Dinu Lipatti - Ravel - Alborada del gracioso

[Bluetooth6483]

Normally we consider the orchestra (and Alborada was written for orchestra) to offer the ultimate possibilities of sound. But Lipatti turns this bottom-up!! Yes, unbelievable. And true.

[jaapaap5]

not even richter comes near to this performance...

[werq34ac]

What the hell... is it possible to play it that well? holy shit that was amazing.

[Etheryczna]

EPIC

[Nimenicamine01]

Una bendición del cielo para el inculto pueblo rumano. No la ignoreis del todo, ya que esta cumbre, de origen extraterrestre, ha visitado nuestro pais y considera que nuestro pueblo merece una oportunidad para seguir prosperando, por lo menos en la supervivencia, como siempre lo hemos hecho.

[idonoiu]

@Nimenicamine01 Incult poate sunteti dumneavoastra...

[popescuvladgeorge]

@Nimenicamine01 ...nimeni ca tine in imbecilitate...

[cristianilisiu]

@Nimenicamine01

Țăran prost plecat la cerșit în Spania, nu ți-e rușine? Taci și culege căpșuni.

[GerardDrozd]

Wonderful rendition of this music.

[titadrupah]

Blame the upright.

[Lingyis]

the repeated notes... oh my... in addition to having ridiculously fast fingers, you need a piano action with that kind of response.  like, there's no way you can do it on an upright...

[afertyus1000]

@Lingyis yes an upright doesnt have a repeater,plus the vertical angle is slower than the natural fall of the hammer on a grand

[caroline20853]

The best playing of this fantastic piece ever - repeated notes unsurpassed by anyone. Staggering.

[alloydmorgan]

The best interpretation ever!

[annmartindavis]

so perfect - and think how this was recorded!

[melomanodanascita]

Who could plays Ravel like Lipatti? Probably nobody. Bravissimo!!!!!!!!

[paulostroff99]

Awesome! TY.

[Eeli2008]

wonderful piece and interpretation!

[ITO198]

i love lipatti even more i listen his interpretations

[caothanhlan]

extraordinary!!! very fast, expressive but very precise also. Wow, the best double glissandi i've ever heard, with crescendo and diminuendo, which is god damn hard to do with the double glissandi. He alone sounds like an orchestra.

[AttemptingToBeBusy]

To the one idiot who gave this a thumbs-down: You are an idiot.

[Curatica]

@AttemptingToBeBusy :-)

[igorek1982]

@AttemptingToBeBusy Idiot is not the right word...not even idiout could do this... :)

[pianotonton]

S'il fallait une preuve de ce que la perfection n'enfante pas la froideur : la voici. Tant de vie rythmique, de drame (ne pas oublier que cette pièce est L'aubade d'un bouffon et que dans la partie centrale il y a un dialogue entre elle et lui, mais elle le moquer méchamment), et de pure jouissance pianistique (le diminuendo des tierces à la reprise : personne ne les as ainsi réussis). Vlado Perlemuter qui connaissait son Ravel plaçait très haut cette interprétation !

[callseba]

i bought, by chance, a lipatti vinyl album back in high school. i knew right away i was in the presence of the sublime. that album has gone everywhere with me, from new york to paris to geneva to belgrade to los angeles, to everywhere. this feeling of being privileged to hear him has never changed and i am so glad to see the world does not, and never will, forget this man. we are all lucky to have lived in a time when we can hear his recordings. god took pity on us and gave us great art.

[shubus]

An astonishing performance. Compelling on every level. This is what every pianist should try to attain. (Good Luck!). The middle section is astonishing in its beauty

[yanyan1948]

η μονη εξηγηση που μπορω να δεχτω ειναι οτι αυτος ο μαγκας καταφερνε να μετεμψυχωνεται καθε φορα στον συνθετη που επαιζε το εργο του....................

[OrangeSodaKing]

Unreal repeated notes! This is great!

[argoo3]

Lipatti eats everyone!!

[Neuhaus43]

perfectttttt!!!!!!!!

[aspergershawn]

Lipatti was an angel. A friend of mine, British guy, had an opportunity to hear Lipatti, but went to another concert instead (not being aware that Lipatti was so ill with leukaemia and would not be around for much longer). He regretted that for his whole life.

[sdebacker]

There are so many excellent classical pianists, but there is only one Lipatti. I think it was Karajan who said that listening to Lipatti was not listening to piano music but to music.

[genopal1020]

I have this recording and admired it, but not until did I compare Richter's performance of it to Lipatti's did realize how technically brilliant Lipatti's playing is. Lipatti has been one of my favorite pianists for a while, but mainly because of his artistry and nuance. I almost didn't realize that his technique displayed here, out classes Horowitz.

