No gimmicks, no exaggerations, no ostentatious body movements or facial contortions. The music speaks for itself. And it speaks louder than any enhanced piano-gymnastics ever could.
I had the joy of hearing Rubinstein live in my early 20's. Heart and warmth poured out of him. This delightful gem brings me back to that experience. He was unaffected, and his approach to the music seems so healthy and grounded. Even his occasional wrong notes generated heat, although I heard none in this recording.
@alejandrothefader you make alot of sense. Rubinstein is the genius. After all he made the career out of playing Chopin. Rubinstein is the inventor and innovator. Yeah Rubinstein is the real genius here. Not Chopin, he's just some guy who wrote all this music, he's not important....
@anonymousQ45 you really don't get the point... you re starting to start like a pedant scholar or smth....chopin wanted is works to be played technically sound, but the aim he had in everything was sound... sound like this... get off your high horse man, and enjoy music for what it is, technique is only a asistance to produce a better sound easier and be able to manouver more... not the bottomline of music... hope i made myself clear
@anonymousQ45 and btw, chopin is the one who made the music... but, you haven't heard him play have you? you only get to hear as far as this.... and i ask...do you like it? isn't this one of the most musical and toneful interpretation out there? has he (rubinstein) played in a level where most pianists will never get? and finally, have you seen him performing technical works? if you answer yes to all this, then you must undrstand WHY he has the liberty to play as he may want...
@alejandrothefader the whole comment was sarcastic. and you keep pointing out what thge music sounds like when the purpose is all for technique. the point of 5/4 is for a smaller hand to maximize wrist movement. by playing 5/4 you use wide circular movements, again the etudesm purpose is to strech the hand. why do an exercise if youre going to do it wrong. hes a bad example to young piansts here
@anonymousQ45 i understood the comment's sarcasm thank you, and i answered to it, but you still don't get the point... rubenstein can do WHATEVER he wants to at that level he is! he uses 5-3 for the sake of sound, and you can clearly see he could use any fingering he may want to! now, don't come here talking about young pianists... any pianist wanting to listen to rubenstein and apply things should first master the technique! when you get there, you play with the piece and try for good sound!
@alejandrothefader@anonymousQ45 to mr.anonymous I ask: does Chopin's score say anything about the fingering? an etude is for the pianist to solve it, like a sort of puzzle or challenge. If you're able to play it and make it sound musical and sound, as Rubinstein does, who cares if he's using 3-5 or 4-5? The score doesn't say: ¨this must be played using 4-5¨. Who do you think you are to say: he's using the wrong fingering??? Why don't you record yourself playing this and let us judge you?
@alejandrothefader fine, you're the genius here right? You know more than Chopin obviously. Maybe Chopin should be studying your etudes. Hey, maybe we should all study Alejandros etudes because his theory on piano technique is what changed the musical definition of etudes. Yeah you are the real genius here buddy
@anonymousQ45 nope man, but im the practical musician here... you can't change my mind and so you start mocking me? the real genious here is rubinstein who performs this etude with such beautiful sound and finesse... he is playing for people! people and most musicians don't give a shit if you use 4th or 3d as lond as it sounds good... and im saying it again.... if you want to practice it "correctly" for the sake of technique, do it... but remmember that technique is there to aid musicality!
@anonymousQ45 bottomline, you listen to the piece... you don't look to his fingers and say... hey he is not playing it good, while ignoring a great sound and depth produced by those wrong fingering.... besides, everybody can play differently! he may have a weak fourth... he may prefer 3d because the sound you get by it is much more controlled and ballanced with the 5th... are you that good of a musician to bash on rubenstein's genious? should we hear you and then judge rubenstein?
@alejandrothefader playing an etude with the wrong fingering is like doing a workout and using your whole body to substitute lifting with a specific muscle. The 5/4 fingering is to stretch the web and maximize wrist movement. It's one thing to play a chopin etude, but to play well is another. Remember, Chopin wrote the music, not Rubinstein The 5/4 fingering is one of the aims in this study
@anonymousQ45 i insist on what i believe man.... music is for playing well! that is the bottomline... you can study it as you want... but when you perform an etude or whatever piece of music you may you use whatever you need to make it sound beautiful that is the truth behind playing something well! not everybody has the same fingers and hands as to play it like chopen wrote... as beethoven (i think)had said once.... play it with your nose if necesary, but play it well!
