Arthur Rubinstein was once asked who he thought was the greatest pianist of all time. He replied "Vladimir Horowitz, I think." Then he was asked what about Rachmaninoff. He then replied, "Rachmaninoff wasn't a pianist, he was God!"

@yurigubanov5506

Жыл бұрын

And Rachmaninoff won’t even finish an Art Tatum piece, when tried :)

@agamaz5650

9 ай бұрын

This. Art Tatum is my favorite by far. He changed everything for me. @@yurigubanov5506

@Alex-oy6ss

8 ай бұрын

not "...of all time" but ...of his time

@Alex-oy6ss

8 ай бұрын

​​​​​@@yurigubanov5506Тейтум на ходу придумывал. Арт, в свою очередь, не смог бы исполнить 3й концерт Р. предварительно не выучив. сомневаюсь, что смог бы, если бы даже выучил. многих хороших классич пианистов среди чернокожих мы знаем?

@FrancisAsin-Gioro

7 ай бұрын

@@yurigubanov5506it’s ridiculous. Only low level IQ people really believe that shit. Jazz is much easier by all means that’s why most blind people try jazz which is not even a real music. Lower level always keep self deceiving. It’s above their comprehension limit.

There is no better way to learn how to approach the piano than listening and watching Rubinstein perform. What a delight to be able to hear this. Thank you.

Sono incantata dalla magnificenza con cui domina il pianoforte. Il Maestro dà potenza e scolpisce i suoni come fece Michelangelo con il marmo

Che meraviglia!!!

Performance jamais égalée, quelle vivacité, quelle tension dans le jeu! Sublimissime

Jesus......unbelievable! the guy had such hands.........enormous and so long, wide and flexible like butter! He just tells them what to do......loud, soft, fast, slow and those hands just do it. No one can play like that.

@danmahler9063

Жыл бұрын

More amazing when you consider he was 5’8” and ~160#.

@WeDoLoveU

Жыл бұрын

@danmahler9063 5'8 is above average (5'6). I thought he look like 5'6, but he does look shorter probably because of his big head. Some people with smaller head look taller but look funny. *He definitely one of the Legend.*

@mirkojorgovic

Жыл бұрын

He had best hands ; we all others can long time practicing for good playing form; he not need many hours for practicing piano but still plays well. Of course in late phase , 50th-75th year he trained more systematically and loger per day.

What a MASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!! SIMPLY AMAZING!!!!

9:30 variation 18th has one of the most beautiful melodies ❤️❤️❤️

@srothbardt

Жыл бұрын

It’s an inversion of the Pag theme. Down an octave in major. B flat I think.

@ReflectingRules

Жыл бұрын

@@srothbardt it is infact, i think like negative harmonies?

@user-md7ig5ir2b

Жыл бұрын

@user-md7ig5ir2b 0 секунд назад @twophilosophicalkids9565 Agree with You

@independentpuppy7520

Жыл бұрын

@@srothbardt True. It's beautiful though. Rach was a genius to be able to do that.

@independentpuppy7520

Жыл бұрын

@@ReflectingRules Yes.

Artur Rubinstein is one or even the best of the best pianists in 20C.

@andrewgu429

3 жыл бұрын

ever* edit that rn

@jedrzejsteszewski6694

Жыл бұрын

He was not bad in 70 Fahrenheit either ;-)

@danielwinner6394

Жыл бұрын

Why not Horowitz?

@brookelabano

Жыл бұрын

@@danielwinner6394 obviously but who is really comparing?? Thank god we experienced both men.

@RB-bj9ms

11 ай бұрын

Horowitz may have had the greater technique, but cannot compare to Rubenstein's expression and interpretation. @@danielwinner6394

Fantastico!!! Rest in peace Grande Maestro Artur Rubinstein ❤❤❤❤❤😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉Giuseppe Perego Monza 16.2.1962 Grazie

In the early 1960s I had the honour of meeting Artur Rubenstein backstage after his concert in Wellington, New Zealand,. Such a quiet spoken gentleman with the softest hands which could express such passion.

Супер... Гений Рахманинов... Обожаю эту рапсодию... Брависсимо Артур Рубинштейн....

El Genio interpretando al Genio...........

I must confess I just "discovered" Rubinstein last year while looking for Claudio Arrau records . Amazing virtuoso, he makes look "easy and relaxed" even the most intricate pieces. Now I am a fan.

@andrewzhang8512

10 ай бұрын

how did you discover rubinstein just now great that you're a convert tho

@jriquelmem

10 ай бұрын

@@andrewzhang8512 no excuses, just my pure ignorance

@UnknownPascal-sc2nk

2 ай бұрын

Grieg Piano Concerto.

9:35 the best Variation 18 I've ever listened to

@matrixgtx2680

3 жыл бұрын

@기기 ikr

How is there not a trillion views on this already????