[nintendomaster96312]

I love miroirs and this is my favorite, 'Alborada del grazioso' the aubade, such a tonal and mystifying piece, but unshrouded by Lipatti!

[gerardbedecarter]

Back in the 1960s I often listened to Dinu Lipatti's Alborada del Gracioso on LP with the Chopin Barcarolle etc. Lipatti's Alborada is incredible. 5 stars.

[robpolrob]

Hello 7zipzapper. Thank you for your recommendation. I saw Yoon A in. Very impressive, and very talented girl. Chances are she will be a great pianist. BUT, with all due respect, comparissons among great pianists are not worthed... and BTW... in this case, and again, with all due respect, this girl and everybody else I know or have heard their Alborada still need to learn PLENTY from Lipatti. Lipatti´s rendition is something out of this galaxy... in every aspect.

[7zipzapper]

Lipatti demonstrated superior technique. He is the consummate example of why we should pay greater attention to new incredible talent that comes out of Romania and the World. Like Enescu, Vieru, Porumbescu, Lipatti, Haskil and Yoon A In.

Today we have the virtuoso pianist Luiza Borac being ignored. By the same token, Yoon A In is from Korea and deals with the stigma of the Asian pianist.

Luckily she's in the Moscow Conservatory and has played the Kremlin. But who knows her out here?

[kempff95]

superb touch and mood.......

[music4sherry]

oh my sainted trousers. i heard this a few years ago and had forgotten how special it is. I'm a big Richter fan but even he can't find the sprite delicacy, whilst also depicting such sultry tense scenes in the middle. And such singing clarity at all times. How amazing could he have been into hs 40+?! But at least he gave this benchnark. In my opinion, yet to be surpassed.

[7zipzapper]

@music4sherry I know a 12yo at the Moscow Conservatory that just learned this piece 9 months ago and I actually like her interpretation better. What will she be like at 20 or 30yo?

Look her up, she's worth a listen right now. Yoon A In on Yoyn65 She debuted at 8yo in the Grand Hall!! :D

[Masmorra84]

@7zipzapper that girl slows the tempo down like crazy when coming to the repeated notes...do you know what Ravel said to Vlado Perlemuter when he asked him if he was allowed to play the repeated notes passages with 2 hands? he just said: "i don't care how you play it, just DON'T SLOW DOWN THE TEMPO!" :)

[kroneage]

@Masmorra84 Perlemuter studied all of his works w/ him & I know the quote! :P

I have "Vlado Perlemuter Plays Ravel" & side by side w/ the girl's (yoon a in) & Lipatti's, she's closer to Perlemuter, than Lipatti is. I'm not saying Lipati is bad, just faster. That girl's ending, pops clean & precise (unlike Lipati's) & only the start is quicker!

I was hesitant before hearing her. Now I agree w/ 7zip. I like her interpretation better! But for Glitz & Speed, Lipatti is Best! ;-)

[7zipzapper]

@kroneage I don't think you are familiar enough with Lipatti to appreciate just how great he was and he tragically only lived to age 33. For a virtuoso pianist, that's just the beginning of their prime yrs.

Yoon A In is very young as was Lipatti at the start of his career. Hopefully a war and illness doesn't interrupt her, in her prime years! ;-) ....the way it did Lipatti!

[dachu108]

This is such a spectacular piece of music. I wish one day to be adequate enough of a musician to play and truly appreciate it.

[cattleman6420012000]

This is a fantastic recording.

[wildejag]

I'll risk being shot and say I like Roge better, but this is truly a great recording. Lots of Bravura, but a couple of places are given short shrift, like too quickly played.  Roge is more the way I like it. The sound waves are bouncing all over the place here, but Roge organizes them to create a beautiful overall affect to my ear. There are places that bring tremendous satisfaction to me as I play this. Lets all agree on one thing: Ravel wrote the most spectacular piece, thank you Ravel!

[Pischnaholic]

Wildejag,

Your own performance more closely resembles that of Samson Francois than any other I've heard. (You may take that as a compliment.)

I hate to pit pianists against each other. All who can cut this stuff have something worthwhile to offer. The different approaches are what make it all so interesting.

No one should ever be called "the best."

Where do we find Roge?

Best,

Pischnaholic

[wildejag]

Thanks. I appreciate that very much. It will give me the mojo I need to get the next project done on Saturday ;)

Pascal Roge has a bunch of CD's on Amazon and Archiv. He also has a web site. Google him, it is fantastic! worked with Katchen at Paris, where he won the Piano Prize. Was an exclusive Decca, then formed his own label with some others.

Regards,

Wildejag

[simonepianista]

Fantastic!!!!!!!!