@anonymousQ45 and about what you said about the workout.... when you find an easier way to perform a workout (squats vs box squats) with a variation where you add more weight and train other aspects of your body strength, you do it, cause you get something different or something you consider more beneficial from it... personally i m sure i can play the piece with 5-4, but i prefer using mostly 5-3 because of the equilibrium it gives to the pianissimo you need from the arpegiato...
@anonymousQ45 "To impose a fingering cannot logically adapt itself to the different formations of the hand." - Debussy. Although some fingerings for a particular piece are more popular than others, the most appropriate form varies from pianist to pianist; not all hands and techniques are the same. There is no such thing as right and wrong fingering; the end result is what should be judged, and the end result works very well here.
@anonymousQ45 I have played it, but my aim, and I suspect Rubinstein's aim, was to play it as a piece of music. It's not ultimately just a technical exercise; the music matters here, and if the music works better for Rubinstein using his particular choice of fingering, then that's what he should use. The idea that everyone has to use exactly the same fingering regardless of the shape of their hands, the length of their fingers, the choice of tempo, the intended touch etc. is not sustaintable.
The living embodiment of elegant performance. It's fascinating to watch (as opposed to just hear) Rubinstein playing and see how little body movement there is. The timing on the the resolution after the recapitulation is sublime. As on so many Chopin performances, Rubinstein really sets the standard.
MIRACOLOSO !!! Ascoltate e guardate come si fa a interpretare un capolavoro del pianismo romantico, con un video mediocre, con un suono debole e quasi annebbiato, ma con un gigante come Arthur Rubinstein che, con la sua interpretazione, oltrepassa il tempo, lo spazio, i mezzi tecnologici video e informatici !!! Arthur Rubinstein, monumento dell'Arte, della Musica e della Cultura ...... senza tempo !!!! Valentina Lisitsa, Lang Lang e tanti altri ASCOLATE QUESTA LEZIONE !!!!!!!!!!
I´m playing this Etude right now, and I think this is the very best version i ever heard. Master Rubinstein just played it so perfect and beautiful. The melody is so delicious and espressive and the arpeggios int the left hand are so sweat. I just love Rubinstein´s version and I hope play the etude, like 10% as Rubinstein.
Chopin's Etudes will always be a part of my musical life. And Rubinstein plays with beautiful tone and always serves as inspirations. His memoirs are interesting to read
Can you imagine; Chopin did live hundred years before that performance; and Bach two hundred years before : i suppose that one was filmed in the early forties : like in a dream alive, when people were respectful of the artist and fascinated by the same way; you can hear a fly around; if there were flies ! There is also films of Ignace Paderewsky rarities !!!
also, not sure if this has been mentioned already, but it's most likely the recording that's sharp, not the piano itself. It's difficult to keep the speed of an analog recording, especially one as old and grainy as this one.
Oh, the audience of the Conservatory of Moscow feels like home. One simply gets up there and plays such great music. At least, Rubinstein makes me think so in this and the other parts of this concert.
So so so .... musical! I mean frankly, the overall movement is really uneven and choppy, there are all sorts of quibbles one could make. And no, it's not that hard a piece. But what separates Rubinstein from everyone else is that singing, that musicality. Makes me weep.
Thanks much Gerard for this wonderful pianistic moment... I didn't know this video... It's wonderful... What a mastery, delicacy and impassive bearing. Genius !
@gerardbedecarter Oh my, yes! This brings to mind Schumann's description on first hearing Chopin play this etude himself and his ever so subtle blending of the harmonies like an aeolian harp.
It's like a beautifully woven piece of lace.
It almost evaporates at a touch. Wonderful! Thank you Gerard.
lang lang with rubinstein ??????????/ Are you guys crazy ? Who is lang lang ? This is the world of lipatti and schnabel and richter. Come on guys...........wake up to it.
In addition to this being such a beautiful performance, check out AR's technique & mechanics. Perfect posture. No wasted or unnecessary movement whatsoever. Totally relaxed !
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Beautiful. This man has always mastered the art of passionate playing. I only regret that I wasn't born earlier enough to enjoy any of his performances live :(
@Gluberbloob Compared to the *shudder Op 25 #6 and #11 ..it really is a piece of cake..aside from Op 25 #9 <3333333333 ..it really is one of the easier ones....now....getting it to SOUND like Rubinstein is a totally different story ^^ Chopin plays dirty.
