Light touch and exellent rubato. A wonderful interpretation.

Thank goodness Kreisler is not Mozart!!!! Love this new to me pianist brought to my attention by New York Times article- love his unique, playful, slightly jazzy interpretation that makes me smile inside and out! Thank you!

Amazing, dear Kirill. What a refreshing way of listening to this...

I've tried playing this transcription and it's way more difficult than it sounds. The voicing is almost impossible to get right, for me. Also one needs to keep a steady waltz pulse while using a very flexible rubato. Lines can very easily break apart here, or sound contrived and tacky. Amazing job by Mr Gerstein! 👍

Kreisler is not Mozart.

@MaScalo4508

6 ай бұрын

It doesn’t mean it should not be played lightly and elegantly

@laurenth7187

6 ай бұрын

@@MaScalo4508 it means it should not be played at all.... Isn't it ? Just listen to Mozart piano & violin sonatas.

@Pogouldangeliwitz

6 ай бұрын

The fact that Mozart is the best doesn't mean that Kreisler is the worst. Especially not when his charming melancholic tunes are arranged into the musical equivalent of a Fabergé egg, like here by Rachmaninoff.

@MaScalo4508

6 ай бұрын

@@laurenth7187 u listen to Mozart, as if Kreisler is for ignorants. I’ll just enjoy music in all its facets.