some amazing playing here...I had no idea she was so young when she made these. She just seems to think in musical phrases - no applied "ideas" but what naturalness and perfect control..... thanks much!
Une artiste dont j’avoue n’avoir jamais entendu parler auparavant… et quelle artiste ! Son Schubert est une pure merveille. Quelle extraordinaire sensibilité, quelle finesse, quelle élégance dans l’expression de la mélancolie… et son Chopin léger et délicieux. Il n’est rien dans aucune des interprétations qu’elle donne ici ni Brahms ni Debussy, pouvant laisser à désirer. On est là devant une de ces étoiles filantes qui éblouissent un instant d’éternité.
You so eloquently articulate so much about what makes her artistry so captivating - wonderfully expressed... thank you. I'm so glad that her playing impressed you as much as it did me. Do check out the Classica magazine CD that I linked to in the descriptive text: for five euros, it's a steal. What an artist! I hope all her recordings will be made available - I've put the word out to other collectors to try to access her other studio discs for more uploads (there are a couple more on UA-cam too).
Glad I made the effort to listen to this clear through today. I echo abbottklavier1's remarks. She can stand shoulder to shoulder with just about anything you've ever gifted us with on The Piano Files (well, maybe just a tad shy of Sirota's firestorm Don Juan). I'm always interested to hear how the middle section of Op.90#4 is taken, with however much vehemence or resignation. It can work, in the hands of a sensitive interpreter, either way. Her Debussy is him after he's had his morning jolt of cafe au lait, not the late afternoon few glasses of wine with Phillip and Satie at the bistro around the corner. If Ms. Scherzer is still with us, I hope she can enjoy the fact that at 90 she has some new admirers.
This is absolutely some of the most stunning musically subtle and expressive playing I have heard and from a young 19 year old woman whose name is essentially unknown today. Such a tender and rich color cantabile - at times when listening to the Schubert Op. Op. G flat Impromptu, the intimate playing of Schnabel and Fischer comes to mind. Such a profound musical character and yet overall always simple direct concept of this music. The maturity of this artist is astounding through the Schubert, Chopin and also Brahms excerpts. Thank you again Mark for sharing this hitherto unknown pianist with us!
Increíble! Un músico de tal madurez y juventud... Un Debussy que pone en tela de juicio a Gieseking y un Schubert con nada que envidiar a Schnabel. Qué gran injusticia que esa carrera se haya truncado con 24 años de edad... Gracias por compartir estos registros, dear Mark. El mundo necesita más gente como tú (y, obviamente, más pianistas como Grete).
I'm only through the opening lines of the first impromptu but that's absolutely sensual a real delight no matter how many times you hear this song by the way the right person always makes it as she does
I was riveted from the first note.The sound is so immediate and present that it's as if I were present in a live audience. She was a distinct and utterly convincing voice. Thank you Mark.
J’ai eu la chance de pouvoir travailler avec elle. Je lui avais présenté un programme dans sa maison à Engelberg. D’abord elle m’avait conseillé de trouver un bon professeur car elle n’avait pas d’élève et ne donnait pas de cours. Plusieurs années après, le lui redemande de m’écouter à nouveau en lui demandant de me conseiller un professeur car j’avais fini mes études à la Musikhochule de Stuttgart. Je lui présente un nouveau programme. Et à ma grande surprise, me dit qu’elle me fera travailler, chaque deux semaines pendant des sessions de 3 heures. Et voilà comment j’ai été son unique élève pendant 10 années. Une pianiste formidable.
WOW!!! Quelle chance que vous aviez! Si vous pourrez m'écrire a mon address courriel (markainley @ gmail . com - enlever les espaces) j'aimerais bien savoir un peu plus... je veux ecrire un page d'hommage sur mon website. Merci beaucoup!
some amazing playing here...I had no idea she was so young when she made these. She just seems to think in musical phrases - no applied "ideas" but what naturalness and perfect control..... thanks much!