@Gluberbloob For Rubinstein, it was NOT that easy. Despite his wonderful mastery of Chopin (et al) he chose not to record the etudes. This information is something I heard many years ago, and if someone knows that it is wrong please point out my error.
@eurisko618 yes. I believe he began recording the entire set of etudes, but abandoned the project because it was too difficult for him. I believe Horowitz also refused to record the complete etudes for the same reason.
I think his interpretation by Rubinstein sets the example to follow. Close to the upper limit of expression for this etude but always within measure, as was usual for him.
In contrast, Horowitz plays this a bit too schmaltzy and finicky, as he did often.
Wrong. VH was a technician and a musician. You are just annoyed that he forced his personality onto what he played and made the pieces outstanding and vivid, in contrast to most of the saw-horses one listens to (Ashkenazy, Pollini, Richter, Arrau, Ax, and countless other chaff).
@nearenough3 You have a sense of humor -or are a very young immature person and not a musician. Each Artist has their own value as an interpreter. As Rubinstein said himself there is no such thing as " best" just different -especially when you get to this level of performance. It's OK to be a fan but to say the things you have said about great artists actually demeans you and really gives us a good picture of you as a person -not that most would really feel it worth while to converse with you.
Yes truly the master of Chopin, it sounds so natural,majestic,just the right tempo. Know one comes near to his playing. Watch him sit at the piano, no exagerated body movements. By the way, I am a distant relative, My grandmother and her two sisters died in Treblinca, my father escaped from Dachau and came to the uk in 1939. ( see 'two brothers united in berlin, on u tube.) Peter Beschorner-Rubinstein
absolutely gorgeous.
Burnsomatic 4 days ago
Look at those fingers, they just float like a river across the keys.
LisaMackXx 3 weeks ago in playlist Liked videos
ПРОСТО...ГЕНИАЛЬНО!!!!!!!
lenadetiiroyal888 1 month ago
oh, infinito Rubinstein........
TheFioresi 1 month ago
OH, INFINITO RUBINSTEIN..........
TheFioresi 1 month ago
after watching many interpretations in weeks, this is my favourite interpretation. its just perfect
44STYLE187 1 month ago
how it should be played...the definitive recording of this magical etude.
rachm06 1 month ago
When did this recital take place? I am amazed to realize the sound quality is superb. And so is of course the technique of Rubinstein as a pianist.
Bluejeans0701 1 month ago
No gimmicks, no exaggerations, no ostentatious body movements or facial contortions. The music speaks for itself. And it speaks louder than any enhanced piano-gymnastics ever could.
jlaurson 2 months ago 2
El maestro...
chavayo123 2 months ago
Everything about this video is perfect!
LisaMackXx 3 months ago
I see. there are 14 musical idiots on youtube!!!
AntaresCortinas 3 months ago
You are so luck to hear this in person! WOW! This is awesome!
vortex481 3 months ago in playlist More videos from twotea22
I had the joy of hearing Rubinstein live in my early 20's. Heart and warmth poured out of him. This delightful gem brings me back to that experience. He was unaffected, and his approach to the music seems so healthy and grounded. Even his occasional wrong notes generated heat, although I heard none in this recording.
EmdrGreg 3 months ago
The best performance of this etude I have ever heard.
machu1987 3 months ago
Like a tender story being told, what a relief to listen to Rubinstein playing this piece!
titusbeertsen 4 months ago
Impossible, incomparable, a miracle.
Isospinsymmetries 4 months ago
@imrich6 I'd prefer Fryderyk Rubinstein :D
newFranzFerencLiszt 5 months ago
Well, as a matter of fact, the words are unnecessary in this case. Rubinstein's interpretation says it all. One and only - Arthur Rubinstein!!!
theUroshman 5 months ago
great piece, great interpretation
RCBoss1138 6 months ago 3
My God. Never fails to amaze me.
