i really hate to join in arguments on the internet but i'd just like to point out that Neuhaus was of a completely different era. We are in an age now of artists striving for personal perfection which if you think about it isn't what is important. Neuhaus was in an age that strived for sound. It was about tone and colour and anticipating harmonys. It wasn't about right notes or wrong notes and it didn't matter whether it was 2 times faster or 2 times slower. I feel people have lost character.
I had have the honour to meet stanislav neuhaus in vienna. he had been a very noble man with great artistic charisma. it seems that his famous father heinrich had been a big problem for him. ok - he is not that gifted like gilels, richter or radu lupu. but he had been a fine pianist with intersting interpretations. respect to you - dear stanislav!
love it! and his hair :P. many musicians have different, unique hairstyles, especially pianists...not me though, mine's just really curly. xD (jewfro)
It's a really pity the misunderstanding of Stanislav Neuhaus.
I just think he's a very trained professional concert pianist with a deep knowledge of Scriabin.
I know there would always be people who criticize him and doesn't make justice in the world but that's because there's only a few people who really love Scriabin's music and can think in a very different way, understanding his art as the way S. Neuhaus shows it!
Not impressive! such a great teacher a student of GODOWSKY lets this survive .AllI take away from it is how good looking this man was.amazing the Russians have this filmed legacy of everyone.Live Recitals of Lipatti but no Lhevinne or Rachmaninoff even though Rach offered to give us a live broadcast.and all this weak rubinstein records from late 20's.HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
I think you are mistaking though, this is not the famous russian teach you are referring to. That would be Heinrich Neuhaus (who wrote an amazing piano-pedagogic work "l'art du piano"). This in fact is his son Stanislav
My heart goes out to Mr. Neuhaus here. He seems so utterly uncomfortable... perhaps it is the inhuman and unforgiving camera. Clearly he is rushing phrases and on the defensive. Equally clearly, he is capable of much better in this piece. One wonders if there is another performance on record...
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What the hell is going on here. The guy lets the melody be overwhelmed again and again. Misses dozens of notes. Someone mentioned that even Horowitz had one or two screwups - but not like this trainwreck.
i didnt mean any offense. im a big fan of classical music and im a pianst myself. ive commented on most scriabin videos on how good they are and the interpitations of the piece.
I hear no more than one or two mistakes... and even Horowitz has had more than one or two slips sometimes. I think this interpretation brings out the quid of Scriabin's music: ambiguity.
I can say that I like both interpretations, and for different reasons. I like this one for the clarity of the lower notes, and the changes in speed during some parts. I like Horowitz's interpretation for the unflinching perfection, and the clearer melody line.
Pople should really stop saying this is a terrible performance. The performance is splendid, it's just the interpretation that is different. I like Horowitz's interpretation, but other people may like Neuhaus', and that is fine.
Scriabin said the etude was supposed to be like flight, and this fast performance definitely attempts that. In parts it's quite wonderful, although there are flubs. Good luck playing this piece flawlessly at that tempo.
i agree wit mursum151 there is def sum musical qualities that can b enjoyed in this performance. It is also very childish to compare every performance to horowitz... there is other performers with valid interpretations enjoy the music for wat it is.
mursum151: "the terrible performance" definition as said from trevjr is acceptable,not only if you compare it to Horowitz but above all if you think that Neuhaus's pupil were Richter & Gilels. Yes, it's a terrible performance. "It is already a great accomplish to be able to play this piece": WHAT? Are you know that Neuhaus was a concert player, a very famous piano teacher in the Moscow Conservatory and not an ordinary amateur pianist?!?
The only silly,naive,useless,ridiculous comment is yours. Try to explain why this is a great performance (for you,of course) and I'll remove my comment.
The only silly,naive,useless,ridiculous comment is yours. Try to explain why this is a great performance (for you,of course) and I'll remove my comment.
Sorry, but I think both us speak wrong English, therefore big misunderstanding exists, I feel. I nowhere said this is great performance, no, not anywhere. Sorry if I misreaded your comment, but your comment based on false basis, therefore I said silly comment. Maybe you don't notice that this man playing piano looks astonishing like Stanislav Bunin? Surely Richter & Gilels were not pupils? But, even if this man was Heinrich himself, why should that be reason to judge performance good or bad?
