etudes in their entirety.
I guess Rubinstein's discography would like to fullfill this wish. However, as far as I know Rubinstein very rarely recorded some Chopin Etudes (like Krystian Zimerman by the way). On his Moscow recital Rubinstein played 4 Etudes. That's the most I heard. 😍
The kid coughing in the background :(
バックにオケが聴こえてくるような錯覚がある
For me, Rubinstein is the supreme interpreter of my favorite composer. He is just sublime. The beauty of the music, the integrity and poetry of his playing - just the best. Thank you so much for this.
I always hated this étude...until today. What a wonderful phrasing with a sublime tone cantabile! just amazing...
Rubinstein forever :)
Like a water flows...!!!Magic
I like this interpretation. :) now I'm learning this etude .
In addition to this being such a beautiful performance, check out AR's technique & mechanics. Perfect posture. No wasted or unnecessary movement whatsoever. Totally relaxed !
The arpeggios in the left hand flow like water, and the right-hand melody floats above, clear as crystal. There was and is no one like him.
I heard Rubinstein play Chopin live in London in about 1970. He was so magical and unique, that the concert changed my life. I will never forget his magical touch, musical flair and stage presence.
The Greatest of All Time
As I young piano student years ago, I had a chance to meet & talk with Rubinstein before & after a recital at Bucknell U. He played this etude. It does look effortless. He had a large, very square hand; his fingers, when held together, were almost even in length. He needed little motion of the hands at all. It was all in the fingers, which, when you shook hands with him, felt completely independent of the palm. He was wonderful in every way.
If my crush was audio, this would be it.
His posture is absolutely amazing...speaking as one who hunches over the piano, I LOVE watching him play...and listening, of course...
WOW!
Maravilloso, apenas toca el teclado, acaricia simplemente!!, inmortal
l believe it is a bit higher in pitch than usual, maybe due to the difference in the freq. of A at the time
probably pitch error due to recording on vinyl and digitizing at not exactly same speed
+Johann Sebastian Bach - "A" was still 440 cps then as it is today.
@@lagunagreg4019 hmmm
Wrong.
Well said. Music should always first and foremost, be appreciated for the vibrations of the sound, not the appeal of the look. When music manages to impress on bare vibrations, it shows its pure beauty.
This man was a real genius, not only an incredible pianist but also one of the greatest chess player of ever!
It's curious that I also think the same when I hear or play this etude... I think Chopin was able to express like, all the beauty in the world in this short masterpiece... Impressive.
And this is also the best interpretation I've ever heard!! Bravo!
The performance by Rubinstein is outstanding but the recording machine does not do his superior work justice.
Brillante maestro Rubinstein
I made a tutorial for this on my channel. Wish I could play as well as Rubinstein does here though... It's perfect.
Arthur Rubinstein Alfred Cortot will cross Centuries , Cortot since 1933 * recording studies * Rubinstein since 1967 * recording Mazurkas ; two unsurpassable records !
Maestro, masterpiece, ...
See u space Cowboy....
The best in Chopin!
Fucking Genius
My childhood
00:57
古い映像にも関わらず、音がすごくクリアで輝いているようにすら聞こえる。
さすが、この人の演奏会の後のステージを掃除したら音符でバケツ一杯になった、という話が生まれるだけある。
また、ルービンシュタインにせよホロビッツにせよ、巨匠と呼ばれるピアニストは演奏する時殆ど上半身を動かさず体幹がしっかりしているように見える。やたらフラフラ動かす割に余り音に影響がないと思われるピアニストが多いので、正直マエストロの姿勢なども参考にしてみては、と素人ながらに思います。
Quando Rubinstein toca """maravilhas no piano acontecem."""❤❤❤
you call me a poser, where do you study, who is your teacher, wat competitions have you played in? any awards? have you ever competed at all? does anyone ask you to play for them? you have almost nothing at all on your channel. ''technical stupidness'' thats laughable, focusing on technique to learn an etude properly is ''technical stupidness''. and you should know, most 'normal' people dont play piano well. its takes something a little more than average.
the people arguing with me probably dont even play, and if they do their technique is probably not good because the use of 4 and 5 is to stretch the web in the right hand and develop wrist movement, which they ignore because theyre lazy or uncoordinated. chopin did not have large hands, and he talked about wanting to exceed the limitations having a small hand. op.10 no.1 has the same stretch. if youre not developing these techniques you havent taken anything beneficial from the etude
@alejandrothefader the whole comment was sarcastic. and you keep pointing out what thge music sounds like when the purpose is all for technique. the point of 5/4 is for a smaller hand to maximize wrist movement. by playing 5/4 you use wide circular movements, again the etudesm purpose is to strech the hand. why do an exercise if youre going to do it wrong. hes a bad example to young piansts here
@alejandrothefader playing an etude with the wrong fingering is like doing a workout and using your whole body to substitute lifting with a specific muscle. The 5/4 fingering is to stretch the web and maximize wrist movement. It's one thing to play a chopin etude, but to play well is another. Remember, Chopin wrote the music, not Rubinstein The 5/4 fingering is one of the aims in this study
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@alejandrothefader fine, you're the genius here right? You know more than Chopin obviously. Maybe Chopin should be studying your etudes. Hey, maybe we should all study Alejandros etudes because his theory on piano technique is what changed the musical definition of etudes. Yeah you are the real genius here buddy
@alejandrothefader you make alot of sense. Rubinstein is the genius. After all he made the career out of playing Chopin. Rubinstein is the inventor and innovator. Yeah Rubinstein is the real genius here. Not Chopin, he's just some guy who wrote all this music, he's not important....
