Imagine what an exotic Cliburn was to the Russians of these years. They had scarcely ever seen an American, and certainly not one in the highest musical circles. Not only an American, but one from Texas, not just Texas but a small town in Texas. And 6'5' tall. Was he a cowboy? One that knew the great Russian composers inside-out? How was it possible?
Exactly. When they all started smiling and just watching him play on, it was like magic. It immediately built a bridge between Russia and America. Prekrasnyy. :)
A truly touching moment. I love to watch the smiles on the faces of the orchestral musicians. Mr. Cliburn really played his very best for the Russian audience. It really was a different world back then.
This is a beautiful unexpected surprise. Fallen in love with Van’s playing. Someone said he was forgotten. I do not think so and I am nearly 70. Sublime escape in a pandemic. Charmaine M
I meet Mr. Van Cliburn twice at Albertsons on Camp Bowie in Fort Worth buying flowers for his mother. I shook hands with him & got his autograph. He had the hugest hands I ever saw.
Every time I watch this I cry. Moscow is such a beautiful and magical city, and I'll be forever thankful to Cliburn for communicating that through this master performance.
@@TedATL1eh, when was it? The Empire? Even then Russia was ostracized to an extent. Still you can travel there quite freely. More than can be said during the Union.
@@hansshekelstein9450 Well, after the Napoleonic wars it was sort of a European capital. Culturally, its writers and musicians very much looked to Europe. Yes, travel was more restricted under the Soviets, but at least they didnt kidnap Westerners like Putin does.
@@TedATL1 eh fair I suppose, I dont know much about pre 1900 Russia, that makes sense. but ive never heard of a westerner kidnapped by the Russian government. The only thing I can think of is Chechen kidnappings and Western Journalists disappearing during the Chechen Wars. Which I mean I can see them totally doing once or twice if they got the chance to nab a dissenting journo, but thats kind of a special case of going to a warzone. I know a few US Servicemen who have travelled to Russia with no hassle. Unless you’re talking about forced relocation of Ukrainians, which totally is happening. But I wouldn’t consider them westerners.
If only the world were filled with the likes of him; compassionate intellectuals and artists whom their understanding and compassion goes beyond borders to touch everyone's hearts.
He the, from the then soviet perspective, bad guy gave them the works and conquered their hearts. He made a place in their hearts and their good books forever.
In playing this piece, in his own arrangement, he represented Love, Music, and Peace, for all the world to see. As someone here has commented: Civilization.
NOT.TRUE! Van Cliburn not The greatest! The greatest pianists of All Time Are really Artur Rubinstein (.The God). Grigory Sokolov (.The Titan of The piano The Giant of The piano). Wilhelm Kempff (.The most beautiful piano sound Ever). Radu Lupu ( The most colorful piano sound Ever) Vladimir Ashkenazy ( The most colorful volcanic piano sound Ever) Sviatoslav Richter Mikhail Pletnev ( The most Powerful Ever) Alexei Lubimov.(.The Genius no 1) Maurizio Pollini ( The Genius no 2).Solomon Cutner ( The perfect structure of music) Stanislav Igolinsky( better than Lipatti! My list My money says Igolinsky better than Lipatti ). Maria Grinberg ( Mozart piano concerto no 24! Maria The most passion!.Maria The most fierce).Rosa Tamarkina (.the.most raw energy ever).
@@RaineriHakkarainen what exactly is your problem?! You enter videos with Van Cliburn playing and keep posting the same stuff! If you can't appreciate his playing, just buzz off! Some of us DO so give us a break!
@@mariapap8962 Van Cliburn his Best Concerto playing is Prokoviev piano concerto no 3!!( Maybe The Best of All) The Best Brahms concerto no 2 players Are really=Grigory Sokolov with The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra video UA-cam from 1987! Sokolov The Best beautiful piano sound Ever! Sokolov The most rhythmic vital beat! Unbeatable vitalness! Sokolov The most TITANIC EVER! Sviatoslav Richter with The Paris Orchestra conductor Lorin Maazel recording from 1969! Richter a Big Genius! Edwin Fischer The Recording from 1942! 4:Van Cliburn his Brahms piano concerto no 2 from 1962 in Moscow! Why Van Cliburn?? Because Van Cliburn better than The stiff Claudio Arrau! Van Cliburn better than The Mechanical Boring dull stiff machine player Ever Krystian Zimerman! The Best greatest Beethoven piano concerto no 5 players Are really=1: Wilhelm Kempff ( The Most Beautiful Piano Sound Ever for Beethoven concerto no 5!) 2: Vladimir Ashkenazy ( The most colorful volcanic piano sound Ever for Beethoven concerto no 5!) 3: Grigory Sokolov ( The Best rhythmic vital beat!) 4: Solomon Cutner ( The perfect structure of music! Solomon Cutner The highest IQ points Ever!) 5: Mikhail Pletnev The most Powerful Ever! Pletnev The Best Crystal Bright sharp clear perfect Beethoven piano concerto no 5 Ever!) 6: Maurizio Pollini ( The Genius playing Beethoven piano concerto no 5!) 7:Van Cliburn! Why Van Cliburn because Van Cliburn better than The stiff Claudio Arrau!! Van Cliburn better than The Mechanical Boring dull stiff machine player Ever Krystian Zimerman=Zimerman The Mechanical Boring dull stiff machine player Ever!)