Terrible performance, compare with Horowitz. Horowitz is clear and powerful, notice how Horowitz brings out the inner voice staccato at the repeat of the theme. I agree, Neuhaus seems to be struggling here at the limit of his technique. Horowitz masters the piece. Can anyone else hear the rushing of phrases and the wrong notes?
Bah you are such a jerk, idiot. If someone is worse than Horowitz it does automatically mean he is TERRIBLE? It is already a great accomplish to be able to play this piece. Neuhaus's playing also has some distinct musical qualities but is it a wonder if someone doesn't surpass Horowitz who was one of the greates pianists ever. You should learn some behaviour before writing your comments (which does have point but you express it in an extremely terrible way)
No, I have an opinion, like many others. Some say terrific, some say terrible. I think anyone who listens to Horowitz and this side by side would vote for the Horowitz interpretation. Neuhaus unfortunately does not have the chops to play this piece. Maybe he plays other works better. He is clearly struggling with this piece and I can't imagine what musical qualities there are. I stand by what I said before, Horowitz is clearer and more musical to me. I agree with the above comment-he is lost.
Saying "terrible performance" doesn't express your opinions in any way. Of course this is calm compared to Horowitz BUT if you can't find ANY musical qualities you are probably deaf, have you noticed that? Maybe he is struggling but no much. He certainly plays more right notes than does misstakes. Very few play this kind of pieces with absolutely zero slips (again comparing to Horowitz is silly). Would you like if someone commented your own playing "terrible"?
Stunning playing. His fluidity is staggering. His interpretation shows the deeply personal nature of Scriabin's music. No, he doenst play with the same power as Horowitz, but neither do the rest of us. A true artist, and master of the Russian school.
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This is a pretty pedestrian interpretation of this piece. Just "so-so" technically. And musically it's a little bit jumbled. One gets the feeling that he really is playing against the upper limits of his ability. But he has very nice hair, is an attractive man, and cuts a dashing figure at the keyboard.
What a wonderful piece, really delightful second theme, seems Scriabin takes a little look back in his first periode.
The first time I hear Stanislaw Neuhaus (only knew his father).
This is my favorite interpretation!
He gets the perfect ballance in this passionate, bold, tragic and graceful piece. He plays it in one great bow, finds the right ballance in bass and in the right pedal. All togehter with a concentrated sincere emotion. Wonderful athmosphere!
No, it's the son of heinrich (stanislas) who play. He was alcoolic, his father was a genius, but the son only good and alcolic student. Richter had a veneration for Heinrich, and a bad opinion of his son.
Thanks for the background on Stanislaw Neuhaus. He died relatively young (52 years old). Perhaps this was related to his alcoholism. It was probably extremely difficult to be the son of a legend.
I have listened to this piece many, times played by incomparably brilliant artists. Without doubt Neuhaus's interpretation is fundamentally different from any other performance I have heard. The piece is so incredibly difficult and passionate; yet Neuhaus effortlessly holds back everything that does not need to be said. What rubato! But from 2:00 onwards something rattles him - look at the minute twitches of his eyes and mouth. He knows all is lost: the tempo defeats him. It is exquisitely sad.
OMG - this is bad news for me - Neuhaus is one of the best of the century and even he cannot do it flawlesly. I will have to play this beast in a competition soon.... This is indeed the best interpetation ever but even he does not own it 100%!!!
Ce n'est pas Heinrich mais stanislas, que Richter méprisait un peu. Néanmoins, il est allé à bonne école...Horowitz joue cette étude plus lentement, mais c'est tellement plus intéressant par Horowitz...
