This really is the right tempo. For me, the Rubinstein play is too quick. Actually, I could even pitch this slightly slower still and not complain. The tempo should be timid, humble, with a gently surfacing optimism. Two kites tied to opposite balconies, slow-mo limp but softly flirting, quivering.
@dj770usa I think you are right. I don't think that musicians should play it fast. This is music of the romantic period. Fast playing destroys the soul of a composition like that. Chopin knew what he did and every musician should have respect. Chopin's Nocturnes belong to the most famous compositions that were ever made in music history. They are dreamy, so they have to be played with a slow hand.
Incredibly moving. Cherkassky was a master of tonal shading and could play anything from Baroque to Boulez and beyond. I attended many of his London recitals and they were always very special events. A greatly missed artist.
This really is the right tempo. For me, the Rubinstein play is too quick. Actually, I could even pitch this slightly slower still and not complain. The tempo should be timid, humble, with a gently surfacing optimism. Two kites tied to opposite balconies, slow-mo limp but softly flirting, quivering.
Protagoras4444 6 days ago
one of the very few recordings where the pianist actually shows sensitivity to tone colour
spaetensonaten 3 weeks ago
Terrific!
cardcuts96 1 month ago
he never hits the piano, he always caresses the tone. I suspect this is very close to the way Chopin would have played it.
dj770usa 3 months ago
@dj770usa I think you are right. I don't think that musicians should play it fast. This is music of the romantic period. Fast playing destroys the soul of a composition like that. Chopin knew what he did and every musician should have respect. Chopin's Nocturnes belong to the most famous compositions that were ever made in music history. They are dreamy, so they have to be played with a slow hand.
SgtOBrien 2 months ago
There was only one Cherkassky- incomparable.
rationalistx 4 months ago
Oh my goodness. I don't know that I've ever heard such tonal clarity from a piano. I need more of his recordings, because this is unbelievable.
drumninja37 4 months ago
A magical interpretation!
gerardbedecarter 5 months ago
Incredibly moving. Cherkassky was a master of tonal shading and could play anything from Baroque to Boulez and beyond. I attended many of his London recitals and they were always very special events. A greatly missed artist.
piano345 7 months ago
perfection.
edhastie 7 months ago
Merci pr cette interprétation "si vraie" ds sa sensibilité... Vive CHOPIN et vive son interprète! Merci pr cette vidéo!
etiam161036 7 months ago
Lovely playing. TY X for posting and candy for sharing.
paulostroff99 9 months ago
WOW!
cbodien 9 months ago
I know I posted on this video 3 days ago...but this sounds even more incredible now that I listen to it for the, probably, hundredth time.
That tone is just hauntingly beautiful. It's just perfectly round...velvety...just phenomenal.
ProkofievRules 1 year ago
incredible tone. just incredible.
ProkofievRules 1 year ago
Oh my godness!
This goes beyond Beauty...
It sounds somehow..definitive...
Wienermitan 1 year ago
This is very beautiful, Cherkassky was such a master of tonal colour.
meredith218461 1 year ago 6
sono PIENAMENTE con LIBETTA
giamvett 2 years ago
just when you thought you've heard it all, something new again baby! something new! cherkassky my man, probably the most imaginative of all players
libetta 2 years ago 9
@libetta Tuve la suerte de asistir y grabar su único recital en Buenos Aires,en 1971.
Era un virtuoso excepcional.Conservo la grabación en mi Archivo Privado.
jorgeliebermann 1 year ago