LazlosPlane 6 months ago
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ThinkingChristian29 7 months ago
@alejandrothefader you make alot of sense. Rubinstein is the genius. After all he made the career out of playing Chopin. Rubinstein is the inventor and innovator. Yeah Rubinstein is the real genius here. Not Chopin, he's just some guy who wrote all this music, he's not important....
anonymousQ45 7 months ago
@anonymousQ45 you really don't get the point... you re starting to start like a pedant scholar or smth....chopin wanted is works to be played technically sound, but the aim he had in everything was sound... sound like this... get off your high horse man, and enjoy music for what it is, technique is only a asistance to produce a better sound easier and be able to manouver more... not the bottomline of music... hope i made myself clear
alejandrothefader 7 months ago 2
@anonymousQ45 and btw, chopin is the one who made the music... but, you haven't heard him play have you? you only get to hear as far as this.... and i ask...do you like it? isn't this one of the most musical and toneful interpretation out there? has he (rubinstein) played in a level where most pianists will never get? and finally, have you seen him performing technical works? if you answer yes to all this, then you must undrstand WHY he has the liberty to play as he may want...
alejandrothefader 7 months ago 4
@alejandrothefader the whole comment was sarcastic. and you keep pointing out what thge music sounds like when the purpose is all for technique. the point of 5/4 is for a smaller hand to maximize wrist movement. by playing 5/4 you use wide circular movements, again the etudesm purpose is to strech the hand. why do an exercise if youre going to do it wrong. hes a bad example to young piansts here
anonymousQ45 7 months ago
@anonymousQ45 i understood the comment's sarcasm thank you, and i answered to it, but you still don't get the point... rubenstein can do WHATEVER he wants to at that level he is! he uses 5-3 for the sake of sound, and you can clearly see he could use any fingering he may want to! now, don't come here talking about young pianists... any pianist wanting to listen to rubenstein and apply things should first master the technique! when you get there, you play with the piece and try for good sound!
alejandrothefader 7 months ago 2
@alejandrothefader @anonymousQ45 to mr.anonymous I ask: does Chopin's score say anything about the fingering? an etude is for the pianist to solve it, like a sort of puzzle or challenge. If you're able to play it and make it sound musical and sound, as Rubinstein does, who cares if he's using 3-5 or 4-5? The score doesn't say: ¨this must be played using 4-5¨. Who do you think you are to say: he's using the wrong fingering??? Why don't you record yourself playing this and let us judge you?
violetavalery 6 months ago
@violetavalery yesssss that was just the point i was trying to make.... you got it in few words ;)
alejandrothefader 6 months ago
@alejandrothefader fine, you're the genius here right? You know more than Chopin obviously. Maybe Chopin should be studying your etudes. Hey, maybe we should all study Alejandros etudes because his theory on piano technique is what changed the musical definition of etudes. Yeah you are the real genius here buddy
anonymousQ45 7 months ago
@anonymousQ45 nope man, but im the practical musician here... you can't change my mind and so you start mocking me? the real genious here is rubinstein who performs this etude with such beautiful sound and finesse... he is playing for people! people and most musicians don't give a shit if you use 4th or 3d as lond as it sounds good... and im saying it again.... if you want to practice it "correctly" for the sake of technique, do it... but remmember that technique is there to aid musicality!
alejandrothefader 7 months ago 3
@anonymousQ45 bottomline, you listen to the piece... you don't look to his fingers and say... hey he is not playing it good, while ignoring a great sound and depth produced by those wrong fingering.... besides, everybody can play differently! he may have a weak fourth... he may prefer 3d because the sound you get by it is much more controlled and ballanced with the 5th... are you that good of a musician to bash on rubenstein's genious? should we hear you and then judge rubenstein?
alejandrothefader 7 months ago 9
@alejandrothefader playing an etude with the wrong fingering is like doing a workout and using your whole body to substitute lifting with a specific muscle. The 5/4 fingering is to stretch the web and maximize wrist movement. It's one thing to play a chopin etude, but to play well is another. Remember, Chopin wrote the music, not Rubinstein The 5/4 fingering is one of the aims in this study
anonymousQ45 7 months ago
@anonymousQ45 i insist on what i believe man.... music is for playing well! that is the bottomline... you can study it as you want... but when you perform an etude or whatever piece of music you may you use whatever you need to make it sound beautiful that is the truth behind playing something well! not everybody has the same fingers and hands as to play it like chopen wrote... as beethoven (i think)had said once.... play it with your nose if necesary, but play it well!
alejandrothefader 7 months ago 2
@anonymousQ45 and about what you said about the workout.... when you find an easier way to perform a workout (squats vs box squats) with a variation where you add more weight and train other aspects of your body strength, you do it, cause you get something different or something you consider more beneficial from it... personally i m sure i can play the piece with 5-4, but i prefer using mostly 5-3 because of the equilibrium it gives to the pianissimo you need from the arpegiato...
