Fauré, Nocturne No 6 in D-flat played by Wilhelm Kempff

[EITrollo]

meh, this is anusy. long, drawn, disciplined, pussy gay "delicate" and excessively picky and maudlin. 19th century anyone?

[Stellamarie123]

He can do no wrong!

[ravelitodebussy]

WWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWW..­.....

The finest and impressive rendition of this enigmatic music....

[hymntonight]

When I listen to this, my sins are washed away, and the ugliness of the world fades into oblivion. Kempff plays with the supreme delicacy, imagination and magic Fauré has always deserved, yet never before nor since so thoroughly been granted.

[daniel15671]

Kempff's performance is magnificent. He holds this piece together beautifully, better than most "specialists" in French music. It's to be regretted that Kempff didn't play more of Faure's music. Because he plays so gently, resisting the temptation to play the sixteenth notes brilliantly, he finds his way to the core of the expression. Bravo.

[beethomozart]

pacific, easy going, exppresive mood, nice nocturnos by french Faure and played so nicely by german excellent pianist Wilhelm Kempff

[seajaycbx]

seajay: beautifully expressed. More feeling than Marguerite Long, and that's saying something! Technically superb.

[barbaradennek]

GRAZIE!!!!!!!!!!

[zenmusicguy]

a sublime performance of one of Faure's masterpieces....who knew Kempff could play la musique Francaise comme ca!!!

[shela2]

This is a truly beautiful Nocturne .A gift from Faure to all pianists . how could Kempff resist straying away from his native German repetoire ! I could hear a touch of Beethoven in his performance , But that,s what makes it interesting,

[BachLoveNat]

thank you...It's really so beautiful...

[kevasman]

This is an astonishing performance - one of the best piano recordings ever made. I can't understand why Kempff didn't record more of this music. The piece is beautiful but disjunct - he holds it together with a naturalness of pacing. His sound is nothing short of miraculous, especially in the middle section with the floating 16ths. I LOVE this performance and feel inspired to play more of this beautiful music myself. Thanks so much for posting.

[paulprocopolis]

Yes, after hearing this it's surprising that Kempff did not play more of the French repertoire. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[pianopera]

In a foray to different Fauré interpretations, this is a real surprise indeed - Kempff "battling" his way through!

To me, this performance is too sweet, too heavily perfumed, too "pretty", beautiful sound for the sake of beautiful sound; I miss the emotional explosive ecstacy of Marguerite Long, her brilliant touch and French-pearly passagework...but I also miss the strong intellectual grasp (the clear direction that this music needs) and polyphonic approach of Ferber.

[NOSEhow2LIV]

Kempff Fauré change! Why not, indeed? He has the clear light sound, sensitive touch & command of line we know from his Schumann, for instance.The 2nd episode(1.54)is a sober, discreet confidence,the 3rd(4.02)a truly moonlit shadow chase of water sprites, the whole paced deliberately with emotional restraint. Delicate pastels, perfectly proportioned render full justice to this, one of Fauré's summits, and a piece which stands up to a surprising variety of masterly interpretations. A great find!

[berlinzerberus]

faure never archieved the musical significance of debussy,although he was only 20 years older than the great impressioninst,there are nonetheless certain quasi-impressionistic elements in his music.wilhelm kempff is able to to give us a true lesson how to play faure with the the elegance of the sound mixture of the impressionistic epoche and the heart of schumann,brahms and also chopin.his tone quality and colours also for faure are so amazing.

ii´s a pity that he never has played debussy!