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billyguns2 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Horowitz considered Rosenthal to be the greatest of the great pianists. He also highly esteemed Paderewski for his musicality and Rachmaninoff for his brilliant pianism. He also admired Cortot despite his technical lapses, and Michelangeli ( who he thought "a little crazy." ) I find this playing to be astonishingly beautiful and spontaneous, probably closer to Chopin's own style than the square, metric playing of today.
Ernesto7608 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Especially with Chopin, I find that the small details (a dissonance here, a modulation there, ornamentations)hit the soul in some mysterious ways. Sometimes regardless of tempo, rubato. A clean performance by a musician that has blood flowing can be sufficient to offer ALL what is there to feel in a composition. Perhaps to appreciate it we had to listen to different interpretations, but once we have it inside, we can recreate it every time, no matter how sterile the performance.
smithsherman (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
No,Dear Ernesto....ANY PIANIST WITH A MINIMUM OF RUBATO CANNOT INSPIRE THE SAME FEELINGS...BECAUSE TIME AND RELATIONSHIP CONTEXT ENTIRELY EFFECT OUR PERCEPTIONS.I think that all pianists should play in some manner like this....then they wouldn't all sound the same...very sterile and unoriginalas they have mostly since the world war II era.
Ernesto7608 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Beautiful interpretation! It is amazing how his style differs from today's pianists.And I dare to say that the result is the same. The musical enjoyment comes by large from the composition. A modern pianist with good touch and minimum rubato can inspire exactly the same feelings.It takes a little getting used to his playing so expresively. I don't think a pianist today should play like this, unless he is strongly driven to, but Rosenthal played it exactly like he should in his days.
ika2312 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Such a soft touch. I am taken aback. Really i fell chopin in his interpretation.
paulostroff99 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Alessandro1985-I have lots of Hofmann,Lhevinne,Michelangeli,Gieseking,Cortot,Lipatti,and such. Since Gould died,I have very little interest in living pianists.I ownload practically nothing else now. Best wishes.
Alessandro1985 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
definitely a stunner!
paulostroff99 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Stunning! One of the all time great poets of the piano. Bravo! TY.
byrolinda (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Wonderful playing, .. shades of Chopin himself, I feel
smithsherman (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
This version is right up there with Paderewski and Pachmann's versions of it.Why? Because unlike most post WWII performances of this,the structure folds out feeling spontaneous,Each gesture is clear in affect,timing and articulation...and YES,It makes emotional sense from start to finish.To see how good this is...just listen to Argerich or Pollini blow through it callously.You'll be back quickly. |
