Schumann/Tausig - Der Kontrabandiste (Emil Gilels)

[s1earle]

A favorite of Master pianist Michael Ponti, however he preferred the roll made by Hofmann: Gilels adopts a faster tempo than most others and takes great pains (like Katchen) to demonstrate his great technique. A truly fabulous performance...

[Dachion]

" A lot of non-stop action on thiz piece keeping the momentum of awe constant. "

[sanpicolo]

Its Imposible

[fredericfranc]

...well, Gilels is supposed to be some kind of a moody Russian, with all that soul...where did the freaking soul go?...

[cem1891]

i laughed at the end. fun times. definitely helps to have an instrument w a well regulated/accelerated action.  this would be a dream to play on a shigeru.

[konstantinoupianist]

incredible..

[beyondthesanity]

Overwhelming and beautiful.

[8bitvlad]

Wow, never heard this version sounds awesome. Would have loved to hear cziffra as well tackle this one. Thanks for the vid.

[MagicDonDino]

Un pezzo giocoso, non avevo mai sentito Gilels su questo....

Grazie.

[strav12]

WOW! That was cool!

[misojin33]

great performance!!

[ReturnOfTheStienway]

omg this was badass. I never heard it before... and to to hear Giles play it is another plus.