@thestratford51

9 жыл бұрын

Erik Otis Do you know year, conductor/orchestra ? Thanks in advance.

@thestratford51

9 жыл бұрын

thestratford51 Ok, I believe this was from 1956, Alfred Wallenstein/Showcase Symphony Orchestra.

@SonyaToole

8 жыл бұрын

agreed!

@robertlambert2306

7 жыл бұрын

because there are more than a Trillion lovers of this type of expression of passion

@studentoftheword6115

7 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree. You think there'd be about a Trillion Viewers so far on this!

Pure masterpiece

Wow the speed and intensity! Rach must have been one hell of a pianist as well a magnificent composer! And that full piano slur at the end, breath taking ! Now let's hear him play the Rach 2.

@gljm

Жыл бұрын

Rachmaninoff was one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century.

The son of a gun by some higher power did indeed capture the work. I grew up with the record album. It still creates the same magic.

magnificent and wonderful and fantastic!!!!!♥♥♥♥♥♥

That dry acoustic...unforgiving. Makes an even more exciting performance. Mr Rubenstein's dynamics shadings on great display. The Chopin specialist rocks Rachmaninoff!

Outstanding. Amazing talent

This must have been amazing to witness, that was the performance of a lifetime!

@zamyrabyrd

7 жыл бұрын

Just think decades later we can still enjoy and marvel at it! (This may have been 1950.)

what a precious video record! amazing!

Rubenstein's Paganini has been part of my nervous system for fifty years. I once could do it from memory note for note. Not any longer, unfortunately.

@cristinavelazcoamorin511

2 жыл бұрын

Desde mis 20 años mi profesora me lo hacía escuchar para que notará la excelencia,en este mundo tal volátil retrotraerse a ese tiempo me llena el corazón de sueños y magia,cuando yo misma trataba verme en su lugar .Magnífico!!

@davidswanson5669

2 жыл бұрын

One day you will again

@amerain1729

Жыл бұрын

Did you suffer from a stroke or something?

Rubinstein "The Pianist" no more words...

@klopusiewicz

3 жыл бұрын

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Divina 🇮🇷❤️🥉 obra perfecta 🙏 Artur Rubistain. 🌹

Artur.... with his gorgeous, customary "fireworks" as he called it. BRAVO! You should read his autobiography, it's terrific.

Wow...amazing !!!..breathtaking !

We all love this work and the 18th variation deserves its fame... but it's the 17th' that sets things up for this moment and is where the deep genius is. The dark, lost in the jungle before the dawn.

Non sono ancora passati 5 minuti e sono già senza fiato...❤❤❤Giuseppe

Un des plus grands musiciens de tous les temps

Simply outstanding

Toll. Wie souverän! DANKE❣

The interpretation is simply majestic and exquisitely beautiful ! Wendy Louise Hall (Pianist, Composer a.o ) SA

Fantastic! Absolutely the best!!

El más grande de los concertistas. El primer nombre cuando era casi una BB 😂🇮🇷🥇. 👏👏👏👏👏🔥🖐️

Grande Rachmaninoff!!!❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉 Giuseppe

Да одно из лучших исполонений.

Suena bellísima, muy bella

I love so much the 18th variation

@konstantin1943

Жыл бұрын

Like everyone does

Thanks SO much for posting this!

Artur Rubinstein ovvero il pianoforte ❤❤❤🎉Giuseppe Perego Monza 16.2.1962

Великолепное исполнение!!!

maravilloso

Who could tell me the concert place and the year of this incredible démonstration of what is : having the piano music in the head (no partition !!) Arthur Rubinstein is simply the Best. Thanks

@roningordon2955

3 жыл бұрын

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@daxbenton9047

3 жыл бұрын

@Ronin Gordon Instablaster =)

@karlpage9028

2 жыл бұрын

I think its either 1950 or 1956 with Walter Susskind and NBC symphony

One of my favorite Rachmaninoff pieces.

WOW!

Just amazing

The boss... king Artur! ❤

The end magnifique!!!

Excellent performance.

It doesn't get any better than this ..!!

Brawissimo ! Обожаю !!!

I wonder when this performance took place, it looks as though it could have been the early 1960s. Rubinstein gives a sparkling account of this demanding work.

@simonboccanegra3811

7 жыл бұрын

I believe this is from a "Festival of Music" episode of NBC's series Producers' Showcase, telecast on 30 January 1956. Alfred Wallenstein conducts the Showcase Symphony Orchestra.

@meredith218461

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the information.

@zamyrabyrd

3 жыл бұрын

The orchestra is excellent, very spirited!

Superbly brilliant

Maravilloso Rubinstein !!!

U nas w Polsce to się mówi na takich Arturek.

Thank You from Poland ! Great music !

excellent posture, excellent performance

Outstanding, really by a 20th century giant !