If you can play it at ALL. Each page with just five staffs contains 600+ notes in invert, than scrap scales. It's almost impossible to learn. ugh! Too hard for me. :(
Good luck learning! Please post a vid if you can manage this wonder piece yourself!
your point;) I don't care that much about the wrong notes and unclarity of his interpretation, but I still don't like the way he plays it. I'm learning it now...very hard to keep the fifth finger standing out and keep clarity because of the low end
I speak only for barbarians like myself: This is a good effort but pales next to Horowitz. Such pieces require taking risks and pushing the envelope way beyond mere sanity and into schizophrenia
Heinrich Neuhaus taught Richter and Gilels, but this video is of his son, STANISLAV Neuhaus. Richter says that Gilels eventually turned against Heinrich Neuhaus though he doesn't say why. Horowitz also said that H. Neuhaus was a big influence on him. But I think sagalat is right: this performance is good but pales next to Horowitz.
oh yeah i think i remember in richters book he said that gilels later in life denied neuhaus taught him, he wanted people to think he was self taught if i remember correctly but i read it long ago so im not sure if my memory is correct
i seem to also remember neuhaus helped change richters sound
Has anyone actually tried playing this? I tried sight-reading it today, and in the end, I could only sight-read the right hand only and that gave me a headache. Now, imagine playing it fast... This guy plays it pretty fast and has pretty big hands. But I do agree that he doesn't play the notes as clear as they can be. But it was a great attempt! :)
Haha yeah, a friend of mine plays it, and one day he gave it to me and was like "Here! You should play this.. with your temperament it'll be perfect." I tried sightreading it and I told him he was insane.. It's extremely hard but so beautiful..
the phrasins is ok, but fairly slow and very sloppy. I don't think he could handle this technically- also, like many, he plays lots of wrong hamonies in the left hand.
I didn't like at all the way Neuhaus plays Skrjabin, he hasn't the touch to make us feel what outburst from Skrjabin heart... No, many mistakes also in the playing...
so-called what? Scriabin himself and Rachmaninoff were trained at the Moscow conservatorym cradle of the Russian school and they were followed by Heinrich Neuhaus (father of this performer on YT who is really average) Richter, gilels,Sofronitzky etc etc etc and last but not least Kissin.. Who of them play cautiosl and bland performances? Oh, maybe Horowitz?;-)
This is my favorite among scriabin. My favorite performances are Richter & Horowitz (From the albums RIchter plays Scriabin & Horowitz plays Scriabin)...
The piece was not terribly played considering how challenging it is but many mistakes were evident when he tried to emphasize on the melody, mostly towards the latter part of the piece. This is my favorite piece from all of Scraibin's etude, neglecting Op. 8 No. 12.
Heinrich Neuhaus (teachers included Godowsky; uncle was Felix Blumenfeld; cousin was Szymanowski) was father of Stanslav Neuhaus. Stanislav Neuhaus is father of Stanislav Bunin. I don't know why his name is "Bunin" instead of "Neuhaus", but one can imagine how difficult it would be to build a career with the same name as your [semi?] well-known father...
I thought this Scriabin performance was quite good. Some of the criticism here may simply be due to the atrocious audio quality.
Oh I was shocked to learn that Bunin is son of Stanislav Neuhaus! He actually looks like him a bit! Wow what an incredible blood line! But it's odd how non of them really really boomed as a concertist, despite the incredible talent (especially of Heinrich)
I agree. Of course, the political situation during Heinrich's and Stanislav's time was not very amenable to creating an international career, while both of them were very active in the Soviet sphere. Bunin's popularity in Japan at least is quite high, but there are so many great pianists coming out of Russia etc. that it is difficult to really distinguish oneself among the shrinking classical fan base, I am afraid...
Even I thought that was played bad, and I am not familiar with Scriabin. But then Neuhaus' name sounded famous, and maybe it was supposed to sound like that. Anyway does anyone know of a better playing of this piece, b/c it seems to sounds like its a beautifully composed piece?
It wasn't terrible, but I didn't care for that performance. That piece has all kinds of secondary lines to bring out...but they're gone AWOL in that performance. Where are they? Fell out on the floor when the piano lid was opened, I guess. And there are lots of mistakes and left-out notes and tempo hiccups too. I'm guessing that the film maker wastn't budgeted for another take.
And yes Stanislav Neuhaus is the son of Heinrich Neuhaus, not the other way around.
I completely agree with you, crystal130h. Especially in the second go around of the main melody in the soprano register, the part where the melody is actually syncopated. There are two lines to be sung, but he only brings out the top one.
robufnoru...... no tienes ni idea, mira la partitura...pone affanato, es decir, con afan....creo q se refleja en el tempo q lleva Neuhaus...a ver si estudiamos un poco y aprendemos a entender la esencia de las cosas sin basarnos en cosas meramente superficiales...