alejandrothefader 7 months ago 2
Rubinstein is definitely a master of Chopin playing.
orqsilva 7 months ago 2
hes using the wrong fingering in the left hand, its 5/4, not 5/3
anonymousQ45 7 months ago
@anonymousQ45 "To impose a fingering cannot logically adapt itself to the different formations of the hand." - Debussy. Although some fingerings for a particular piece are more popular than others, the most appropriate form varies from pianist to pianist; not all hands and techniques are the same. There is no such thing as right and wrong fingering; the end result is what should be judged, and the end result works very well here.
simondurrant1 7 months ago 3
@simondurrant1 if you have played this etude you would know that the aim is to stretch the web of the hand and maximize wrist dexterity
anonymousQ45 7 months ago
@anonymousQ45 I have played it, but my aim, and I suspect Rubinstein's aim, was to play it as a piece of music. It's not ultimately just a technical exercise; the music matters here, and if the music works better for Rubinstein using his particular choice of fingering, then that's what he should use. The idea that everyone has to use exactly the same fingering regardless of the shape of their hands, the length of their fingers, the choice of tempo, the intended touch etc. is not sustaintable.
simondurrant1 7 months ago 3
@anonymousQ45 i play it 5/3 too.... it's about sound in this etude! lol...
alejandrothefader 7 months ago
When was it ,please??(the date?) thanks!
theladypoupre 7 months ago
The living embodiment of elegant performance. It's fascinating to watch (as opposed to just hear) Rubinstein playing and see how little body movement there is. The timing on the the resolution after the recapitulation is sublime. As on so many Chopin performances, Rubinstein really sets the standard.
simondurrant1 7 months ago 2
I want to hear this on a harp
anonymousQ45 8 months ago
MIRACOLOSO !!! Ascoltate e guardate come si fa a interpretare un capolavoro del pianismo romantico, con un video mediocre, con un suono debole e quasi annebbiato, ma con un gigante come Arthur Rubinstein che, con la sua interpretazione, oltrepassa il tempo, lo spazio, i mezzi tecnologici video e informatici !!! Arthur Rubinstein, monumento dell'Arte, della Musica e della Cultura ...... senza tempo !!!! Valentina Lisitsa, Lang Lang e tanti altri ASCOLATE QUESTA LEZIONE !!!!!!!!!!
darkblueangel1956 8 months ago
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Alinutza97 8 months ago
thanks very much Arthur......
johnmar78 8 months ago
Zero histrionics! Bravo Rubinstein!
titusbeertsen 8 months ago
Echo of the piano which an angel distils.
FoucaultXXX 8 months ago
I bought RCA recording sometime in the '60s. There is no more technical nor emotional rendition. This is the ONE!
cacciato69 8 months ago
A treasure for all time. :)
lolturtle13 9 months ago
This man s playing is pure elegance!
abajour 9 months ago
The sound, the tone quality, the singing, the restraint, the heart. Absolutely heart-stoppingly wonderful.
vivienmerchant 9 months ago
This man plays like water running...
aussiechickdiana 9 months ago
1:57 cough lol
beamish123 9 months ago
This whole concert was amazing. Many pieces from it here on you tube. The best polonaise 'heroique' ever played too. IMO
aardvaark069 9 months ago
Великий исполнитель!!!
liuboviza1ify 10 months ago
anyone else who comes close to this, probably practiced from this.
fr3d420 10 months ago
pretty & sublime
hswatnik 10 months ago
Some notes sound right by themself, happy are those who welcome them again.
vigierph 10 months ago
I´m playing this Etude right now, and I think this is the very best version i ever heard. Master Rubinstein just played it so perfect and beautiful. The melody is so delicious and espressive and the arpeggios int the left hand are so sweat. I just love Rubinstein´s version and I hope play the etude, like 10% as Rubinstein.
RaulderSteuermann 10 months ago
@RaulderSteuermann why not try to play it 100% of what you feel? (i agree Rubinstein's version is unique & fantastic)
francescorasmus 9 months ago
@imrich6 frederic rubinstein is more appropriate
utubuser10 10 months ago
Pure beauty.
kristinevaksa 10 months ago
The arpeggios in the left hand flow like water, and the right-hand melody floats above, clear as crystal. There was and is no one like him.
