One of my favourites among Chopin' études, and in the deliciously powerful version by Rubinstein. I love playing this every time: as welll on happy days as during days of low spirits or low energy... It' s always a gentle blow of gladness and strength to me

Did you know that for a long time until he died, Rubinstein always played a Steinway? So did Horowitz. I got to meet the man who was piano technician for both of them.

@emmanuelmide591

Жыл бұрын

Franz Mohr

@izzyjamm4

Жыл бұрын

@@emmanuelmide591 lol never expected this comment to get a reply

No one in the right mind would criticize Rubinstein's interpretations or his playing, and god forgive us, his technique. this man was a consummate performer for many decades. His body of work, taken as a whole is superlative. period.

@matambale

4 жыл бұрын

We are in complete agreement.

Many thanks to the person who posted these videos.

this is my favorite performance! the low quality is a shame though

today i was at an school concert. and there is this 19 year old boy. he kinda reminded me of paul potts. he looked so unsure and he sat down . and he started playing this. and everybody was like: =O it was amazing.

And this shall remind everybody that he was also a virtuoso!

Thank twotea22 for posting the Rubinstein vids. You make my day!!

Marvellous! I especially love what he does with the last page!

wow...such an old recording but its still all clear and energetic!

Ótima interpretação! BRAVO!

Incredible playing!!!!!!!

amazing & fantastic!!!♥♥♥♥♥

AWESOME!!!

Such a masterpiece.

wow this sounds cool in g major

@apianoguy-wx3ch

Ай бұрын

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@omegamale7880

8 күн бұрын

Now called White Key Etude.

Unlikely.. He had one of the broadest repertories in history..

Posta. Mañana tengo que rendir en el conservatorio ese mismo estudio... ¡Me he desmoralizado por completo! Es increible la prolijidad que logra este muchacho... A mi me sale rápido, pero es n bodriazo!

yeah, octaves are insane

So good

nice. i play this piece right now

wow!

Why should we give a negative critique to a positive performance?? And why are you insist on being negative?? You simply don't hear the very simple but yet one of the best musical element inside this performance. No matter how negatively you try to speak about this performance .. Rubinstein is still a very good and extraordinary musician.

There is akso Alfred Cortot perhaps lighter ; there is not a recording of 24 sudies by A Rubinstein why ?

i like this the best

With an awesome technique like this, I don't know why he avoided challenging pieces like liszt etudes and Rach3..

@justina9914

3 жыл бұрын

He probably doesn't like them

@sanjai_s

3 жыл бұрын

Bcoz he like Chopin, his pieces are like very beautiful poem but both Rach and Liszt are just pure raw emotions you could the differences between them

@marksmith3947

2 жыл бұрын

@@sanjai_s agree. And by the way I don't think anyone touches Rubinstein when it comes to playing the Mazurkas. His authentic artistry in the Mazurkas is supreme, in my opinion-- and by a large margin. Back to the etude, I prefer this performance quite a bit compared to Lang Lang, phenom though he is. This performance makes me warm. Lang Lang only wows me

:D fantastic

Haha well that's fine, I love Beethoven too. Bach is just my personal favorite :) Oh man, Beethoven's Appassionata sonata, the second movement especially, is sooooo beautiful...

He plays it so easily D: the end=omg.

@Ansel989 i think theyre not applauding because he must have programed this along with the etude op 25 no 1 together as a set, as pianists sometimes do with short pieces, so they would have applauded after the set is complete.

@voolare this one is not too dificult. but rubinsein also playd feux follets...

Does this sound sharp/bright to anyone?

@noodlery7034

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah i dont think it has the correct pitch

@LourencoGomespiano

4 жыл бұрын

It's in g major

@adamchenadamov

3 жыл бұрын

Lourenço Gomes it’s in between

Look at how easily he grabs the "big 10th" as I call it, at 1:27! Db, Cb, F in the left hand.

Don't think all the LH octaves are there just like the scale in Grand Polonaise. But the technique is nonetheless crazy. He locks his wrist to get greater speed and that pinky is stronger than Baltimore bridge!

OMG

the piano is tuned so high

hes a machine..look at those fingers..cant even see them.. :)

@go9zu I think I just watched that one part about 20 times just now. o.o

@sauternety36 That's one of the reasons why I don't look at the pianist and instead just listen to the music. I find that more often than not I pay too much attention to what they are doing.

I wonder how representative this recording is of the real sound? It definitely looks ancient!

@alainspiteri502

Жыл бұрын

It's a live !

Mr. Mombeek is well known as a *musician* of great virtue... In his opinion Richter is "bad musician" and Rubinstein is probably even worse (or slightly better?). Mr. Mombeek also a great *educator* and has a mission to convert YT music community into army of Liberace's fans. As one can see his personal musical taste is impeccable! ;)

when?

@koopizahardstyler because he was going to play another piece

Whens this video from?

Where did this take place?

Maybe because they knew he was probably continue on to Etude No. 6. Just a guess.

it's quite tragic, isn't it? ;( of all things to omit.

well, loveebara's point is probably that you can't regard someone who simply plays a piece of music as being equally worth of consideration as the one who wrote it. I can't but agree with that.

its an etude, which means study. They were written to improve ones technique. So in this case interpretation and proper style isnt as important because these were played while the player practices. opinion is opinion. i cba to argue any more..

THANK YOU, twotea22, for these wonderful tapes!! It could only be topped by clara haskil - but is there any recording of her?

why theres no applause?

yeah,that's polish soul !

*worthy

I play this piece 46 years. I found this piece completely useless. Did not increase my black key tech.

I thought you meant as a general componist. Now I must openly disagree with you, my favourite is still Beethoven ^^

Plus, you forget the greatest of all. Bach! :) (That's just my opinion)

Well, I meant for the keyboard. You can't blame Bach for not composing for the piano, since it sucked back then...

"if the world whas like you" we'd have a case of reverse evolution... someone can read, write and even press piano keys... alas Neanderthal! ;)

Tchaikovsky is the man. Then Chopin

Mmmh i'm playing this piece also right now. Of course, Arthur Rubinstein is technically much better than me, but the 'prononciation' of this piece is indeed that one of a student! Where is the poesie indeed?

..well, duh..

lol

..and who disregards them? btw, forgetting Liszt in your list is a disregard in itself;-) Bramhs and Debussy were good pianists, but certainly not at the level of their contemporary best interpreters)

my world only consists of positive thoughts? how could you say that when you have no idea who i am. And ill have you know ive critiqued videos of langlang and menuhin so your 'theory' isn't really valid. What has religion got to do with it? your reply to my comment seems to be inaccurate in that youre saying i should have negative thoughts about rubenstein, when i stated that you can't have that good input when youre puting him lower than a 'student'.

Bach didn't actually compose anything for piano...

who cares, you say? ;-)