Brahms - Michelangeli, Ballade Op.10 No 4 in B major

[carlosr86]

What is there to say?? I mean, this is just another level. The way each note is alive, the way every phrase moves, it's beyond words... I love 2:25, so Michelangeli. What a monster he was.

[TheCriticsAreRaving]

This is what being in love sounds like.

[cathbolton1]

Absolutely marvelous and poignant.

[allarmunumralla]

Thank you for uploading this - priceless. But you know I just can't help seeing old Mr Brahms jumping up at the penultimate (love that word) bar and shouting "No!" But what with the long decay, I think it paid off. And shame on the poster for cutting it off before the end

[lerunya17]

No words...

Its beautiful...

I'm crying...

[jaho101]

probably the best ever interpretation of these ballades are michelangeli's

[OrangeSodaKing]

ABM was a musical demigod.

[LAAR123]

Schumann again, as in the first Ballade

[istvanbracz]

Breathtaking...spellbinding...­wow.

[Orlasd91]

Perfect.

[ilovescarlatti]

Divino Brahms... MIchelangeli fantastico... Struggente, malinconico, quasi disperato, ma senza eccessiva declamazione.. Forse non si puo suonare questo brano meglio di cosi... Delle decine che ho ascoltato questa interpretazione è foirse la migiore... ipnotica...

Sono contento di essere andato a Pura, a visitare l'estrema dimora del nostro meraviglioso pianista...........

[wwwTOBEINGnet]

He reached the deep blue of our souls... enigmatic experience!

[Perseus12345678]

@wwwTOBEINGnet exactly. very touching...it reached deep into my soul

[VIAREGGIO1960]

così A.B. Michelangeli suonava il pianoforte sulla terra ed ora in paradiso dove spero di poterlo incontrare! grazie maestro !!!!!

[paulostroff99]

Michelangeli was without a doubt one of the world's finest pianists. TY S

[Shimunshin]

Deep bow, Maestro Michelangeli!

[rica95mindi]

Meravigliosa *-*

[JorgeLMarquezsM]

Es un Brahms menos macizo, lo siento más lírico en el buen sentido del término

[brescia40]

incredibile

[skryabyn]

i cannot decide whether this spiritual slow version or gilels "amiable" version is more to my taste. i am playing these ballades now-- and am torn, as is my teacher!

[frescobaldi1987]

All those cross-rhythms make me sea sick, and I wish he wouldn't delay the down beat like that in the opening section. Brahm's even phrased the left-hand just so that pianists wouldn't do that. Goddamn you, Michelangeli!

[dermann1]

Se Brahms avesse potuto ascoltare questa esecuzone, avrebbe pianto.

[skryabyn]

2:58

is he crying?

[frescobaldi1987]

That would be sweat.

[71lupenzo710]

@skryabyn no sweat

[nora7620]

incredibilmetne meraviglioso...

[lovesGenet]

Dis Man. At inn uf his life he play dis musik Brahms rot az a yunga man .the deep bass in da B majur section. so little cumpares to dis gojus musik.

[MrRaph87]

c'est une page qui confine réellement au sublime ... pas de mots pour dire que c'est tout simplement une des plus belles méditations de Brahms ... et pourtant ... il y a juste un petit "bémol" dans l'interprétation de Michelangeli : pourquoi ce SI tonitruant à l'extrême grave du registre, tout à la fin ? Brahms ne l'a JAMAIS écrit !!

[struttura11541tv]

il suono ha creato i sistemi solari

[pandascarpo]

ah.

[Deimosxsz]

i will never play this piece, because it's too beautiful....

[woodstone61]

Tout simplement REMARQUABLE !

[allegrissimo]

Thanks so much for uploading this, it's a hypnotic performance...simply marvellous!!

[ToccodelDestino]

Superbo!

Come un sogno ad occhi aperti, sulla riva di uno stagno su cui si riverbera la luce del sole.

Era un genio.

[Aleksejaleksandrovic]

Nessun commento è possibile.

E' semplicemente immenso.

[Straussian]

I love everything Michelangeli does (Ravel Piano Concerto 2nd movement most of all), and I love this. I also love a version of Brahms Ballade No. 4 that is NOT on YouTube, Paul Cantrell's version. Almost two minutes slower than this Michelangeli version, beautifully played, beautifully recorded. Google-ing "paul cantrell brahms" finds it easily. Again, Bravo Michelangeli!

[Straussian]

Michelangeli = a god of the piano and of music.

THANK YOU for posting this. I did enjoy the Paulo Brasil version very much; it was probably the best version of this ballade on YouTube until you posted Michelangeli. Though not on YouTube, I also love a very slow version beautifully recorded and played by... I can't find it right now--I'll post later.

[varenmoz]

NO WORDS... SUPERB...

[clubindahol]

Quoi? L'éternité...

[antoniodcz]

Words are surplus to requirements here, simply close your eyes and let Michelangeli take you on a transcendental journey.

[lunaticfriki]

There are two ways to play the piano: Gould's way, and Michelangeli's way. And both are great! Of course there are more genius of this instrument, but... Gould and Michelangeli are absolutely different from anyone!

[clubindahol]

la nostra parte divina

[pandascarpo]

Simply perfect.

Michelangeli = God.

[ric55]

This is probably the zenith of piano performance on Youtube. The only thing more remarkable than these performances of the Ballades Op.10 is that Brahms had written them before the age of 22.

[antoinezygfryd]

Oui,vous avez raison.

De cette hauteur d'interprétation ,que dire?

Guilels m'est cependant plus proche,-avec Michelangeli on a l'impression de voir l'étendue de l'éternité!

[rxl007]

One of the finest interpretation of this true masterpiece... thanks for sharing.