I had the privilege to attend some of Kempff's recitals in London back in the 1970s. On occasion he would play while gazing into the distance as though he was communing with the spirit of the composer.

@micaelabonetti949

2 жыл бұрын

I experienced exactly what you nicely wrote when attending Kempff's recitals. It was as if he was already in Heaven playing for us human beings still on earth...

@TheWiseMonkey8888

25 күн бұрын

@@micaelabonetti949 5:14 ...Scenes From Childhood (Kinderszenen) Op.15... No. 1 "Von fremden Ländern und Menschen", "Of Foreign Lands and Peoples"... ah well... anyway...

I've noticed it before: he looks as if he hears the music for the first time and is tasting its essence.

Merveilleuse interprétation, totalement intériorisée et parfaitement extériorisée ! L'expression de son visage et de ses yeux me touche beaucoup ! Merci !

Wow, I’ve only ever heard him on cds before. Seeing him listen so intently, and get to the essence was a revelation!

for me those older pianists, are masters. I prefer them above all those young ones. Keep posting I love it.

@TheWiseMonkey8888

5 жыл бұрын

5:09 ... 6:22 in day long before modern mail or digital communication, the method of exchange of information beween peoples took a diffrent form. Here we have Schumann augmenting a theme originating from Chopin. The letters of Robert Schumann make womderful reading...

@PianoAngelicus

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@trblcleft

2 жыл бұрын

there are so many poetic artists with dare I say even more facility than Master Wilhelm. Perhaps mention names?

@JOHN-tk6vl

Жыл бұрын

I agree 100%. We will not see the likes of Kempff again.

@micaelabonetti949

25 күн бұрын

​@@JOHN-tk6vlHave to disagree. There still are. Maybe well hidden. One name comes to my mind: Beatrice Rana.

beautiful, thanks

Thanks from Holland.

A delight!

Tis better than the DG recording. So good.

For some reason i think he has a bit of a childlike quality of playing, which genuinely fits these pieces!

@peterbrenton410

3 жыл бұрын

'childlike-could be because much of it is like his Kinderszenen Scenes from Childhood?

@micaelabonetti949

25 күн бұрын

I always believed great minds, great human beings, artists, scientists, simple peasants (I met few like this), naturally keep their childhood in their souls all their lives along. Feel it's so for Kempff. It's necessary to keep this openess, innocence, joy, freshness, inextinguible curiosity -among other sorts of qualities- to be such a musician.

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@StephenTrainor

8 ай бұрын

Some of the best bars of music Schumann ever wrote.

@nikb6176

24 күн бұрын

Some of the finest phrasing ever recorded at the piano, the voicing and turn of phrase is just heartstopping

Totally disagree, like Howoritz - Kempff had a gift for phrasing of Schumann

I don't think Schumann was his forte whereas he excelled in Beethoven

5:05