I just tried to post this, hope it doesn't come through twice. I assume that Stanislav Neuhaus is the son of Heinrich Neuhaus. But someone has suggested that Stanislav Neuhaus is the father of Stanislav Bunin, but if this is true why isn't Bunin's name Neuhaus?
i really hate to join in arguments on the internet but i'd just like to point out that Neuhaus was of a completely different era. We are in an age now of artists striving for personal perfection which if you think about it isn't what is important. Neuhaus was in an age that strived for sound. It was about tone and colour and anticipating harmonys. It wasn't about right notes or wrong notes and it didn't matter whether it was 2 times faster or 2 times slower. I feel people have lost character.
truthkillz666 2 weeks ago
way too over-compressed, unfortunately
Salmagundiii 3 months ago
Neuhaus couldn't play scriabin badly if he tried...
rgrannell1 3 months ago
A divine performance! Thank you for posting this!
musicfromkatarina 4 months ago
too fast on the most beatiful parts
spartan1081990 6 months ago
I think the matter lies on the soundtrack.
Chiu19931993 6 months ago
well i love this interpretation.
mellraizer 10 months ago
Amazing ... Details ... Tone ... Energy <3333
KishoAudioVisual 11 months ago
A real gem this performance is!
SteveMass1101 1 year ago
he's got lovely hair
CheekyVimto08 1 year ago 6
who playing?
crushonhim 1 year ago
I had have the honour to meet stanislav neuhaus in vienna. he had been a very noble man with great artistic charisma. it seems that his famous father heinrich had been a big problem for him. ok - he is not that gifted like gilels, richter or radu lupu. but he had been a fine pianist with intersting interpretations. respect to you - dear stanislav!
klausknulp 1 year ago
@klausknulp "had have"
SUPPLEANDFIRM 1 year ago
@SUPPLEANDFIRM
sorry! thanks for correction
klausknulp 1 year ago
@klausknulp I Hate u. lol. All the best.
belialah 1 year ago
@belialah thank you
klausknulp 10 months ago
sound quality is too poor
isnt this the guy who sang "you shake my nerves and you rattle my brain..."?
AristYdes 1 year ago
such musicians are dying out..
Nika666666666 1 year ago 3
It may only be H. Neuhaus' son, but I still prefer it to 'wonder kids' (E.K/s) dabbling in melodies that are usually out of their reach.
mrstyxseth 2 years ago
love it! and his hair :P. many musicians have different, unique hairstyles, especially pianists...not me though, mine's just really curly. xD (jewfro)
sillychad18 2 years ago
@sillychad18 woo jewfro! I have one tooo!!!!!!!
loveismydestruction 1 year ago
@loveismydestruction, good stuff! i think we should wear our jewfros with pride, because not everyone gets to have them =)
sillychad18 1 year ago
His rhythm is so faithful to the score. I love this performance... only if the audio weren't so ringy sounding!
bikinilover6969 2 years ago 2
1966? The year Stanislav Bunin was born? Isn't Neuhaus Bunin's dad?
chopinandliszt 2 years ago
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@chopinandliszt No, he isn't. It's a lie
arielpiano 1 year ago
He has hair that would scare Conan O'brien away.
ASirensSoliloquy 2 years ago
Génial, j'adore son interprétation.
Messiaen28 2 years ago 3
I wish I could compose like scriabin
mdoub 2 years ago 10
i wish you could too
namenottaken0 2 years ago 25
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haha!
mkw57 2 years ago
It's a really pity the misunderstanding of Stanislav Neuhaus.
I just think he's a very trained professional concert pianist with a deep knowledge of Scriabin.