IlGattonero13 10 months ago
Magnificent beauty.
jhjascha 11 months ago
this and polonaise vid in 50's are The Rubinstein's best recordings of the last millennium :)
vza77 1 year ago
Rubinstein is the best Chopin interpret i have heard, spectacular.
FMSU 1 year ago
Best interpretation I've heard so far. Heavenly!
80swcc 1 year ago
Chopin's Etudes will always be a part of my musical life. And Rubinstein plays with beautiful tone and always serves as inspirations. His memoirs are interesting to read
TexasWorldMusic 1 year ago
Can you imagine; Chopin did live hundred years before that performance; and Bach two hundred years before : i suppose that one was filmed in the early forties : like in a dream alive, when people were respectful of the artist and fascinated by the same way; you can hear a fly around; if there were flies ! There is also films of Ignace Paderewsky rarities !!!
Sylvain894 1 year ago
Effortless...beauty
diana
aussiechickdiana 1 year ago
im playing this song right now
stupidonun 1 year ago
@stupidonun OMG ITS NOT A SONG
BlazeKenny 1 year ago
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tdennison22 1 year ago
Rubenstein's Chopin is definitive. If there is no such thing as perfection, then this is the next best thing.
Coreypiano 1 year ago 21
i came
Omnichronicles 1 year ago
really like what he did with that double-cadence and mordant @ 2:29
dustinlima 1 year ago
like a dream......
99luigi9999 1 year ago 3
beautiful and nostalgic
bilderbergjapan 1 year ago
it seems that his hands are
connection between rubinshtain's soul and the piano ....
vcbho21 1 year ago
10 has cancer
939393Razor939393 1 year ago
also, not sure if this has been mentioned already, but it's most likely the recording that's sharp, not the piano itself. It's difficult to keep the speed of an analog recording, especially one as old and grainy as this one.
fledgehog 1 year ago
10 dislikes? what the fuck?
fledgehog 1 year ago 5
@fledgehog
well, be tolerant, some people are just deaf, what can they do..
ClassicalMusicPL 1 year ago
@ClassicalMusicPL not deaf just have bad taste! Don't insult the deaf, Beethoven was deaf!
DanyelHawkes 1 year ago
Oh, the audience of the Conservatory of Moscow feels like home. One simply gets up there and plays such great music. At least, Rubinstein makes me think so in this and the other parts of this concert.
animumaurarium 1 year ago
He was and still is the greatest!
kathleen123ification 1 year ago 3
So so so .... musical! I mean frankly, the overall movement is really uneven and choppy, there are all sorts of quibbles one could make. And no, it's not that hard a piece. But what separates Rubinstein from everyone else is that singing, that musicality. Makes me weep.
geschwitz4 1 year ago
good
MusicOrc 1 year ago
I never comment but, 1:21 - 1:51 is amazing
CaptainCalcon 1 year ago
Thanks much Gerard for this wonderful pianistic moment... I didn't know this video... It's wonderful... What a mastery, delicacy and impassive bearing. Genius !
Thanks for sharing. Greatings.
Cyrille.
Mynoufou 1 year ago
the very best!
OldRabit 1 year ago 2
seems very straight-forward and linear. i'm not feeling the poetry.
kasyapa 1 year ago
@kasyapa ?
gerardbedecarter 1 year ago
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!!!!
GrandPiano42 1 year ago
5*****
GilvanGouveaMerola 1 year ago
Wonderful!
tormus1 1 year ago
Yes, it is so rarely majestic, since a real master makes music majestic...
on his instrument. They are rare in any art form.
Rubinstein was so into Chopin that he composed it again, at the moment, as he ewas it at that moment.
The unsurpassed Chopin interpreter.
Thank you for posting twotea22.
barendschipper 1 year ago
This should be compulsory watching and listening. This is how to play Chopin. Nobody comes close to this. Nobody!
gerardbedecarter 1 year ago
@gerardbedecarter thankyou for sharing this with me Gerard.
hotsickle 1 year ago
@gerardbedecarter Oh my, yes! This brings to mind Schumann's description on first hearing Chopin play this etude himself and his ever so subtle blending of the harmonies like an aeolian harp.
It's like a beautifully woven piece of lace.
It almost evaporates at a touch. Wonderful! Thank you Gerard.
