Rubinstein - Brahms, Piano Concerto No.1 - III Rondo (1/2)

[EdgarBoffin]

Rubinstein is always so calm and in control

[fmorgana]

Bravo! They don't make them like that any more.

[Sylvain894]

The third movement is always a reaction to the second, conclusive but not brilliant end to a whole concerto; it's like saying no to beautiful calm and serain moderate tempi ! Beethovenian mistake !

[Jairgifr]

Yo me veo en mas apuros para tomar agua, que el para tocar el piano. mm........

[Jairgifr]

El sentido del tempo musical de Rubinstein es inigualable!!!

[Jairgifr]

Monstruo!!! comegalletas;-)

[OrangeSodaKing]

Amazing! Unbelievable!

[tsmsmokie]

Does anyone know where i can get this music sheet?

[spepper]

@tsmsmokie try amazon

[paulostroff99]

Superb

[babybamf87]

Brilliant

[EmceeLorder]

Does anyone know if there is a sharper video of this, so I can add it to my favorites?

[Gozaburo1]

How about adding this video to your favourites, or are you too good for it?

[EmceeLorder]

@Gozaburo1 LOL. No, I can't, but I'd really love to learn how to play.

[Haeronthegreat]

At this man's age, nearly blind, going deaf, playing a captivating rendition of this entire concerto. Incredible.

[POLVALPOL]

So good!!!

[espp87]

min 5.20... fuga una maravilla

[TiqueO6]

Also, thank you for the wonderful historical information in the "more info" link!

[JohnZ622]

Why is the sound out of sync?

[DunderMifflinpeople]

its not. i think theres something wrong with you.

[NOSEhow2LIV]

It's quite noticeably and largely out of synch, but useless to pose the question; it's a common problem, especially ou YT!

[rogerrouse]

the 3rd movmt is not complete - or have i missed the obvious

[akschrott]

You missed the second part: watch?v=b1FTj02z4ck

[PeiD0nG]

My god.... how old is that guy...

People in my family who look that old can't even hold a cane not to say play the piano at such skill @_@

[jonbaum]

I think this was filmed in 1973.

Rubinstein was born in 1887, meaning that he was 86 at the time.

[mathpianist93]

One of the more noble performances I've heard. Rubinstein is the ONLY pianist that can play this movement at THAT fast of a tempo.

[Loryos]

Krystian zimerman and Simon Rattle is even faster! You should give it a try. I'm so amazed by the orchestral sound of the Berliner when playing german repertoire :O.

[sanjosemike]

I play this concerto. I cannot hope to come up to the accuracy and "gracefulness" that this extremely elderly Rubinstein comes up with, almost blind, and almost 90.

At this point, I am bathed in persperation, and pounding away like a freak. Hardly musical. Plus, he does it with a minimum of damper pedal...

Critics who complain about Rubinstein need to try to play this concerto...

sanjosemike

[fmorgana]

@sanjosemike I never heard (professional)

critics complain about Rubinstein (I'm 70).

[sanjosemike]

@fmorgana Very few did, but he would "occassionally" miss notes at concerts. He never played Rach 3, which made some critics wonder if he actually could. He did perform the Rach Rhapsody, and very well. There is a performance of this on youtube BTW. I had the opportunity to hear Rubinstein a number of times in person. His approach was always dignified and never "over the top." I miss him.

[OrangeSodaKing]

@sanjosemike I agree. This concerto is brutally difficult to do well, with great command. Rubinstein, a frail old man, I think 87 years old, partly blind, comes and tosses this out like it's nothing. Unbelievable!!

[mathpianist93]

Rubinstein's lyrical section is both tender, espressive, and obeys phrasing. I ought to be checking him against the score for better details.

[mathpianist93]

adding to my previous comment, I think that Rubinstein was one of the few pianists who could perform this movement at that particular tempo WITHOUT being percussive; he better justifies his relatively quick tempo against the marking "Allegro non troppo".

[huismanq]

He was 88... And not deaf, but almost blind.

[mathpianist93]

and, adding to the miraculousness of this particular performance, Rubinstein's hearing was also declining.

[drgrl]

How fortunate we are that even at the age of 90 and being deaf, this great talent was still willing to share his gift with us.

I for one am grateful to have this beautiful reminder of the glorious Rubenstein.

[ThaSchwab]

There was a mistake at 0:45. :(

[freezenfor]

noone can play without mistakes,

the only one who's able to play without mistakes is Grigory Sokolov.

[ThaSchwab]

I know, nobody can play without mistakes, but this one was too obvious. I can understand if they're barely audible.

[cholapat]

mistakes are nothing.

[ThaSchwab]

Rubinstein was probably kicking himself after the concert; I know a man like him rarely ever makes mistakes.

Besides, why do I have 6 thumbs down? I only said there was a mistake, and not that the entire performance sucked. If anything, it was flawless.

[mathpianist93]

so? I doubt that even Liszt could play a technically perfect performance.

[ThaSchwab]

Probably not, but you guys don't understand. The mistake was very loud. I'm not even trying to overreact, you just keep on making me.

[mathpianist93]

I know it was extremely prominent; Rubinstein was an old man...

[mathpianist93]

please don't make "there was a mistake" comments unless the performance was technically messy.

[philipvanlidth]

@mathpianist93 While not a pianist, I have been a performer most of my life, and I always feel that I would probably faint in surprise if I ever managed a performance without at least one small flaw in it...