I know there would always be people who criticize him and doesn't make justice in the world but that's because there's only a few people who really love Scriabin's music and can think in a very different way, understanding his art as the way S. Neuhaus shows it!
angelpetrovna666 2 years ago 9
Not impressive! such a great teacher a student of GODOWSKY lets this survive .AllI take away from it is how good looking this man was.amazing the Russians have this filmed legacy of everyone.Live Recitals of Lipatti but no Lhevinne or Rachmaninoff even though Rach offered to give us a live broadcast.and all this weak rubinstein records from late 20's.HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
lovesGenet 2 years ago
I think you are mistaking though, this is not the famous russian teach you are referring to. That would be Heinrich Neuhaus (who wrote an amazing piano-pedagogic work "l'art du piano"). This in fact is his son Stanislav
Philippesysmans 2 years ago 3
My heart goes out to Mr. Neuhaus here. He seems so utterly uncomfortable... perhaps it is the inhuman and unforgiving camera. Clearly he is rushing phrases and on the defensive. Equally clearly, he is capable of much better in this piece. One wonders if there is another performance on record...
camaysar222 2 years ago
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What the hell is going on here. The guy lets the melody be overwhelmed again and again. Misses dozens of notes. Someone mentioned that even Horowitz had one or two screwups - but not like this trainwreck.
demosj 2 years ago
Very nice to hear the "pianistenmacher" himself...
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otterhouse 2 years ago
His hair is almost as amazing as his interpretation of the piece!
Ltlevim 2 years ago 7
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does he look like adam sandler?
spike2133876 2 years ago
wow, 3 thumbs down for mentioning adam sandler during a scriabin video
paganiniGOGO 2 years ago 9
i didnt mean any offense. im a big fan of classical music and im a pianst myself. ive commented on most scriabin videos on how good they are and the interpitations of the piece.
spike2133876 2 years ago
It's terrible isn't it.
elevenwhy 2 years ago
Indeed. An extra thumb down since my comment.
paganiniGOGO 2 years ago
The best interpretation is the one of Roberto Scherson, no doubt !
Lanoelle 2 years ago
Fuck, this one's hard as hell
mrpossibilities 2 years ago
WOW! that was nice! :D 5/5
MyLordLoke 2 years ago 2
I hear no more than one or two mistakes... and even Horowitz has had more than one or two slips sometimes. I think this interpretation brings out the quid of Scriabin's music: ambiguity.
lordharry7 2 years ago 10
very very beautiful・・・・・・！
morinoroba 2 years ago 2
Muitos erros de notas......mas Um sucesso.....Congratilations again...
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maclurad 2 years ago
That was Heinrich Neuhaus (taught Richter, Gilels et al) - this is his son.
cdsmithers81 2 years ago 10
I can say that I like both interpretations, and for different reasons. I like this one for the clarity of the lower notes, and the changes in speed during some parts. I like Horowitz's interpretation for the unflinching perfection, and the clearer melody line.
Randomnessk 2 years ago 2
Pople should really stop saying this is a terrible performance. The performance is splendid, it's just the interpretation that is different. I like Horowitz's interpretation, but other people may like Neuhaus', and that is fine.
nDNrMatt2 2 years ago 30
Scriabin said the etude was supposed to be like flight, and this fast performance definitely attempts that. In parts it's quite wonderful, although there are flubs. Good luck playing this piece flawlessly at that tempo.
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This pianist looks like a faggot. Is he?
MrAsungot 3 years ago
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himitsunosallychan 3 years ago
oh and nice performance :)
dawidmysle 3 years ago
I wish my hair would do that when I play the piano :(
dawidmysle 3 years ago 6
sorry for my english, but after such a vid, who the hell could prefer democracy rather than aristocracy?
hedones 3 years ago
i agree wit mursum151 there is def sum musical qualities that can b enjoyed in this performance. It is also very childish to compare every performance to horowitz... there is other performers with valid interpretations enjoy the music for wat it is.
chocolateman235 3 years ago 6
mursum151: "the terrible performance" definition as said from trevjr is acceptable,not only if you compare it to Horowitz but above all if you think that Neuhaus's pupil were Richter & Gilels. Yes, it's a terrible performance. "It is already a great accomplish to be able to play this piece": WHAT? Are you know that Neuhaus was a concert player, a very famous piano teacher in the Moscow Conservatory and not an ordinary amateur pianist?!?
ciayko 3 years ago
Sorry, but I think very much you are not know what you talk about. Don't please leave silly and naive comment to make yourself ridiculous, thank you.
himitsunosallychan 3 years ago
The only silly,naive,useless,ridiculous comment is yours. Try to explain why this is a great performance (for you,of course) and I'll remove my comment.
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@himitsunosallychan:
The only silly,naive,useless,ridiculous comment is yours. Try to explain why this is a great performance (for you,of course) and I'll remove my comment.
