Emanuel Ax - J. Brahms/ Intermezzo in A - opus 118

[IvoryEvi]

This is the closest to what I hear in my head when reading the score... A superb interpretation, I think! Thank you for posting and introducing me to this profoundly exceptional pianist!

[christopherfulkerson]

You hate this world? I wouldn't persuade otherwise. But while Bieber, whoever he is, apparently gets many hits giving you a picture of a fish, that you can't eat, this man is telling you volumes of profound teachings about how to fish. Magical teachings. Now if he would just play Mozart trills from the upper note downwards (the nachschlag is the "up"). Listening, Mr. Ax? Schenker (not the only Eumaeus of music) says trills are dissonances, not embellishments. All expression is in the dissonance!

[WASSUPFOOISH]

he's definitely one of the best.

[rezmogm]

This is more like it.



[keesvangulik127]

I forgot to breathe.

[music4me9613]

I met him today, and discovered that he was born in Poland and began to 'play around' with piano at the age of 7. His family then moved to NYC (US) where he then proceeded to study at the Julliard School of music. He practices 5 hours a day. Get off your lazy butts, America, you should know by now what it takes to become successful at anything.

[drtmuir]

@music4me9613 He is also a kind, gracious man; we could all learn something from that, too, especially on the internet.

[music4me9613]

Magnificent. Precise.

[yiyiku]

Hmm. I see three months ago I liked this.now it seems a bit too fast and angry for me. My favorite version now is Roberto Plano

[lourak]

A bit dry for my taste

[strahljd]

So this has 4,800 hits while Justin Bieber and his ilk get 100+ million. I hate this world.

[livelovelisten100]

@strahljd think about it.....50% of all people are below average

[theoldar]

@strahljd Take pride in being one of the proud few.

[russ12395]

COOL !.....THANKS !

[yiyiku]

Beautiful. Everything is just do logically and musically conceived and communicated. Tempo was perfect, just the right amount of rubato for those special moments. I loved this interpretation!

[YAWNIETS1]

This is absolutely beautiful. Thank you for this. I prefer this to other YouTube versions (Rubenstein, Lupu, Kissin). All are beautiful, yet there is a unique interpretation by Emmanuel Ax that makes this one my favorite.

[ilvmsic]

Thank you very much for sharing this fantastic video.