(Magaloff)Schubert Impromptu in E-flat, Op. 90-2

[vova47]

Great master....

[paulostroff99]

Lovely playing.TY gullivior for posting

[lingwaiyeung]

the interpretation is very clean, very playful. Excellent performance!

[iBurnedCookies]

This interpretation is unique, i think its beautiful

[magaloff1]

Perfect!

[rubestuh]

I just don't 'get' Magaloff. I've heard him praised, but I find something hard and inartistic about much of his playing. I have no 'soulful' response, whatever that might mean. Whatever is behind the notes seems to me beyond his reach. To each his own, I suppose.

[mario54671]

@rubestuh I agree. Technique-wise, what bugs me is how this piece is clearly marked "legato," and he plays the notes VERY disconnected, beyond non-legato. Mainly when it's softer. And maybe it's the bad technology back then, I don't know, but his playing is very dry. He's got mediocre technique, but I'm not really feeling anything.

[paulostroff99]

@mario54671 -If you are truly not feeling anything-check for a pulse.

[PHOBOSEDEMOS]

Os Russos e os Alemães são de longe os melhores do mundo quando se trata de música clássica,as escolas de música nesses países não tem comparação com as porcarias que temos aqui no Brasil lá o pessoal leva amúsica em sua essência muito a sério é de outro nível de outro planeta

[kasramusique]

AWESOME

[elefantemusical]

excelent and very elegant technique. Allso musicality

[mrkwonsony]

the best interpretation on youtube of this piece. faster than usual tempo and more dynamic & powerful than the woman pianist I forgot her name though.... anyway the best one !

[agilprot]

oh my god...

[musunino]

I buy and heard in my early 20s about 30 years ago the complete piano works by chopin by nikita magaloff on label philips and never more i have enjoy so much as any other versions by so called more recognaized interpreters. Magaloff supreme chopin interpretation put a mark forever to me. The same i can say about Helmut Walcha bach organ interpretations. Explain what happened to me? Sorry about my bad english. thank you.

[tedmarangos]

Those Prokofiev recordings are still available on CD. You will have to do a search for it, though. It appears that they won't allow me to post it. It's well worth doing the search. You will see that even when a recording exists, the EXPERTS think they know better, but they know NOTHING.

[tedmarangos]

As a piano student, I was told by every teacher, and every EXPERT that one should not use Romantic rubato when playing Prokofiev. When I came across a recording of Prokofiev playing quite a few of his own works. You would think it was Rachmaninoff playing! An EXPERT friend of mine commented before I told him who was playing, that "Whoever it was, he obviously had no concept of the style!" There are no EXPERTS in music, only fools who think they are smarter than they actually are.

[pastafantastica]

@tedmarangos congratulations to a very good comment! :)

[tedmarangos]

@pastafantastica Thank you. I once had the good luck to be at a "Tea" given at Steinway for those who waited over a weekend to buy tickets for Horowitz "Historic Return" concert. Horowitz graciously attended. A friend of mine asked him how he felt when the critics..., He waved his hand and said,"They know nothing."

[tedmarangos]

I am so tired of hearing the world's EXPERTS expound on how music should be played. The truth is that we will never know how any composer's music should be played unless we have a recording.

[s2p3r]

@tedmarangos you're right.these so-called pundits make music less enjoyable. thanks to youtube, classical music is now not just for the "elite".poor guys from the philippines like me can now have access to this music.

[SSchrevel]

@tedmarangos Not even that, we can never hear how the music sounded in their heads, because that is where their music comes from. Everything, even their own perfomance, is an interpretation of what is/was in their heads!

[BassicStorm]

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[RokakuT]

génial!! j'adore (

(what ever this means)

[maia1759]

In the middle part and at the code his tempo is quite strange, it is as if he was trying to avoid an explosion of sound. lovesGenet is right that it is not Schubert. The poor Austrian composer said once "there is no music but sad music". The russian impetuosity has nothing to do with that.

[gacktology]

Very good ! I like it!

[IViolentiAmorosi]

yes

[lovesGenet]

I can't believe he was included in Phillips great pianists compilation. What Schubert stylistics is this.Everyone had to spend time with Magaloff. Personality is evident but this kind of Schubert must be a Russian idea -crass. I'd like to be able to learn something from his inflated reputation!

[tedmarangos]

@lovesGenet Look at the year of the recording, and the age of Mr. Magaloff. He was of a time when musicians had character and personality. Most of today's pianists sound so homogenized that you can't tell them apart. Like it or don't like it, but don't be so presumptuous as to think you are actually knowledgeable enough to judge him. I saw him play in Carnegie Hall around 1960, and he was a wonderful performer, IMHO.

[boxers7x5]

@lovesGenet

Magaloff was 6 when his family left Russia, and he wound up in Paris studying with Isidor Philipp.