PhillipLWilcher 1 year ago
My music teacher said Rubinstein was the best of all. He was right.
SugarTomAppleRoger 1 year ago 2
wow the piano is a tad bit sharp.
killingangel707 1 year ago
killingangel707 - or the recording/conversion.
kasyapa 1 year ago
awesome!
gallopinto30 1 year ago
lang lang with rubinstein ??????????/ Are you guys crazy ? Who is lang lang ? This is the world of lipatti and schnabel and richter. Come on guys...........wake up to it.
relaischat 1 year ago 2
MrPneunomia, it was 1964!
jaapvanderloo 1 year ago
Watching his hands in the reflection is very interesting.
dsm2240 1 year ago
can anyone approximate the year this was showed?
MrPneunomia 1 year ago
lang lang archi nul . çà craint
bilou1955 1 year ago
@imrich6 Yes, Lang Lang has great technique, but he needs a bit of time to actually make music.
Azel247 1 year ago
Divino!
Anjazhez 1 year ago
Majestic. Heavenly. Rubenstein the master.
clinpsydoc 1 year ago
I would have paid a LOT to see this man play
rankfrankrank 1 year ago
What can I say? Arthur Rubinstein and Chopin!!!!! Compulsory listening!!!!
gerardbedecarter 1 year ago
Thank you, arthur ;)
apsod 1 year ago
yes this is music and not just an etude
uhartchristian 1 year ago 2
HOW DOES HE DO IT?!?!?!?!
dalecampbl7 1 year ago
he always makes me cry, no one can be even close to his hand masterpiece..
verrru 1 year ago 3
Esta é nossa.
Nossa.
- Stephanie.
lefaguais 1 year ago
This is the most correct speed: lisitsa plays it too fast.
killingangel707 1 year ago
@killingangel707 Lang-Lang plays it better! his tempo is absolutly perfect! Check it out on Youtube!
pacoo75 1 year ago
Do you really want to compare Lang Lang with Rubinstein? The aesthetic of music has nothing to do with the speed of playing the keys!
Pianoplayboy 1 year ago 2
Its nice to hear this a quatertone bellow A... Or over Ass, depends xD
addeex1 1 year ago
creative ending
dustinlima 1 year ago
simply awesome.
nemoyoutu 1 year ago
Omg this man is like a piano God :)
doc105 1 year ago 4
its amazing, isn't it? i love it
hayastanikarot 1 year ago 2
@hayastanikarot
It is!!
wnaenni 1 year ago
1:14-----1:52
Beyond anything imaginable
brahmsian1steve 1 year ago 4
@brahmsian1steve absolutely incredible
lucamadeus 1 year ago
In addition to this being such a beautiful performance, check out AR's technique & mechanics. Perfect posture. No wasted or unnecessary movement whatsoever. Totally relaxed !
dmcII 1 year ago 3
@dmcII
that's it!
hanniswurst 1 year ago
Chopin - the music ambassador of planet Earth in the space mission 2010..
diana73506 1 year ago 5
beautiful piece
KakHazhar 1 year ago
Chopin was resurrected inside Rubinstein in this piece because it's just too amazing and beautiful.
Benj888 1 year ago 2
It is so beautifull and so beautifully played.
But if you wish to listen to Arthur Rubeinstein at his best click here in U-Tube ..Chopin-Heroic Polonaise Opus 53 interpreted by Rubeinstein.
It is heavenly !
Rubinstein had to have Chopin's spirit inside his soul in oder to achieve so much perfection. The great Polish composer and Rubinstein are immortal.
VIRIATO1942 1 year ago 3
There are no words - he brings me to tears.
stewysmom 1 year ago 4
OMG!So good!
Alexandria1013 1 year ago 3
This is a beautiful piece. Not much to say that hasn't been covered by previous comments.
taylorconscious 1 year ago 5
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TheAlonetogether 2 years ago
Beautiful. This man has always mastered the art of passionate playing. I only regret that I wasn't born earlier enough to enjoy any of his performances live :(
elixiress 2 years ago 7
*crying* this etude is pure gold... No... not gold... Mythril... It's unbelievable...
