There's an amazing story about Maria Yudina from Shostakovich's memoirs. Stalin once heard Yudina perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 on the radio and called the State Radio Committee for a copy of the recording. The performance had in fact been a live broadcast, but the Committee officials were understandably terrified at the prospect of saying “No” to Stalin. Instead, they cobbled together a makeshift orchestra in the middle of the night he requested it, summoned Yudina to a studio, and recorded and pressed a single copy of the concerto to deliver to the leader’s dacha. Apparently several of the conductors and musicians fainted from the stress of getting it right, and it took hours, but Maria stayed completely calm throughout. You can actually hear this recording, and you can tell it sounds stressed and rushed. You can literally hear the stress, you can the musicians' collective worry about being executed if it wasn't perfect note-for-note. Shostakovich recalls that Stalin rewarded Yudina with 20,000 roubles for the recording, but that Yudina repudiated this. She donated the money to the church she attended (Stalin had banged Christianity in the Soviet Union), and replied to Stalin: “I will pray for you day and night and ask the Lord to forgive your great sins before the people and the country.” It was, in Shostakovich’s words, a “suicidal” letter.
Bro, no. 3, second one in this vid, is my absolute favorite piece of music ever written. A truly sublime sound world; so emotionally beautiful it’s cruel. And I LOVE this version by Yudina. Thank you Schubert , thank you
Hey! I'm glad, you liked them! Yudina was a very unique and a bit eccentric pianist, which I really like. As she was older she carried a revolver with her which she showed everyone on the streets she knew. Later she wore only black cloths and white sneakers on stage and recite poems. When she played a very different interpretation and was asked about why she played it that was, she replied: "It is war!." Best regards.
Don't miss the other set of impromptus (op 142): A nice interpretation is from Sergey Kuznetsov ua-cam.com/video/Aii9CXGcfsE/v-deo.html (first one) or his beautiful 'Klavierstücke' ua-cam.com/video/i19DoeFUR-A/v-deo.html with great Yulianna Avdeeva.
Great! some love for Schubert ❤..Great precocious genius, gone way too young (at just 31..) So you are really listening to the voice of a young man throughout his INCREDIBLE, and extensive, repertoire ...A very bright and brief flame, still warming our hearts to this day ( Also, Ravel? Ayoo 👀)
The Impromptus are really magical, the ending of n. 2 blew me away the first time I tried playing it. And n. 3 is just beautiful. Oh, here's a suggestion from me, Sheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov!
If you want to, you can do Mahler Symphony No. 8. It’s another one of Mahler’s most popular orchestral works. You should watch the one with Simon Rattle conducting the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.
Schubert´s use of the piano went beyond what the generation before, the likes of Mozart and Beethoven used to do. The pianist Alfred Brendel once said that Schubert manages to let the piano sound like a small orchestra. I also recommend the Piano Sonata No. 20 (D. 959).
The most exciting moment in my years of learning the piano was when, towards the very end, my teacher gave me these two pieces (the Impromptu No 2 and No 3) to study. They're two of the most famous of Schubert's works for solo piano and although I never played them nearly as proficiently as Yudina, it was a pleasure and joy to learn them. I love number 3 but I enjoyed learning and playing number 2 more! (Also, the "tu" at the end of Impromptu is pronounced like the German "tü")
Hi Gidi, I always wonder whether these pieces were created first as improvisation and then written down, or did the composer write the piece out with intent that it sound improvisational, or to what degree is it both. Amazing skills!
There's an amazing story about Maria Yudina from Shostakovich's memoirs. Stalin once heard Yudina perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 on the radio and called the State Radio Committee for a copy of the recording. The performance had in fact been a live broadcast, but the Committee officials were understandably terrified at the prospect of saying “No” to Stalin. Instead, they cobbled together a makeshift orchestra in the middle of the night he requested it, summoned Yudina to a studio, and recorded and pressed a single copy of the concerto to deliver to the leader’s dacha. Apparently several of the conductors and musicians fainted from the stress of getting it right, and it took hours, but Maria stayed completely calm throughout. You can actually hear this recording, and you can tell it sounds stressed and rushed. You can literally hear the stress, you can the musicians' collective worry about being executed if it wasn't perfect note-for-note. Shostakovich recalls that Stalin rewarded Yudina with 20,000 roubles for the recording, but that Yudina repudiated this. She donated the money to the church she attended (Stalin had banged Christianity in the Soviet Union), and replied to Stalin: “I will pray for you day and night and ask the Lord to forgive your great sins before the people and the country.” It was, in Shostakovich’s words, a “suicidal” letter.
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Bro, no. 3, second one in this vid, is my absolute favorite piece of music ever written. A truly sublime sound world; so emotionally beautiful it’s cruel. And I LOVE this version by Yudina. Thank you Schubert , thank you
Hey! I'm glad, you liked them! Yudina was a very unique and a bit eccentric pianist, which I really like. As she was older she carried a revolver with her which she showed everyone on the streets she knew. Later she wore only black cloths and white sneakers on stage and recite poems. When she played a very different interpretation and was asked about why she played it that was, she replied: "It is war!." Best regards.
Don't miss the other set of impromptus (op 142): A nice interpretation is from Sergey Kuznetsov ua-cam.com/video/Aii9CXGcfsE/v-deo.html (first one) or his beautiful 'Klavierstücke' ua-cam.com/video/i19DoeFUR-A/v-deo.html with great Yulianna Avdeeva.
Great! some love for Schubert ❤..Great precocious genius, gone way too young (at just 31..) So you are really listening to the voice of a young man throughout his INCREDIBLE, and extensive, repertoire ...A very bright and brief flame, still warming our hearts to this day ( Also, Ravel? Ayoo 👀)
The Impromptus are really magical, the ending of n. 2 blew me away the first time I tried playing it. And n. 3 is just beautiful.
Oh, here's a suggestion from me, Sheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov!
Yeah! Can’t wait to see his reaction to *that* moment when he decides to listen to Segerstam’s rendition
The second piece is the most famous piano piece by Schubert, there are many other great performances by famous pianists like Kissin
Pure awesomeness! Love Shubert! ❤
If you want to, you can do Mahler Symphony No. 8. It’s another one of Mahler’s most popular orchestral works. You should watch the one with Simon Rattle conducting the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.
Schubert´s use of the piano went beyond what the generation before, the likes of Mozart and Beethoven used to do. The pianist Alfred Brendel once said that Schubert manages to let the piano sound like a small orchestra. I also recommend the Piano Sonata No. 20 (D. 959).
The most exciting moment in my years of learning the piano was when, towards the very end, my teacher gave me these two pieces (the Impromptu No 2 and No 3) to study. They're two of the most famous of Schubert's works for solo piano and although I never played them nearly as proficiently as Yudina, it was a pleasure and joy to learn them. I love number 3 but I enjoyed learning and playing number 2 more!
(Also, the "tu" at the end of Impromptu is pronounced like the German "tü")
Hi Gidi, I always wonder whether these pieces were created first as improvisation and then written down, or did the composer write the piece out with intent that it sound improvisational, or to what degree is it both. Amazing skills!
Great video
Maria Yudina is a fantastic pianist!
Great. I'm perfect.
please listen to Brendel, Andras Schiff, David Fray, Krystian Zimmerman versions too :)
day 3 of asking for chopin piano concerto 1 lol (;
Wait what? Maurice Ravel? Where 8s that video?
It’s coming soon lol
@@GIDIREACTS Hell yeah! Excited Gidi
@@GIDIREACTS Very calm again? from all pieces from Ravel I can think of is Le gibet
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