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I think Chopin would have loved Rubinstein's playing of his music!
@simondurrant1 if you have played this etude you would know that the aim is to stretch the web of the hand and maximize wrist dexterity
I heard that he lost his family members to the nazi death camps during the war. That is why he never even flew over Germany after.
best of the best.
i agree as well, i am acomplished pianist and he is so relaxed that it shows in his performance he has complete flexibility in his hands because he's not worried about what the audience think.
go home lang lang !!!
listen to this !!!!
he is awesome too but rubinstein is rubinstein and lang lang is lang lang...
wow😓
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Artur Rubinstein przyjeżdżał do pobliskich mi Przytuł do dworu Grochowskich, spotykał się tam z Franzem Fiszerem z pobliskich Ław. dziś pozostała resztówka dworskiego parku i kilka prastarych wierzb pamiętających muzyką Chopina.
Didn't Liszt do that and Chopin is supposed to have liked it?
@alejandrothefader @anonymousQ45 to mr.anonymous I ask: does Chopin's score say anything about the fingering? an etude is for the pianist to solve it, like a sort of puzzle or challenge. If you're able to play it and make it sound musical and sound, as Rubinstein does, who cares if he's using 3-5 or 4-5? The score doesn't say: ¨this must be played using 4-5¨. Who do you think you are to say: he's using the wrong fingering??? Why don't you record yourself playing this and let us judge you?
@anonymousQ45 I have played it, but my aim, and I suspect Rubinstein's aim, was to play it as a piece of music. It's not ultimately just a technical exercise; the music matters here, and if the music works better for Rubinstein using his particular choice of fingering, then that's what he should use. The idea that everyone has to use exactly the same fingering regardless of the shape of their hands, the length of their fingers, the choice of tempo, the intended touch etc. is not sustaintable.
@anonymousQ45 "To impose a fingering cannot logically adapt itself to the different formations of the hand." - Debussy. Although some fingerings for a particular piece are more popular than others, the most appropriate form varies from pianist to pianist; not all hands and techniques are the same. There is no such thing as right and wrong fingering; the end result is what should be judged, and the end result works very well here.
@nearenough3 You have a sense of humor -or are a very young immature person and not a musician. Each Artist has their own value as an interpreter. As Rubinstein said himself there is no such thing as " best" just different -especially when you get to this level of performance. It's OK to be a fan but to say the things you have said about great artists actually demeans you and really gives us a good picture of you as a person -not that most would really feel it worth while to converse with you.
Some people tend to talk... differently when commenting on classical music. While it can be pompous, some people actually mean what they say.
To say "It was good." leaves some people hanging, so they try their best to match their opinions to the music, which almost always fails. This is what we have classical music journalists for, so they can say "...and yet, there was something so reminiscent to the pagan virtuosity of Eduardo the magnificent". You have a point, if a vulgar one.
It is so beautifull and so beautifully played.
But if you wish to listen to Arthur Rubeinstein at his best click here in U-Tube ..Chopin-Heroic Polonaise Opus 53 interpreted by Rubeinstein.
It is heavenly !
Rubinstein had to have Chopin's spirit inside his soul in oder to achieve so much perfection. The great Polish composer and Rubinstein are immortal.
Difference between expressing yourself and insulting others. Pretty obvious really. Expressing yourself = "I think this". Not "Shut the hell up". Hahahahaha.
It might be a strange concept TO YOU, but some people can connect emotionally with certain music. Visual artists such as Kandinsky and have been exploring this concept for almost about 100 years!
look at his fingers...yet again. They are motionless...that is dexterity. If i were to play this (which i may for my Amus Exam)...im pretty sure my fingers would be flailing all over the place...arpeggios are not my friend. But look at rubeinsteings fingers...they just seem to flow over the piano keys like water...
The only performance played with a 432Hz tuning.
I love how he is all melody. Perfect romantic interpretation. Everything else in the music is there to support the "song" he sings for us.
Hah PNOplayer92, what are you talking about... Rubinstein well known for NOT showing emotion??? I find it funny aswell, if I were to believe you, how he managed to make every single person in the audience 'believe' that he showed emotion. Do your research next time before posting bs.
@Gluberbloob For Rubinstein, it was NOT that easy. Despite his wonderful mastery of Chopin (et al) he chose not to record the etudes. This information is something I heard many years ago, and if someone knows that it is wrong please point out my error.
I think his interpretation by Rubinstein sets the example to follow. Close to the upper limit of expression for this etude but always within measure, as was usual for him.
In contrast, Horowitz plays this a bit too schmaltzy and finicky, as he did often.
man i wish everyone would stop talking like they FEEL da musiK
''oh such beauty such grace such elagance so magnificent so magical'' shut the hell up.
it was fucking good leave it at that.
jesus i don't think some people realise how fake they sound.