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Sorry, but I think both us speak wrong English, therefore big misunderstanding exists, I feel. I nowhere said this is great performance, no, not anywhere. Sorry if I misreaded your comment, but your comment based on false basis, therefore I said silly comment. Maybe you don't notice that this man playing piano looks astonishing like Stanislav Bunin? Surely Richter & Gilels were not pupils? But, even if this man was Heinrich himself, why should that be reason to judge performance good or bad?
himitsunosallychan 3 years ago
Terrible performance, compare with Horowitz. Horowitz is clear and powerful, notice how Horowitz brings out the inner voice staccato at the repeat of the theme. I agree, Neuhaus seems to be struggling here at the limit of his technique. Horowitz masters the piece. Can anyone else hear the rushing of phrases and the wrong notes?
trevjr 3 years ago
Bah you are such a jerk, idiot. If someone is worse than Horowitz it does automatically mean he is TERRIBLE? It is already a great accomplish to be able to play this piece. Neuhaus's playing also has some distinct musical qualities but is it a wonder if someone doesn't surpass Horowitz who was one of the greates pianists ever. You should learn some behaviour before writing your comments (which does have point but you express it in an extremely terrible way)
mursum151 3 years ago
No, I have an opinion, like many others. Some say terrific, some say terrible. I think anyone who listens to Horowitz and this side by side would vote for the Horowitz interpretation. Neuhaus unfortunately does not have the chops to play this piece. Maybe he plays other works better. He is clearly struggling with this piece and I can't imagine what musical qualities there are. I stand by what I said before, Horowitz is clearer and more musical to me. I agree with the above comment-he is lost.
trevjr 3 years ago
Saying "terrible performance" doesn't express your opinions in any way. Of course this is calm compared to Horowitz BUT if you can't find ANY musical qualities you are probably deaf, have you noticed that? Maybe he is struggling but no much. He certainly plays more right notes than does misstakes. Very few play this kind of pieces with absolutely zero slips (again comparing to Horowitz is silly). Would you like if someone commented your own playing "terrible"?
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IgorTheClown 2 years ago
素晴らしいです！
morinoroba 3 years ago
What a beautiful interpretation! An incredible piece of music, too.
PeacfulJoh 3 years ago 3
Amazing, so great to find a video here of my musical grand father!
Mpiman 3 years ago
Stunning playing. His fluidity is staggering. His interpretation shows the deeply personal nature of Scriabin's music. No, he doenst play with the same power as Horowitz, but neither do the rest of us. A true artist, and master of the Russian school.
pianoplayersean 3 years ago 3
T bag from prison break. didnt kno he played piano so well
callenishss 3 years ago 3
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This is a pretty pedestrian interpretation of this piece. Just "so-so" technically. And musically it's a little bit jumbled. One gets the feeling that he really is playing against the upper limits of his ability. But he has very nice hair, is an attractive man, and cuts a dashing figure at the keyboard.
trschaefer 3 years ago
cool
Timmytimtimtm 3 years ago 2
What a wonderful piece, really delightful second theme, seems Scriabin takes a little look back in his first periode.
The first time I hear Stanislaw Neuhaus (only knew his father).
This is my favorite interpretation!
He gets the perfect ballance in this passionate, bold, tragic and graceful piece. He plays it in one great bow, finds the right ballance in bass and in the right pedal. All togehter with a concentrated sincere emotion. Wonderful athmosphere!
Dereuter17 3 years ago 2
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handsome gay handsome piece handsome interpretation .. .
dindan4 3 years ago
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What a handsom gay.
simsa21 3 years ago
Someone's jealous ....
wcsxwcsx 3 years ago 6
he was Richter's teacher...
was he or no??
nazhiitoxx 3 years ago
No, it's the son of heinrich (stanislas) who play. He was alcoolic, his father was a genius, but the son only good and alcolic student. Richter had a veneration for Heinrich, and a bad opinion of his son.
sofronitzky 3 years ago
Thanks for the background on Stanislaw Neuhaus. He died relatively young (52 years old). Perhaps this was related to his alcoholism. It was probably extremely difficult to be the son of a legend.
trschaefer 3 years ago 3
The son of Stanislaw Neuhaus, Stanislaw Bunin, is alcoolic, too. I totally agree with trschaefer.
maurizio1191b04 3 years ago
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People - please - What is this: 'Piano Playing VH1' or 'Glamour'?
