Ed Sullivan Show with Guiomar Novaes and others (Oct 18, 1953).

10 pianists at 10 pianos:
Ethel Bartlett, Alexander Brailowsky, Gaby Casadesus, Sidney Foster, Rudolph Ganz, Eugene List, Moura Lympany, Guiomar Novaes, Rae Robertson and Beveridge Webster simultaneously play Chopin's "Polonaise in A Major". Rudolph Ganz is the conductor.
Concert: 18 October, 1953
Venue: Carnegie Hall
Broadcast: 18 October, 1953
TV: CBS-Network, WTOP-TV (Channel 9), WNAC-TV (Channel 7), WOI-TV, KMTV, WCCO-TV
Broadcast: 25 October, 1953 (WTVJ)
Broadcast: 26 October, 1953 (KOPO-TV Channel 13)
With many thanks to Gregor Benko.

[@witsukyai1685]

Look at this! What modern pianists have this kind of posture and stylish elegances. Long gone are true days when the art of piano was truly at it peak.

[@christopherdaly2672]

So happy to see these great pianists of the past, and especially delighted to see the sublime Guiomar Novaes! Thank you for posting!

[@analuciarocha9471]

Beautiful. Wonderful.

[@caipiralive6957]

Guiomar Novaes looks totally immersed, one-pointed in this execution, so beautiful to see such a great soul, pious woman.

[@christopherdaly2672]

I agree! How I wish I had seen her play in person! So grateful for this video and the one of her at the United Nations in 1963.

[@christopherczajasager9030]

Three wonderful Matthay students: Bartlett and Robertson, Moura Lympany....marvelous to see Ganz amazingly leading his colleagues....Webster played Baldwin......

[@dipierro4]

Amazing but strange -- To see all those wonderful pianists playing in perfect synch! Each of them had their own individuality and uniqueness of style. Yet when they got together and did this, each of them giving up some of their individuality, the result was wonderful. Something to think about!

[@vedazuponcic4428]

Ah, those were the days of network TV! And I love this so much: Sidney Foster was my teachers; and Rudolf Ganz was the teacher of my first childhood teacher. Memory lane...

[@newyorkslim2001]

Hi Veda!

[@renybarbosa1237]

Wonderfull!!!

[@InstitutoPianoBrasileiro]

Amazing! Thank you so much for bringing forth this preciosity!

[@jerrynashern4587]

Formidable. And haunting.

[@newyorkslim2001]

Spectacular! -- what an age! -- a golden age of piano, really.

[@geltrine3398]

A stirring gift: a moment with 10 wonderful ghosts of musical communion aand dedication.

[@renybarbosa1237]

Wonderfull!!

[@chriswillcox4548]

Guiomar Novaes, "the Queen" 3:46

[@MrInterestingthings]

Rudolf Ganz! Moura Lympany,Guiomar Novaes,Eugene List,Beveridge Webster wellknown teacher),Gaby Casadesus.Brailowsky had a huge career and recording career ! Never seen any of them on film before except Gaby Casadesus ! Tere is anoht film of Novaes playing with another pianist in south America !

[@enriquesanchez2001]

ASTOUNDING artistry - near perfect symmetry ♥

[@musikantropo2278]

Fantastico!!!

[@ThePianoFiles]

WOW!! Absolutely stunning! Thank you so much for this!!

[@julianobosa5023]

Quel merveille. Une rareté.
Même une touche drôle avec le moustache du maestro.

[@danielgloverpiano7693]

Exciting to see my dear teacher, Eugene List and a grand teacher- Rudolf Ganz. I was expecting the A-flat Polonaise before it started and was expecting fireworks during the left hand octaves! Sadly, wrong Polonaise. This was a good choice, because the tempo is straightforward throughout.

[@raullaya-d6w]

maravilloso!

[@rafaeliosqui]

Porque será que esses grandes pianistas se submeteram a isso, como se fossem macacos de circo...

[@infinityway9451]

🤣🤣

[@correasilvio2010]

Coisa de américano!

[@chrisczajasager]

'simultaneously'....???????

[@laryssarodrigues345]

Those were times, huh?