ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN in HAMBURG (1966) - NDR documentary

[pmay0922]

What a great man, artist and musician Rubinstein was! Let's hope that they will release "Love of Life" on DVD one day. Rubinstein actually visited Germany a couple of times after the second world war, once to try out pianos, as shown in the video, and another time to promote his autobiography. He also played a recital in a town close to the German border so that German music lovers who wanted to hear him could. Thank you for posting this wonderful video.

[PathosDistanz]

I think the sound quality is quite superb for a document of this kind. Digital recording devices would not capture the resonances and vibrancy as does this, which has a vitality and warmth not heard in digital. I just watched Reichenbach's doc on AR at MoMA and that film had a sound quality superior to anything I've heard in ages.

[DanseDePuck]

Amazing, as ALWAYS happens with Arthur Rubinstein. BLESS YOU, Bobhairgrove, for having recorded it so that we fans can today watch him. YES, I also noticed the crescendo on that sustained chord and marveled at the sound. No thank you is enough for bringing Ruby back into our lives in this wonderful documentary!! Million Thanks!

[antonflegias]

i sottotitoli in italiano? Ogni tanto non sempre!

[bobhairgrove]

@antonflegias (attenzione: questo è di Google Translate ...): Grazie mille ... purtroppo io non parlo italiano! Se mi date una traduzione italiana dei dialoghi vuole fare questo video a disposizione, vorrei stabilire un adeguato File .SRT con il testo e il timestamp associati, e caricarli su YouTube. Vi prego di inviarmi le traduzioni in un formato di testo semplice a questo indirizzo e-mail (togliere prima di utilizzare il trattini) a: rhair-gr-ove-AT-b-ig-fo-ot-DOT­-c-om .

[pianotreasures]

Fantastic ! Thank you thank you thank you !!!

[Noshirm]

You've done a wonderful job and provided a great service to pianophiles the world over. Thanks so much for this treasure. (:-0)

[ProledeBebe]

Fantastic for this film to turn up just as we mark the 125th anniversary of Rubinstein's birth on 28 January 2012. The whole of L'amour de la vie has also just been posted on Youtube.

Note if you press cc you will get subtitles.

[dohgrant]

WOW... love that instrument...

[yosukewatanabe87]

What a wonderful video to come across on Rubinstein's birthday!!! Thank you so much, absolutely made my day.

[dldl43b]

Thank you so much for this video.

[emilgilels]

Many thanks for editing, translating and posting this! Wonderful job on all 3 accounts!

As noted by 'Rick1Walter', the 2 Chopin etudes are of special significance, being absent from his discography. The ease with which he tosses them off puts to rest any silly notions that he somehow couldn't play them.

[jingwong829]

Thank you so much

[RiRiIII1]

Many thanks!

SWR TV will show a Rubinstein documentary on Sunday 29 Jan 2012 : Dokumentation Arthur Rubinstein - Erinnerungen SWR 09:35 Uhr, 55 Min. .

[keybawd]

Thank you. You have done wonders. This is so interesting. A collector's item.

[4001TD]

Many thanks for posting this!

[rubestuh]

As remarkable a man as he was a musician.

It's wonderful to see just the sheer joy he takes from playing.

[1929rubi]

I am immensely grateful to you for uploading this precious gift! I too have been searching for it since seeing a small extract on Arte in the early 90s which was part of a documentary about Steinways technician Mohre. My exhaustive searches led me to tiny snippets sent from Steinways themselves and various contacts in German TV. I was always mesmerised listening to Rubinstein's magical doodling at the piano while trying them out and when he was inspired by an instrument he liked as in this film

[blin11592]

thank you for this upload!

for those of us born after his era, video footage is the closest we can come to experiencing what it must have been like to be in his presence

[Skysport22]

So marvelous to see that.

[culturehorse]

curious.. thought he swore h'd nvr return to Germany aftr ww2.

[blin11592]

@culturehorse he did say that he would never play in Germany again because of the atrocities committed in WWII but I assume that testing his piano at the main Steinway factory is not the same as playing a performance

[emilgilels]

@culturehorse It was due to the events of WW1 (not 2) that Rubinstein made his pledge to never play in Germany (see first volume of his bio, 'My Young Years'). Obviously he made an exception in this instance to visit the Steinway factory.

[ayso78]

@emilgilels In his book, Steinway head tuner Franz Mohr mentioned Rubinstein's reluctance to speak German after the war. I never imagined a recording like this would turn up!

[martinadler73]

Many thanks for posting this gem!!!

[goodmanmusica]

thanks

[rick1walter]

Very enjoyable and revealing. And it's a delight to hear Rubinstein tossing off two more etudes (Op. 10, 1-2) that we haven't heard from him on record. Excellent subtitles too. Many thanks ... and how a person could "dislike" this baffles me utterly; maybe he had to spend the night on the couch.

[gerardbedecarter]

Magnificent !!!!!!