Какой Ван Клиберн восхитительный Как прекрасно играет Как глубоко воспринимает наш шлягер гимн студентов Ван молодой утонченный человек красавец благороднейший
@@cobaltcanarycherry Yep! They were surely impressed. P.S. I like how our comments were posted right after each other. Normally on these types of videos, comments are a few years in between
I adore this playing so much. I never noticed how placid other music may come to be until I heard this video-- upon hearing it, I just thought it an orderly and regular piano oeuvre, but as I listened to orchestral compositions, while scintillating, do not convey emotion and true romaniticism as well as Van Cliburn does. He was truly a wonderful soul. May he rest in piece.
Many dont realize that Cliburn wasnt actually the first North American pianist to break the Russian ice during the Cold War. Glenn Gould was. He was there just one year before Cliburn. It wasnt for the big competition, and in fact it was barely advertised at all. But he made a tremendous impression, particularly with his eccentric repertoire of Bach's Goldberg Variations, Art of Fugue and modernists like Ernst Krenek, as well as his strikingly brilliant playing style. Bach was almost never presented in concert halls in those days, and in the USSR Bach was frowned on as "evangelical" music. The Soviets also rejected modernist music. But Gould managed to slip his choices in. Attendees describe how the small first audience exploded through word of mouth such that the concert hall ended up packed to the rafters.
So touching to watch this. Of all the things he could've played, he chose to play this for the Russians. What a beautiful soul.
Oh yes . Van was the best . Kudos to his teacher : )
The Russian public fell instantly in love with him and called him “Vanya”.
No one could play Moscow Nights better than a foreigner discovering the city for the first time
Except the song in not about the city. It is about the countryside surrounding it.
Absolutely agree!
@@mjb784533 not Putin
@@larry.bailye5510 shut up zealot
@@mjb784533 Song was written about Leningrad but the title was changed after a request from the Ministry of Culture
I fucking cried here. He knew that we humans on the ground are NOT the politics. He loved.
Imagine what an exotic Cliburn was to the Russians of these years. They had scarcely ever seen an American, and certainly not one in the highest
musical circles.
Not only an American, but one from Texas, not just Texas but a small town in Texas. And 6'5' tall. Was he a cowboy?
One that knew the great Russian composers inside-out? How was it possible?
Civilization, what a concept.
Just look how delighted the orchestra members are.
i mean the music is so beautiful just cant help it
Cuz is much relax and less complex .
Exactly. When they all started smiling and just watching him play on, it was like magic. It immediately built a bridge between Russia and America. Prekrasnyy. :)
@@pianosenzanima1 It is because they recognized the tune immediately, it was one of the most popular songs in Russia at the time.
question is how many of them have had been arrested after concert by KGB -)
I remember people in tears when he played that.
Serge Stodolnik were you there?
Every time I listen to him play this, I cry...so beautiful ❤️
And tears now, too...in an era since of appalling anti Russian hate😢
A ray of sunshine during the winter of the Cold War.
Van Cliburn is my mother's great uncle
A truly touching moment. I love to watch the smiles on the faces of the orchestral musicians. Mr. Cliburn really played his very best for the Russian audience. It really was a different world back then.
Ван Клиберн, влюбил в себя весь Советский Союз!!!!
The way Van Cliburn played this song leaves no doubt as to why the Russian people warmed to him.
How you could stop the Cold War for just two minutes ❤
Look at how loud his playing can get but his head and demeanor are stable.
"I have to throw my body around, it's the only way I can produce any sort of dynamics"
This is a beautiful unexpected surprise. Fallen in love with Van’s playing.
Someone said he was forgotten. I do not think so and I am
nearly 70. Sublime escape in a pandemic. Charmaine M
82 here
One of the highlights of my teen years! What a treasure Van Cliburn was!