This is a beautiful interpretation! - that is the important thing.
Do not turn this into cheesy hollywood!
cenodus 3 years ago
I have listened to this piece many, times played by incomparably brilliant artists. Without doubt Neuhaus's interpretation is fundamentally different from any other performance I have heard. The piece is so incredibly difficult and passionate; yet Neuhaus effortlessly holds back everything that does not need to be said. What rubato! But from 2:00 onwards something rattles him - look at the minute twitches of his eyes and mouth. He knows all is lost: the tempo defeats him. It is exquisitely sad.
chillboy57 3 years ago
OMG - this is bad news for me - Neuhaus is one of the best of the century and even he cannot do it flawlesly. I will have to play this beast in a competition soon.... This is indeed the best interpetation ever but even he does not own it 100%!!!
Dchrisanthakopoulos 3 years ago
you can still see the difficulty, but if you try hard enough you can accomplish whatever you want.
DiiDee66 3 years ago
Ce n'est pas Heinrich mais stanislas, que Richter méprisait un peu. Néanmoins, il est allé à bonne école...Horowitz joue cette étude plus lentement, mais c'est tellement plus intéressant par Horowitz...
sofronitzky 3 years ago
D'accord!
Contrappunto 3 years ago
Hi, can anyone tell me if this is a good competition piece? Thanks. :)
hatake16 3 years ago
If you can play it at ALL. Each page with just five staffs contains 600+ notes in invert, than scrap scales. It's almost impossible to learn. ugh! Too hard for me. :(
Good luck learning! Please post a vid if you can manage this wonder piece yourself!
HawaiianTropicZone 3 years ago
should music be competitive?
abockheim 3 years ago
As long as it is a healthy competition, of course. It helps you to move forward. At least that's what I think.
zampuk 3 years ago
Horowits is beta
anthrax088 3 years ago 2
amazing how easy it seems to him! I prefer less rushed rubato.
cynic150 3 years ago
to my ears, the rubato here gives it that weird feeling of an out-of-control waltz...like ravel or something...it does look easy for him
jcfbell3001 3 years ago
He looks like skinny Jay Reno
msl37431 3 years ago
nice hair
b3cmin 3 years ago
i get so pissed when they show lots of face wtf is the face doing his hands do all the work
SummerRoxxx 4 years ago 9
i have to agree here. i don't know, maybe they want to show the emotion in his face? his radiant complexion? something...
JuliHuey 3 years ago 3
It's called emotional reaction. Pretty much the same a sexual arousal.
Cleroth 3 years ago 2
oh my god, he is fast....wowowow. FOr those w. critics...When you play like that, then u have a right to talk...
sofisofi1506 4 years ago
i know his grandson!
he's outstanding as well, with genes like that you can't go to far astray.
i"ll a video of the guy.
DGProDuckshon 4 years ago
Does anybody have a video of Heinrich Neuhaus? Would be great to see and listen to the master of masters...
xper2xper 4 years ago 3
many wrong notes
kx3kx3 4 years ago
If the only thing you care about are correct notes, then you clearly have no feeling for good music!
Lemonizm 4 years ago
I totally agree! Being a pianist, I understand
your point;) I don't care that much about the wrong notes and unclarity of his interpretation, but I still don't like the way he plays it. I'm learning it now...very hard to keep the fifth finger standing out and keep clarity because of the low end
"blurriness" in the left hand.
kx3kx3 4 years ago 2
specially at the end
rambeiro 4 years ago
I thought it's Heinrich Neuhaus and not Stanislav... ?
Erinnyae 4 years ago
Thats his son
Lemonizm 4 years ago
Oh, I didn't know there were two Neuhaus... Thanks for the clarification! :)
Erinnyae 4 years ago
mwahaha, no problem...
Lemonizm 4 years ago
beautiful performance !
scriabin will be always my favourite composer...
uo12345678910 4 years ago
c'est genial!!
bravo!! ;)
guitarmanK1982 4 years ago
definitly nice hair.
swojnicz 4 years ago
Nice hair
onaip80 4 years ago 5
WTF???