[Pischnaholic]

INCOMPARABLE!

It's so FINE.

This work will never be given a better performance.

[troppofiato]

This is the most imaginative, interesting Alborada I've ever heard. Love Lipatti!

[MrRicksStudio]

Sorry to disappoint you, but this piece was recorded before stereo, at the tail end of the 78 rpm era and was available both on 78 and the "new" Lp format.

[pianodesu]

I like when this piece has more "reverb" :/

[paulostroff99]

An impossible act to follow!  Bravo! TY.

[paulostroff99]

Astounding! He was one of a kind-the best kind!

[soami2u]

Extraordinary from the very first note...sweeps away every other recording I've ever heard of this difficult piece

[charmaine808]

the timing and the feeling is just right !

[himitsunosallychan]

Very very very very good play. I have adored this recording. Lipatti is Legend. Because maybe that is reason many people feel this recording is perfect and is number one and no one will play good like this again. Sorey, wrong English and comment.

[hlpianin]

it is best of the best perfomers!!!

[musicinnovator]

I love it!!!!! This interpretation is one of the best I've heard so far. I'll keep listening to others though. WOW!!

[nimblefingers36]

Astounding performance!!  Incredibly daring, and it worked!! What a loss to lose this marvelous musician at such a young age.

[Masmorra84]

absolutly brillant, there not enough words to describe how good it is...

[thejameslloydproject]

Excuse the sideways comparison, but listening to Lipatti's small recorded output and wondering what might have been is like listening to Jimi Hendrix's output and wondering what a mature Hendrix might have done.

Like NOSEhow2LIV said:

"One of those rare recordings which stand as the ideal,where there's nothing left to say; just enjoy,admire,marvel and thank the gods that we lived and were priveleged to hear it."

[NOSEhow2LIV]

One of those rare recordings which stand as the ideal,where there's nothing left to say; just enjoy,admire,marvel and thank the gods that we lived and were priveleged to hear it.

[adistar]

En grand fan de Richter, je dois avouer que cette interprétation par Lipatti est juste indétronable...

[slicejl152]

<3 <3 <3

[tawtsai]

WOW! just simply WOW!!!

[thepacers]

fantastic!

[voolare]

Obviously the best alborada ever!

I can't believe that Pogorelich once said that Lipatti is not in control of his technique in this interpretation!

[chu71]

Lipatti eats Ivo for breakfast!

[etude73]

and will spit him out cuz Ivo is so distasteful

[Pischnaholic]

Chu71, I'm sorry but that's an extremely distasteful remark.

Comparisons are odious --- especially when they're insolent, unkind and irrelevant.

[chu71]

Pisch, it 's obviously a metaphor. What i meant is that Pogorelich is nowhere near Lipatti. I've always thought Pogorelich was overtaed. Also very inconsistent. Lipatti , instead, was a god.

[hamerklavier]

@chu71 I think you saw one comment about Kissin,don't you?(that Kissin has double notes in both hands for breakfast..)

[waldmong]

@chu71 does he?

[suzettegm]

This is the one!

[musicdivinemusic]

Wow! I've become a Dinu Lipatti fan.

[DelibesLeo]

Encore une interprétation sublime de Dino Lipatti, parfaitement respecteuse de l'esprit français, donc de Ravel (qui détestait par dessus tout les jeux de solistes prétentieux, trop prompts à vouloir briller au détriment de son oeuvre). En cela, elle est supérieure à celle de Richter qui, lui, excelle davantage dans le registre romantique ou pré-romantique (comme en atteste son interpétation inégalée du concerto n° 20 de Mozart).

[RabidCh]

Instant favorite. I like Richter better overall but Lipatti plays the theme just so vibrantly...

[Lp78Ch]

Wow! This is indeed fantastic.

[Neishapour]

Thanks marcbarbu for posting this. It is an amazing interpretation. I don't believe even Sviatoslav Richter could improve upon what Dinu Lippati has done here.

[snoopyshappy]

'There is no greater recording of Dinu Lipatti than that of Ravel's Alborada del Gracioso (it is, in fact, the only one with which he was fully satisfied), which reveals his varied tonal palette, staggering virtuosity, and miraculous interpretative genius. The rapid-fire repeated notes, bright punchiness of the chords, impossibly hair-raising graduated glissandos with spellbinding dynamic control, and orchestral sonorities make this one of the most phenomenal of all piano recordings'.

[gwydyon2525]

Perfection

[belemuski]

Alguien, alguna vez, en algún lugar del mundo,en un piano mucho mejor si lo hubiere, podría superar esta alborada? NO, porque Lipatti no solo toca Ravel, él mismo ES Ravel.

Gracias Dinu, eres el mejor.