Very good indeed ! Vladimir Askhenazy also has a nice version of it (I don't think it is on youtube) on a CD of Rachmaninoff's transcriptions that I recommend !
For me I thought Rach owned this, after hearing this playing, kid you share ownership. Just mighty fine and exciting playing. That's one hell of a complement coming from me! If Cherkassky plays it there might be a 3rd, would love to hear his reading.
@03mbk30 I think you may be overlooking the rendition of Sequeira Costa (here on Youtube)... a notch above Jung Lin's IMO (not that her performance isn't amazing too).
@bontempo01 Just heard Costa's rendition, it is great, TY. I prefer Kissin's, and IMO the two a notch above all are Rach's and Jung Lin's on this, just listen to their tone it's beautiful.
Yes, this is as good as Rachmaninoff's own recording in quite a few ways. Simply phenomenal, the level of difficulty is atrocious. thegreatestbak, there is nothing more ignominious than history simplified for morons. Art is complex, so is history. Many Catholics perished in the Holocaust both for helping Jews escape and for their own anti-Nazi views, which intensified as Hitler's acts grew more outrageous. Take your pathetic hate act off You Tube.
the jews of europe would have made an INCREDIBLE contribution in nearly every field had the catholics not exterminated a great many of them. What a shame.
@thegreatestbak : The Crucades, the Inquisition and WWII are a blotch on humanity. Someday, there will be retribution for this. This is the law of reciprocity - whatever a man soweth, so shall he reap.
The Jews will finally come fully into their own, as they are the benefactors of an eternal covenant. All Israel will be saved!!!
@concerto35 You want more bloodshed and call that justice?
Let us for once get rid of this medieval idea of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. You are obviously pro Jew/Israel. Fine, then let them show that they can make better choices than humanity has made in the past. Let their gesture be one of forgiving instead of more hatred.
Why you'd make an issue of this on a video of a genius playing mendelssoh & rachmaninov is beyond me by the way.
@thegreatestbak i wish people would stop categorising talent according to race, nationality etc. talent needs direction and nurture, The Jews of Europe could only develop their talent because Europe and Russia offered them proper education, direction and schooling..otherwise they would be nowhere..when i listen to Kissin i hear the Russian culture, direction and education combined with his talent, only then he can be the real Kissin he is.
Amazing how inspiration makes such a circuit. Shakespeare inspires Mendelssohn, who inspires Rachmaninoff, who inspires Kissin (all of whom happen to be geniuses), who inspires us all via youtube--400 years after Shakespear's lifetime, by a manner he could never could have imagined. Note the date & place... wish I could have been in London on that particular midsummer night to hear it live. Much thanks to Thetunr for posting it for us!
Yes, BM's version will never be surpassed because of it's uniqueness, but Kissen's is a real technical marvel in it's own right. I think it's just as good if not a bit better than Rachmaninoff's, but not Benno's!
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lolana5 3 months ago
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chobeethaninov 7 months ago
Very good indeed ! Vladimir Askhenazy also has a nice version of it (I don't think it is on youtube) on a CD of Rachmaninoff's transcriptions that I recommend !
AuCafeDeLaMarmotte 10 months ago
PERFECT!!
framaulo 1 year ago
For me I thought Rach owned this, after hearing this playing, kid you share ownership. Just mighty fine and exciting playing. That's one hell of a complement coming from me! If Cherkassky plays it there might be a 3rd, would love to hear his reading.
hilocomtoot 1 year ago
@hilocomtoot Rach does own this, the one other that's as good is Jung Lin's at the IKIF. Kissin's is brilliant technically.
03mbk30 5 months ago
@03mbk30 I think you may be overlooking the rendition of Sequeira Costa (here on Youtube)... a notch above Jung Lin's IMO (not that her performance isn't amazing too).
bontempo01 4 months ago
@bontempo01 Just heard Costa's rendition, it is great, TY. I prefer Kissin's, and IMO the two a notch above all are Rach's and Jung Lin's on this, just listen to their tone it's beautiful.
03mbk30 3 months ago
Yes, this is as good as Rachmaninoff's own recording in quite a few ways. Simply phenomenal, the level of difficulty is atrocious. thegreatestbak, there is nothing more ignominious than history simplified for morons. Art is complex, so is history. Many Catholics perished in the Holocaust both for helping Jews escape and for their own anti-Nazi views, which intensified as Hitler's acts grew more outrageous. Take your pathetic hate act off You Tube.
MISHA1119 1 year ago
@MISHA1119 yes history is complex but why revisit that sad chapter here. this site should be for enjoyment of music, nothing more :-)
89hedgehog 1 year ago
the jews of europe would have made an INCREDIBLE contribution in nearly every field had the catholics not exterminated a great many of them. What a shame.
thegreatestbak 1 year ago
@thegreatestbak
Go study, kiddo!
thetunr 1 year ago 11
@thegreatestbak : The Crucades, the Inquisition and WWII are a blotch on humanity. Someday, there will be retribution for this. This is the law of reciprocity - whatever a man soweth, so shall he reap.
The Jews will finally come fully into their own, as they are the benefactors of an eternal covenant. All Israel will be saved!!!
concerto35 8 months ago
@concerto35 You want more bloodshed and call that justice?
Let us for once get rid of this medieval idea of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. You are obviously pro Jew/Israel. Fine, then let them show that they can make better choices than humanity has made in the past. Let their gesture be one of forgiving instead of more hatred.
Why you'd make an issue of this on a video of a genius playing mendelssoh & rachmaninov is beyond me by the way.
pacrijna 6 months ago
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@thegreatestbak i wish people would stop categorising talent according to race, nationality etc. talent needs direction and nurture, The Jews of Europe could only develop their talent because Europe and Russia offered them proper education, direction and schooling..otherwise they would be nowhere..when i listen to Kissin i hear the Russian culture, direction and education combined with his talent, only then he can be the real Kissin he is.
lolana5 3 months ago
Great performance! Also like Rach's and BM, but for me the best Scherzo is Jung Lin's live performance at the NY IKIF :-)
23ROBDB 1 year ago 6
Several thousand thumbs up!
BravoCharlieNiner 1 year ago
it's dead hard... technically demanding throughout the piece.. i have it if u want it...
gipfeli 2 years ago
Amazing how inspiration makes such a circuit. Shakespeare inspires Mendelssohn, who inspires Rachmaninoff, who inspires Kissin (all of whom happen to be geniuses), who inspires us all via youtube--400 years after Shakespear's lifetime, by a manner he could never could have imagined. Note the date & place... wish I could have been in London on that particular midsummer night to hear it live. Much thanks to Thetunr for posting it for us!
schmoutube 2 years ago 19
schmoutube,
one of the best coments on youtube.
skryabyn 2 years ago
This is just a miracle.
schmoutube 2 years ago 2
Brilliantly played! 5*! It'll be a miracle if I grow up to Kissin's wonderful mastering of the piano!
Sasha
voisong 2 years ago 2
Yes, BM's version will never be surpassed because of it's uniqueness, but Kissen's is a real technical marvel in it's own right. I think it's just as good if not a bit better than Rachmaninoff's, but not Benno's!
Grigor99 2 years ago
I heard this arrangement this morning of Dutch Radio 4. Really love it!
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Greetings,
Rolf
Historical classical recordings
European Archive, Paris
EuropeanArchive 3 years ago 2
Wow! This is great! Technically brilliant! The only thing missing is the lightness of Benno M. But some nice use of agagics for phrasing.
Grigor99 3 years ago 4
Benno's recording is supreme - even Rach's performance pales next to his.
micheldvorsky 2 years ago 2