Is. He is still a treasure.
His face It like Rick Astley honestly
@@user-oi3jk4qo9j underrated comment
I meet Mr. Van Cliburn twice at Albertsons on Camp Bowie in Fort Worth buying flowers for his mother. I shook hands with him & got his autograph. He had the hugest hands I ever saw.
Every time I watch this I cry. Moscow is such a beautiful and magical city, and I'll be forever thankful to Cliburn for communicating that through this master performance.
May it return to the world community. Altho not likely for quite some time.
@@TedATL1eh, when was it? The Empire? Even then Russia was ostracized to an extent.
Still you can travel there quite freely. More than can be said during the Union.
@@hansshekelstein9450
Well, after the Napoleonic wars it was sort of a European capital. Culturally, its writers and musicians very much looked to Europe.
Yes, travel was more restricted under the Soviets, but at least they didnt kidnap Westerners like Putin does.
@@TedATL1 eh fair I suppose, I dont know much about pre 1900 Russia, that makes sense. but ive never heard of a westerner kidnapped by the Russian government. The only thing I can think of is Chechen kidnappings and Western Journalists disappearing during the Chechen Wars. Which I mean I can see them totally doing once or twice if they got the chance to nab a dissenting journo, but thats kind of a special case of going to a warzone.
I know a few US Servicemen who have travelled to Russia with no hassle. Unless you’re talking about forced relocation of Ukrainians, which totally is happening. But I wouldn’t consider them westerners.
What a gracious moment between 2 not do close countries.
2017: Time to rise again, Van Cliburn. You are needed.
If only the world were filled with the likes of him; compassionate intellectuals and artists whom their understanding and compassion goes beyond borders to touch everyone's hearts.
@@hassansoliman970 i wish my friend, I wish... Inshallah
If only he could...his beautiful soul is still with us....I feel him with me, whenever I play....❤️
Even more so now.
This guy's good! Might even stand a chance at the Van Cliburn competition.
90 comments and no one to point out the heart-wrenching quality of this arrangement, especially the sweet and sad harmonies?
Советская его аудитория всё услышала и всё поняла, всю душу он ей раскрыл, и она это оценила. Это самое главное ♥️
I believe it was Cliburn's own.
He the, from the then soviet perspective, bad guy gave them the works and conquered their hearts. He made a place in their hearts and their good books forever.
One of the loveliest I have ever heard. Like a song on the wind, through the trees …..
A magnificent version of a beautiful song.
It gives you chills.
A genuine class act from start to finish!
Браво, Ван Клиберн, у Вас была щедрая немного русская ДУША! Светлая память !
simply 'a soul' would be enough said... and Nikita Khrushchev felt it, respected it as great man he was!
Notice how quiet it is? Respect for music!
Yes, altho the song was only 3 years old.
Трогательно до слез!!!
I love this man 😍
Magnifique
This was Van's greatest performance, eclipsing even the Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff Concerto's.
I love this!!!!!!
That is so cool.
Georgous rendition of Moscow Nights. I'd like to play it like that.
How lovely this is
Very well played
sheer magic
Wow! Very beautiful
Bellissimo.... Ciao.
Beautiful!
Beautiful
Vanya ❤️
Love it.
In playing this piece, in his own arrangement, he represented Love, Music, and Peace, for all the world to see. As someone here has commented: Civilization.
WOW....so 20th century pianists played more than classical....cool!!!
NOT.TRUE! Van Cliburn not The greatest! The greatest pianists of All Time Are really Artur Rubinstein (.The God). Grigory Sokolov (.The Titan of The piano The Giant of The piano). Wilhelm Kempff (.The most beautiful piano sound Ever). Radu Lupu ( The most colorful piano sound Ever) Vladimir Ashkenazy ( The most colorful volcanic piano sound Ever) Sviatoslav Richter Mikhail Pletnev ( The most Powerful Ever) Alexei Lubimov.(.The Genius no 1) Maurizio Pollini ( The Genius no 2).Solomon Cutner ( The perfect structure of music) Stanislav Igolinsky( better than Lipatti! My list My money says Igolinsky better than Lipatti ). Maria Grinberg ( Mozart piano concerto no 24! Maria The most passion!.Maria The most fierce).Rosa Tamarkina (.the.most raw energy ever).
@@RaineriHakkarainen where is Cziffra?
@@RaineriHakkarainen what exactly is your problem?! You enter videos with Van Cliburn playing and keep posting the same stuff! If you can't appreciate his playing, just buzz off! Some of us DO so give us a break!
