Cor de Groot plays Ravel - live 1941 (Beinum, Concertgebouw)

[PhilPhilUSA]

I love this playing. Masterful! Thank you for showcasing this great artist. Wonderful flow of images...

[suzettegm]

What a treat !

[claudiogoldman]

How marvellous...

[UtterObliteration]

Masterful playing. Gives enough to each note to make the sound full, but doesn't make it drag. It's always kinda weird listening to concerts from another era, hearing the chairs bang as they stand up between movements to stretch their legs, hearing them cough to clear their throats. They're probably all dead now.

[bourbakis]

It feels like someone is drowning (given the ambient noise) then the heavenly music descends...

[paulostroff99]

Superb! Bravo! Cor de Groot at his very best. TY.

[Melomondo]

As Billyguns2 said, this is fabulous. Thank you so much for posting this.

[billyguns2]

Ah, Ravel can be played with warmth and gorgeous tone instead of dry French "style;" this is simply fabulous, masterful playing that moves me deeply. de Groot deserves to be much more widely known; thanks to you, he can be. The video says "Willem Van" is the conductor, not Eduard Van Beinum. Is this Van Otterloo?