[alexjrmarino]

" played by Nikita Magaloff in an interview during the 1965 Chopin Competition when he was one of the jury. " shit nice !!

[Laure34280]

génial!! j'adore =)

[callenishss]

y is this vid in that playlist

[gunilla78]

oMG He Has skills he was a teacher!!

[INTERNETVID]

thanks for posting, enjoyed it !!

[xxxPIANOPLAYERxxx]

Wow ..

[caulfield98]

hah, i like the arbitrary tempo.

[coninbrigia]

Maravilhoso, grato a quem postou este vídeo!!!!!!!!!

[RoyalLollipop]

A little too fast, but still amazing.

[richardre06]

I don't agree is perfect is time and is melody is 1really songed with beautiful sentiment

[cbdesade]

That was a fierce performance, and the best. Very manly.

[Trepper1940]

Great performance, no doubt. The speed is correct. This is not an easy piece but Fantasie IMpromptu by Chopin is mo0re difficult.

[lara9114]

where the hell you take of that the speed from the first part is correct?? hahaha hav you ever seen the sheets?

[xxh3llfir3xx]

how hard is this song compared to fantasie impromptu? thanks!

[FirstGirlPianist]

Try them! It's hard to explain ^_^

[sirjohnly]

holy shit he plays this fast.

whenever i play this song this fast for fun i get bitched at by my piano teacher lol

[ilovescarlatti]

I like very much this interpretation... dramatic and desperate soul.... like Schubert ?? may be...

[plantluver9]

too fast for me, and his extreme tempo variations are annoying sometimes

[hunpiano]

very very good!

[hippitybippitybop]

Listen to Murray Perahia and then decide which version you like better!

[romarsocos]

dope!:D

[tchebinai71]

I 've known Magaloff by mendelssohn masterpieces. he's quite amazing on "variations sérieuses "

[X52SY]

Great pianist. Thank you.

[dalecampbl5]

thus far I prefer this version of the impromptu to all others

[Starwalker6978]

Much better than his Sciabin!

[tchebinai71]

I prefer horowitz' but i had never listened to it before

[dlightman1978]

this wsa the year martha argerich won ? good to see nikita voted for her

[hippitybippitybop]

I am sure that Schubert would prefer Magaloff's interpretation as it has the element of Gypsy Soul as the last movement (Coda) is pure gypsy melody. If you can't play it don't say it!!

[macerini]

I agree with you in regarding to the gypsy soul and it's obvious that this is a great interpretation, but I don't understand why my opinion touched you so much to justify you reaction.

There's nothing personal. Just a matter of taste and I just prefer Zimerman interpretation, that's all.

By the way...I'll be glad to hear your version of this piece.

I'm sure you can play it, inasmuch you say so! ;)

[macerini]

Very questionable interpretetion in my opinion.

Magaloff is for sure one of greatest pianist of all the times but this recording isn't comparable with the one by Zimerman.

Zimerman is still #1, at least with this piece...and not only!

[sampledogcopycat]

Is he using the right pedal? If not how can he still manage to play it so legato?

[hippitybippitybop]

By judicious use of the pedal-in other words "just the right touch" on the pedal-perfect coloring!!!!!!!!

[hippitybippitybop]

The MOST OUTSTANDING interpretation of Schubert Opus 90 #2 in E flat!  The composer would applaud Magaloff on his performance. Zimerman is good but Magaloff is GREAT!

[bouhet22]

wondeful Schubert playing, expressive but chaste,

[hippitybippitybop]

How did he end up playing a Schubert Impromptu during an interview at the 1965 Chopin Competition where he was a judge?? Quite a bit different than Zimerman's interpretation!

[Juicealicious]

Wow, he's amazing. It looks so unreal like his fingers aren't even touching the keys... really amazing.

[MayadaJeffery]

WOW. 5 stars. No, 6 stars.

[dereczynski]

A great ear .Taste .elegance .sensitivity

without selfindulgence. intelligence.

Thank You for posting this Master.

[mesedoimuchuon]

Exquisite! This is exactly how this piece should be played!

[hippitybippitybop]

Zimermans version is quite good also-but totally different than Magaloff. It always boils down to interpretation-if great pianist's played it the same it would be quite boring!

[dido93]

L'unico video del grande maestro Nikita Magaloff che ho trovato fino ad ora in rete... Grazie.

[LVB1770]

Wow, this is rare and the quality is wonderful! Great camera work, too. I love Nikita Magaloff's Chopin. Thanks so much for the post. He really hits the ending with great energy.

[Snaaak88]

I hope you realize that this is not chopin

[HASKHD]

@Snaaak88 its not

[chad410]

lovely.thanks

[ALSmithey]

So melancholy...Rest in peace, Mr. Magaloff.