Maria Grinberg plays Liszt Sonata in B minor, S. 178 (2/3)

[lovesGenet]

3 listens ! Perfect music for her but so was Chopin .She interprets! Every note , every section . ALIVE . THINKING . THIS IS WHO WE SHOULD ALL BE TALKING ABOUT ! She has more flair than Simon b. antics and speed or Bolet . Her textures and lines and levels will leave you dazed . The most imagistic playing I HAVE EVER HEARD ! WHAT RUSSIAN SCHOOL DID SHE COME FROM? Igumnov,Goldenweiser?.REMARKAB­LE ! She is very different but never outrageous it all makes sense.

[formenlehre]

@lovesGenet You ask, what Russian school did she come from? The answer: she studied with Felix Blumenfeld, the same man who taught Horowitz. For this particular piece, I think her playing is far superior to Horowitz. Just for this particular piece, which is all I have heard. I would like to hear her play much more!!

[Quuee7n]

@lovesGenet WHAT RUSSIAN SCHOOL DID SHE COME FROM? Igumnov,Goldenweiser?

Felix Blumenfeld (Moscow conservatoire), after his death - Igumnov a little. The first task that Blumenfeld gave her for the next lesson - to prepare all the Chopin's ballades. So, she did it.

She was he orthodox Komsomol member when she was young. In 1935 she won the 2nd prize at the 2nd All-Union Competition.

[Quuee7n]

@Quuee7n

But she married Polish Communist emigrant Stanislaw Stande. Grinberg's husband and also Grinberg's father were arrested in 1937 and executed afterwards. So, she became a widow with a little daughter. During the war she worked as aa timpanist ... But after the war she returned to the concert halls...

[HansVonBulow]

I agree! Such incredible passion!

[formenlehre]

This piece has never made me cry before. This woman is remarkable--I cannot believe I am only hearing of her for the first time today. I must find her Beethoven sonatas and listen to them.