@@mariapap8962 Van Cliburn his Best Concerto playing is Prokoviev piano concerto no 3!!( Maybe The Best of All) The Best Brahms concerto no 2 players Are really=Grigory Sokolov with The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra video UA-cam from 1987! Sokolov The Best beautiful piano sound Ever! Sokolov The most rhythmic vital beat! Unbeatable vitalness! Sokolov The most TITANIC EVER! Sviatoslav Richter with The Paris Orchestra conductor Lorin Maazel recording from 1969! Richter a Big Genius! Edwin Fischer The Recording from 1942! 4:Van Cliburn his Brahms piano concerto no 2 from 1962 in Moscow! Why Van Cliburn?? Because Van Cliburn better than The stiff Claudio Arrau! Van Cliburn better than The Mechanical Boring dull stiff machine player Ever Krystian Zimerman! The Best greatest Beethoven piano concerto no 5 players Are really=1: Wilhelm Kempff ( The Most Beautiful Piano Sound Ever for Beethoven concerto no 5!) 2: Vladimir Ashkenazy ( The most colorful volcanic piano sound Ever for Beethoven concerto no 5!) 3: Grigory Sokolov ( The Best rhythmic vital beat!) 4: Solomon Cutner ( The perfect structure of music! Solomon Cutner The highest IQ points Ever!) 5: Mikhail Pletnev The most Powerful Ever! Pletnev The Best Crystal Bright sharp clear perfect Beethoven piano concerto no 5 Ever!) 6: Maurizio Pollini ( The Genius playing Beethoven piano concerto no 5!) 7:Van Cliburn! Why Van Cliburn because Van Cliburn better than The stiff Claudio Arrau!! Van Cliburn better than The Mechanical Boring dull stiff machine player Ever Krystian Zimerman=Zimerman The Mechanical Boring dull stiff machine player Ever!)
@@RaineriHakkarainen you're gay
Какой Ван Клиберн восхитительный Как прекрасно играет Как глубоко воспринимает наш шлягер гимн студентов Ван молодой утонченный человек красавец благороднейший
Bravo!
Bravo! Well done.
bravo
No one plays better then him Moscow Nights.
What did the woman shout as he finished the piece?
@@cobaltcanarycherry "Bravo"
@@vistastructions Russians say Bravo, too. Who knew.
@@cobaltcanarycherry Yep! They were surely impressed.
P.S. I like how our comments were posted right after each other. Normally on these types of videos, comments are a few years in between
@@cobaltcanarycherry Duh....
Это видео моя мечта Как вы ее осуществили Какой Ван замечательнейший и обаятельнейший человек Необычный Гений
The only classical musician to have ever received a ticker tape parade in NYC. He was a very big deal in 1958.
I adore this playing so much. I never noticed how placid other music may come to be until I heard this video-- upon hearing it, I just thought it an orderly and regular piano oeuvre, but as I listened to orchestral compositions, while scintillating, do not convey emotion and true romaniticism as well as Van Cliburn does. He was truly a wonderful soul. May he rest in piece.
❤❤❤
Many dont realize that Cliburn wasnt actually the first North American pianist to break the Russian ice during the Cold War.
Glenn Gould was. He was there just one year before Cliburn. It wasnt for the big competition, and in fact it was barely advertised at all.
But he made a tremendous impression, particularly with his eccentric repertoire of Bach's Goldberg Variations, Art of Fugue and modernists like Ernst Krenek, as well as his strikingly brilliant playing style.
Bach was almost never presented in concert halls in those days, and in the USSR Bach was frowned on as "evangelical" music.
The Soviets also rejected modernist music. But Gould managed to slip his choices in. Attendees describe how the small
first audience exploded through word of mouth such that the concert hall ended up packed to the rafters.
Возможно ли такое в наши дни?? Все забыли про человечность. Искусство, спорт-все это служит миру!!!
Люди-умножайте любовь!!!!!
The definition of 'Boss'
FOR DMITRI!!!.
Hvorostovsky?
好的音乐超越一切意识形态。
This song was only composed 3 years before this concert. Originally it was "Leningrad nights" but the state said to change the name.
Typical, eh?
Can I have the sheet music
Where can i find this in pdf?
this was probably improvised
There is one on youtube with the score
By Victor Nikolaev
little jazzy
Where is a song: Ukranian Lights (2022)?
Мне одной по музыке дали это?
Хх€00э0000э0эх00
MORE MUSIC LESS PUTIN!!!
Liberace he aint.
Thank goodness 😊
No wonder they loved him so much ...
It was mutual. That's important.