The contrast that he expresses musically between the sections is extremely remarkable. Van Clidburn brings his own vision to the musical meaning of the composers intention.
Van Cliburn performed this work better than anyone else ever has, IMHO. He lights a fire under it in the very first measure, and it just takes off! Incidentally, I was privileged to get to meet and talk with him after one of his performances, and he was the sweetest, most congenial performer I ever encountered in the 35 years I worked in arts administration.
Yep still my favorite performance of this piece. Van Cliburn had an uncanny ability to make the sound different but its the same piece - imho his recording of Chopin's Barcarolle and Liszt's b minor
@@littlebrookreader949 I play the work... I was "obsessed" with Rubinstein's more conservative performance of this great work... I did it for a Liszt CD years ago... I JUST got it back in my fingers... a couple of months later, I played it at a recital MUCH MORE BRAVURA... I should have recorded that performance instead... here's my recording
@@Highinsight7 So you’re Timothy?! What a performance! I never reached that skill level. WHAT an accomplishment … BRAVO to your performance! You deserve it! I subscribed to your channel!
It gets better every time you listen to it.
The contrast that he expresses musically between the sections is extremely remarkable. Van Clidburn brings his own vision to the musical meaning of the composers intention.
Bravo! Still the only pianist who plays the”optional arpeggio” from 10:34 to 10:42 that I have ever heard.
Van Cliburn performed this work better than anyone else ever has, IMHO. He lights a fire under it in the very first measure, and it just takes off! Incidentally, I was privileged to get to meet and talk with him after one of his performances, and he was the sweetest, most congenial performer I ever encountered in the 35 years I worked in arts administration.
He added a few touches of Busoni
Unbelievable! UA-cam interrupting a performance like this with advertising! Shame on you!
Brilliant!
The best I've heard.
This is excellent - his cd recorded version even better
Immense performance.
Are you sure on the date (1972)? He looks younger than that here--he was about 38 in 1972.
Could this have been at the Tchaikovsky Competition... kind of looks like Tchaikovsky Hall...
That audience sat on its hands
Yep still my favorite performance of this piece.
Van Cliburn had an uncanny ability to make the sound different but its the same piece - imho his recording of Chopin's Barcarolle and Liszt's b minor
Van Cliburn remains one of the most influential pianists to this day. I loved how he played this piece except for the ending section, it is too slow.
Old school. I love it. Prefer it.
Too many dramatic pauses, tempo changes etc. Otherwise, very respectable playing although a bit slow on the tempo side
old school playing... I rather like it... tempo to me was fine... I's such a HUGE Cliburn fan... LOVE his Chopin B minor sonata...
@@Highinsight7 I agree on all points! Van’s the man.
@@littlebrookreader949 I play the work... I was "obsessed" with Rubinstein's more conservative performance of this great work... I did it for a Liszt CD years ago... I JUST got it back in my fingers... a couple of months later, I played it at a recital MUCH MORE BRAVURA... I should have recorded that performance instead... here's my recording
@@littlebrookreader949 ua-cam.com/video/MWDouavQp6c/v-deo.html
@@Highinsight7 So you’re Timothy?! What a performance! I never reached that skill level. WHAT an accomplishment … BRAVO to your performance! You deserve it! I subscribed to your channel!