Une artiste dont j’avoue n’avoir jamais entendu parler auparavant… et quelle artiste ! Son Schubert est une pure merveille. Quelle extraordinaire sensibilité, quelle finesse, quelle élégance dans l’expression de la mélancolie… et son Chopin léger et délicieux. Il n’est rien dans aucune des interprétations qu’elle donne ici ni Brahms ni Debussy, pouvant laisser à désirer. On est là devant une de ces étoiles filantes qui éblouissent un instant d’éternité.
You so eloquently articulate so much about what makes her artistry so captivating - wonderfully expressed... thank you. I'm so glad that her playing impressed you as much as it did me. Do check out the Classica magazine CD that I linked to in the descriptive text: for five euros, it's a steal. What an artist! I hope all her recordings will be made available - I've put the word out to other collectors to try to access her other studio discs for more uploads (there are a couple more on UA-cam too).
@@ThePianoFiles Merci à vous !
Glad I made the effort to listen to this clear through today. I echo abbottklavier1's remarks. She can stand shoulder to shoulder with just about anything you've ever gifted us with on The Piano Files (well, maybe just a tad shy of Sirota's firestorm Don Juan). I'm always interested to hear how the middle section of Op.90#4 is taken, with however much vehemence or resignation. It can work, in the hands of a sensitive interpreter, either way. Her Debussy is him after he's had his morning jolt of cafe au lait, not the late afternoon few glasses of wine with Phillip and Satie at the bistro around the corner.
If Ms. Scherzer is still with us, I hope she can enjoy the fact that at 90 she has some new admirers.
Some very beautiful playing the Brahms was hypnotic and narcotic at the same time!
This is absolutely some of the most stunning musically subtle and expressive playing I have heard and from a young 19 year old woman whose name is essentially unknown today. Such a tender and rich color cantabile - at times when listening to the Schubert Op. Op. G flat Impromptu, the intimate playing of Schnabel and Fischer comes to mind. Such a profound musical character and yet overall always simple direct concept of this music. The maturity of this artist is astounding through the Schubert, Chopin and also Brahms excerpts. Thank you again Mark for sharing this hitherto unknown pianist with us!
Very articulate and an excellent description of her astounding musical maturity!
Increíble! Un músico de tal madurez y juventud... Un Debussy que pone en tela de juicio a Gieseking y un Schubert con nada que envidiar a Schnabel.
Qué gran injusticia que esa carrera se haya truncado con 24 años de edad...
Gracias por compartir estos registros, dear Mark. El mundo necesita más gente como tú (y, obviamente, más pianistas como Grete).
fortunately a delight that was not lost and that you brought back to us as usual in a superb way. Thanks Mark
What a pianist! Dazzling.
A collection of beauty to my ears. Thank you once again.
I'm only through the opening lines of the first impromptu but that's absolutely sensual a real delight no matter how many times you hear this song by the way the right person always makes it as she does
A pure soul with a delicate style. Lovely. all of it.
Fabulous playing and a wonderful technique.
I was riveted from the first note.The sound is so immediate and present that it's as if I were present in a live audience. She was a distinct and utterly convincing voice. Thank you Mark.
Beautiful! Thank you.
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J’ai eu la chance de pouvoir travailler avec elle. Je lui avais présenté un programme dans sa maison à Engelberg. D’abord elle m’avait conseillé de trouver un bon professeur car elle n’avait pas d’élève et ne donnait pas de cours. Plusieurs années après, le lui redemande de m’écouter à nouveau en lui demandant de me conseiller un professeur car j’avais fini mes études à la Musikhochule de Stuttgart. Je lui présente un nouveau programme. Et à ma grande surprise, me dit qu’elle me fera travailler, chaque deux semaines pendant des sessions de 3 heures. Et voilà comment j’ai été son unique élève pendant 10 années. Une pianiste formidable.
WOW!!! Quelle chance que vous aviez! Si vous pourrez m'écrire a mon address courriel (markainley @ gmail . com - enlever les espaces) j'aimerais bien savoir un peu plus... je veux ecrire un page d'hommage sur mon website. Merci beaucoup!
baladins07: Quelle chance! Savez-vous ce qu'elle est devenue après 1957? Vous avez gardé contact?
@@Nai61a I gather from another friend of hers that she was a devoted wife and she no longer performed.
@@ThePianoFiles Thanks very much.