strawinsky - petrouchka (Weissenberg)

[theliridon]

where can I FIND FREE SHEET MUSIC of this please ?

[cabottobac]

You are right, this performance is BEYOND COMMENT. I have the film on DVD.

Also check out Fasil Say's piano 4-hands performance of Le Sacre du Printemps on youtube ... also beyond comment.

[xyaqua]

I always come back to this- it just seems so surreal. This is awesome in the true sense of the word.

[xyaqua]

The graphics that go with this are so awesome as well!

I love the way it sometimes seems like his left and right are playing different tempos. Or at least out of phase. I could never do this- even if i spent the rest of my days trying...

And the huge keyboard jumps a the end... how does he find the right keys ?

Inspiring.

After reading his bio- it is only fitting he has become one of the all time greats.

[francoissarhan]

yeah it's fantastic !

please put the whole thing !

or at least tell us where to find it !

[marcolopolis55]

...it was like a Petrouchka is his box.

[xyaqua]

Holy crap can he PLAY a PIANO!

Awesome cinimatography too, but Alexis steals the show! Holy shit!!!!

[xyaqua]

I always love alexis weissenberg, but this is just incredible!

[kempff95]

bravissimo!

[kempff95]

he and sokolov the best!

[80aless]

great the expressionist shots! what a woody piano, and he plays incredibly fast.

fantastic the slow down at 1:45

[xyaqua]

The few recordings i have of his- he seems to play quite fast- but not rushed.

I've read where he has said he will spend a full year on a piece before playing it in public. That is some serious dedication.

I forget, did he actually ever meet or play with/under Landowska? Anyone?

[dgaranin]

This is a very creative video work and, of course, an excellent playing!

[Spiritakis]

He is not French, he is Bulgarian! He spent most of his life in France but he was born in Sofia (the capital of Bulgaria, xyaqua, in case you wonder what that is) and his first teacher was the famous Bulgarian composer Pancho Vladigerov.

The performance of the Stravinsky's Petrouchka is completely beyond comment!

[3cplantin]

Bulgarian born, true, but he did acquire French citizenship after having lived in France for a while. So I'd say he's either French-Bulgarian or Bulgarian-French. It doesn't matter in the end. Music is an international language and he is a musical citizen of the world. Thanks to vgpa for posting this wonderful video!

[Spiritakis]

Bulgaria, actually, is a small country in Eastern Europe. Living in it was, and still is, a disease however. That's Alexis chose to live abroad - and wisely so.

[xyaqua]

The problems with eastern european countries are so heart rending- we see such artistic luminosity from these places, yet the overall conditions are pretty bad. The artists that these restrictive regimes produce, keep us in touch with them. It is a very bitter sweetness.

Really makes me appreciate what we have in the US and other open nations, for all our faults.

Weissenberg's bio would make a good movie, if they ever make it, i hope they use artistic license to make it a great movie.

[xyaqua]

@Spiritakis My apoligies for attempts at humor, they are not always appropriate. And thanks for insight into Alesis.

I am a generalist in my work rather than a specialist. The extreme peformance of this specialist (weissenberg) keeps my ego from growing too big- the wonder at the sheer mastery of his art. It makes us all aware of the other- the one who exceed our pedestrian pursuits, and brings a smile of honest joy to our soul.

[Spiritakis]

@xyaqua

No need of apologies. These are personal and intimate matters; everybody feels them differently. To tell you the truth, Weissenberg is far from my favourite pianists but, just like Martha Argerich, I admire him immensely. Not because he was Bulgarian like me, and despite that I find his tossing off Liszt's Sonata in 23 minutes or so weird to say the least (and his Rachmaninov preludes I do find appalling!), but because every note under his fingers speaks of fascinating personality.

[xyaqua]

@Spiritakis

I have the feeling it would take me a lifetime understand the music like you do- or at least to your depth. i just love the sheer mechanics of the sound. But there is something about the way Alesis takes a composition and makes the tempo his own- this is his stated beleif- and it made sense to me the way he said it, and it was good.

And He heard it was good... Sorry.

Weissenberg, et al have enriched my life so much, in ways i would not have imagined, This IS a good thing.

[xyaqua]

Does anyone realize he is actually French? For all the difference political boundries really meant when he was growing up...

Alexis introduced me to Scarlatti, (Dominico) 20 years ago, absolutely captivated me with his opening of K 450.

He is perhaps the most underrated pianist of all time in my opinion, a true genius in interpreting the genius of yore.

[Horowitz0]

Stravinsky Petrouchka - Alexis Weissenberg

[AntonioDGO]

The full performance will be released on an all-Weissenberg DVD by Classic Archive next month.

[xicobenevides]

Amazing! Thank you for posting! Please post the rest. Is this the performance filmed by Ingmar Bergman ?

[lyghdha]

No. Åke Falck.

[jouachim]

Please VGPA ! the compleeeeeeeeeeete one. I'm looking for it since 20 years.

I have bought the Boosey&Hawkes score's edition for two pianos. Wonderfull.

[stephenTGV]

Wonderful performance. Thanks for posting. (Where is the rest?)

[JarnicMcCoy]

Amazing!  Please, someone, where can I find the complete performance?