And always such poise. I do dislike all "theatre" modern pianists seem to think is part of "job". Facial expressions, contortions on the piano..... Rubinstein keeps his pose, composure and at one point even adjusts his coat! What performance in every way!

When I hear this song from 9:35 to 12:13 it takes me back to Imperial Russia during the reign and life of the last Tsar/Emperor Nicholas II, his wife Empress Alexandra, their son Grand Duke Alexis, and their four daughters Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Marie, and Anastasia. God Bless their memory.

Incredible

Phenomenal ❤️❤️❤️

thankyou for sharing this - very important work.

Wow, so fluid!

I love so many aspects of the person and musician Rubinstein was, learned over so many years, and one aspect is the absolute command he demonstrates at the piano....no emoting, no swaying, not the least bit of sweating, no huge facial grimacing....all of that energy is funneled into his playing. He’s absolutely marvelous!

Majestic

A commercial right in the middle of a classical piano piece? Jesus wept.

행복을 주는 영상 고맙습니다

Impresionante esta versión!!

@marcofabela7579

2 жыл бұрын

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Re bemolle ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Such a great composer.

לא רק רובינשטיין, גם המנצח והתזמורת אגדיים.

UNO DE LOS MAS GRANDES.

I would have loved being there.

Love it! Especially, var 18!

흑백의 아름다움이 라흐마니노프 피아노 선율과 절묘하게 어울리네요

GREAT!

Un pianista straordinario anche per la sua età avanzata. Peccato non ci sia più.

BRAVISSIMO MAESTRO!!!

Wow manos magicas

I Also love how he plays Rachmaninoff's piano concerto in a different way, which i like better than how it should have been played.

@SZ-wb1qb

2 жыл бұрын

do you have a video that could show how he plays "differently"

Ive never seen this film of Ruby 8n Rachmaninov! Were lucky there are many performance aling with luve recital inMoscow! Abd of course the many filmed performances from later the Grieg, ChopinNo 2. More and nore the orchestral part of these variations shows he changed in Anerica. Rachmaninov got brassy and crass in a thoroughly modern way! TheVariations on Chopin prelude are such great music .

9:25 여기부터..(You may want to listen from here.)

@chul-youngroh1041

4 жыл бұрын

9:36 부터....

@Samuel-Samuel1

4 жыл бұрын

0:00 you may want to listen from here

@salmoonp.shaukat468

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@kellisuzuki8889

3 жыл бұрын

it seems most have trouble appreciating all the other variations instead of just the 18th one...

9:30 in, until 12m12s, folks - Variation 18. Incredible.

its kind of massive - most are familiar with the rach-esq theme, but there is much more, such heeves against the orchestra, and then consessions... awesome stuff - thankyou.

A very great artist he is missed

Bellísima grabación. con película pantalla pequeña. ♥️🇮🇷🎹. casera de 16 mlimtros.

For the people who are curious, variations VI, VII, XI, and XVI are skipped

@ceciliavargaslizarraga

5 жыл бұрын

But this skip is frequently done so, this is not a surprise...

@willemeret2398

4 жыл бұрын

I was gonna say, soooo short!

El único que habia ,tenía 6 años. 🎹🎹. 🇮🇷. 🙏😍

La mejor interpretación de esta pieza. Rubinstein demuestra aquí porqué fue un extraordinario intérprete. Unos pocos afortunados tienen el CD de mediados de los 80's con el sello RED SEAL de RCA.

Nowadays all we get on the major TV networks are Beyonce or Katy Perry? Which makes me wonder how far we have actually come as a species?

@jenmorricone4014

7 жыл бұрын

Thres a lot of things that make me wonder that too. one step forward in technology, ten steps backward in attention span.

@irmaduranmunoz6126

6 жыл бұрын

Dutch Flats Beyoncé is an amazing artist. Best of her generation no doubt

@marilynireland8805

5 жыл бұрын

We haven't.

@tonymccarthy6713

5 жыл бұрын

I don't know who the 'we' is. I know I certainly don't.

@fernandoserico77

5 жыл бұрын

Media are made to enslave people

Meraviglioso

Is the conductor Alfred Wallenstein? He has the best accompaniment. It is because of his wonderful contribution to this masterpiece. His musicality is also wonderful😊

@danmahler9063

Жыл бұрын

Information hidden just below the video credits, “Peter Joblonsky conducting the Royal Philharmonic.”

Fritz Reiner (Conductor), Chicago Symphony Orchestra

wonderful

@mahirzara

7 жыл бұрын

CHURCHILL

@anitahuie1145

6 жыл бұрын

Excuse me but the man playing his own music is the famous man Rachmaninoff

@anitahuie1145

6 жыл бұрын

He is a musical genius.

@Pogouldangeliwitz

Жыл бұрын

That is Jamie Oliver playing Quantz' flute concerto, you marmots!!

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