Jragir 2 years ago 7
Dio che meraviglia! è il suono del mare...
musighitta 2 years ago 7
Best version I've heard of this etude, and impressively it is a live performance! Rubinstein's singing tone is phenomenal in this piece.
analka1 2 years ago 7
awasome..
the way I do it suonds completely different ò.ò
maori94 2 years ago 4
makes it look easy
Gluberbloob 2 years ago 37
@Gluberbloob Compared to the *shudder Op 25 #6 and #11 ..it really is a piece of cake..aside from Op 25 #9 <3333333333 ..it really is one of the easier ones....now....getting it to SOUND like Rubinstein is a totally different story ^^ Chopin plays dirty.
OniyukiRyuken 1 year ago
@Gluberbloob
So true. This piece is fiendishly diffiicult - not mechanically, but getting the tone & the countermelody bass
Eztoez 1 year ago
@Gluberbloob yea it's weird how he makes it look soo easy...the angle of the camera probably helped make it seem so
4hm3dimr4n 1 year ago
@Gluberbloob For Rubinstein, it was NOT that easy. Despite his wonderful mastery of Chopin (et al) he chose not to record the etudes. This information is something I heard many years ago, and if someone knows that it is wrong please point out my error.
eurisko618 1 year ago
@eurisko618 yes. I believe he began recording the entire set of etudes, but abandoned the project because it was too difficult for him. I believe Horowitz also refused to record the complete etudes for the same reason.
fledgehog 9 months ago
@Gluberbloob That's how the great masters of the piano do it.. ;)
kristinevaksa 10 months ago
absolutely brilliant
McMingDynasty 2 years ago 5
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kempff95 2 years ago
piano sounds a tiny bit sharp to me... brilliant playing, however!
cammywatt95 2 years ago
He was just too good!
Webarton 2 years ago
Wow! Rubinstein is one of my favorite pianist in the whole world! this video is very old! thanks for posting it! :)
revengejeffrey21 2 years ago 3
yay i played this in 6th or 7th grade i forget which but anyway this is a really nice piece :]
Euclid34 2 years ago
I think his interpretation by Rubinstein sets the example to follow. Close to the upper limit of expression for this etude but always within measure, as was usual for him.
In contrast, Horowitz plays this a bit too schmaltzy and finicky, as he did often.
Ernesto7608 2 years ago 2
222222nd viewer!!!
Brilliant piece, Exellent performance
kutcijfers91 2 years ago
l'Angelo del pianoforte... solo lui ha capito Chopin perfettamente
musighitta 2 years ago 5
this is why the piano is the most majestic instrument in existence
extremelyfatchicken 2 years ago 81
That's simply the greatest version of this piece on youtube.
josschwa 2 years ago
When you're having a tough time, and everything's going wrong, listen to this... enough said?
waderobin 2 years ago 5
oh boy.... this is heaven.....
ppaolo2000 2 years ago 5
amen
JCruz0587 2 years ago
Rubinstein always played a thousand times better live than in the studio.
camaysar222 2 years ago 3
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he's got a great melodic touch...amazing how he does it...but Horowitz is the greater musician
dalecampbl5 2 years ago
When it comes to Chopin, I would have to disagree...
silosas 2 years ago
Horowitz was the greater technician, not musician!
mhhack 2 years ago
Wrong. VH was a technician and a musician. You are just annoyed that he forced his personality onto what he played and made the pieces outstanding and vivid, in contrast to most of the saw-horses one listens to (Ashkenazy, Pollini, Richter, Arrau, Ax, and countless other chaff).
nearenough3 2 years ago
@nearenough3 You have a sense of humor -or are a very young immature person and not a musician. Each Artist has their own value as an interpreter. As Rubinstein said himself there is no such thing as " best" just different -especially when you get to this level of performance. It's OK to be a fan but to say the things you have said about great artists actually demeans you and really gives us a good picture of you as a person -not that most would really feel it worth while to converse with you.
frogmanpiano 1 year ago
how dare you people give me -7...lol!!
dalecampbl5 2 years ago
becuase you suck, lol
addeex1 2 years ago
should i make this one -2 for you? :D
mees04101993 2 years ago 2
Yes truly the master of Chopin, it sounds so natural,majestic,just the right tempo. Know one comes near to his playing. Watch him sit at the piano, no exagerated body movements. By the way, I am a distant relative, My grandmother and her two sisters died in Treblinca, my father escaped from Dachau and came to the uk in 1939. ( see 'two brothers united in berlin, on u tube.) Peter Beschorner-Rubinstein
kiwihans 2 years ago 7