Paul Wittgenstein plays Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major

[Leutwein]

Grandios!

[dalecampbl9]

Ravel is the more enjoyable composer when compared to Debussy...Debussy is nowhere as awesome as Ravel

[evajom1]

I wonder whether there's any footage of Wittgenstein performing the works that he commissioned from Franz Schmidt.

[username14657]

Awesome!!

[ThePhilton88]

Yes, I second the call to find more of this! Superb.

[pianoenthusiast11]

this is a fantastic document - surely we must find more of this.  he seems a far better pianist here than he was in his recordings which were mostly later and very shambolic. it would be marvellous to have a video of him in the 2 Strauss works, Parergon and Panathenaenzug...if anyone found such a thing it would be terrific!!!!! :-)

[shlomofeuerwerk]

Unbelievable. The Nazis stole their fortune estimated at $6 billion.

[picmeco]

This is such special footage, considering how little there must be of Paul Wittgenstein (or perhaps this is it?). Thanks VERY much for this.

[fmatpeter]

It seems as if in fact the whole concert has been recorded. Some people are now actually trying to get hold of a more complete copy from the french national tv company -- good luck!

[Mischka64]

@picmeco

The german-french tv channel arte will be broadcasting a "music-documentation" about Paul Wittgenstein on the 10th of May at 9.50 pm.

[jenkah]

Very very interesting... Thanks a lot for this video

[MrKipW]

This is the closest I've managed to get to hearing Wittgenstein play this music. Thanks for sharing it.