His hair really sucks...
...but he's an excellent pianist.
jubulalau 4 years ago 2
i liked his hair..
filthysoap 4 years ago 2
Yes..., his hair is cool.
leomulder 4 years ago 2
To me, the EMI recording of Andrei Gavrilov tops any other contenders - and the companion Fourth Sonata is a benchmark performance.
pno4tay 4 years ago
I think horowitz's version is better, and is posted on youtube.
awdrgyjilplijygrdwaw 4 years ago 6
Thanks for posting this video, as my mother was studying both with him and his father, Heinrich Neuhaus in Moscow, from 1961-1964
DoxyMusic 4 years ago
I speak only for barbarians like myself: This is a good effort but pales next to Horowitz. Such pieces require taking risks and pushing the envelope way beyond mere sanity and into schizophrenia
sagalat 4 years ago
didnt neuhaus teach richter and gilels?
scottbos68 4 years ago
Heinrich Neuhaus taught Richter and Gilels, but this video is of his son, STANISLAV Neuhaus. Richter says that Gilels eventually turned against Heinrich Neuhaus though he doesn't say why. Horowitz also said that H. Neuhaus was a big influence on him. But I think sagalat is right: this performance is good but pales next to Horowitz.
BrucknerEnthusiast 4 years ago
oh yeah i think i remember in richters book he said that gilels later in life denied neuhaus taught him, he wanted people to think he was self taught if i remember correctly but i read it long ago so im not sure if my memory is correct
i seem to also remember neuhaus helped change richters sound
scottbos68 4 years ago
This guy's mannerism reminds me of Liberace.
plainwain 4 years ago
You're a complete fool if you meant that seriously.
Pianowrestler 4 years ago
haha liberace was a twerp
scottbos68 4 years ago
Richter does the strongest version, on the Warsaw concert recording.
Brianjonestown 4 years ago
The earlier Moscow live recording is even better IMO.
restif1975 4 years ago
check out the Horowitz interpretation if you like this. The coloring is unreal with Horowitz, and the texture absolutely perfect
TheJoyfulPianist 4 years ago
perfect... he is God.... Потрясающе! нет слов
Difuzion 4 years ago
perhaps you don't know Scriabin
prokofiev100 4 years ago
Here's a guy who saw the 80s coming and prepared early.
DarthMaddolis 4 years ago
i'm not familiar w/ this piece, but i do think there could be a lot more clarity. maybe it's just the audio quality. it was still beautiful though!
pianogirl714 4 years ago
Has anyone actually tried playing this? I tried sight-reading it today, and in the end, I could only sight-read the right hand only and that gave me a headache. Now, imagine playing it fast... This guy plays it pretty fast and has pretty big hands. But I do agree that he doesn't play the notes as clear as they can be. But it was a great attempt! :)
tsukiyo777 4 years ago
Haha yeah, a friend of mine plays it, and one day he gave it to me and was like "Here! You should play this.. with your temperament it'll be perfect." I tried sightreading it and I told him he was insane.. It's extremely hard but so beautiful..
AngelinaTaylor 4 years ago
awesome!!!,he play it perfectly!
uo12345678910 4 years ago
the phrasins is ok, but fairly slow and very sloppy. I don't think he could handle this technically- also, like many, he plays lots of wrong hamonies in the left hand.
tafstt1212 4 years ago
I didn't like at all the way Neuhaus plays Skrjabin, he hasn't the touch to make us feel what outburst from Skrjabin heart... No, many mistakes also in the playing...
heaven17 4 years ago
This kind of bland,cautious performance is produced by thousands every year by so-called Russian piano school.
schroederdevrient 4 years ago
so-called what? Scriabin himself and Rachmaninoff were trained at the Moscow conservatorym cradle of the Russian school and they were followed by Heinrich Neuhaus (father of this performer on YT who is really average) Richter, gilels,Sofronitzky etc etc etc and last but not least Kissin.. Who of them play cautiosl and bland performances? Oh, maybe Horowitz?;-)
voolare 4 years ago
thanks very much
great
..can you post more Neuhaus stuff? maybe his father's?
that'll be awesome!
mikeasss 5 years ago
And likewise, I prefer Horowitz's and Richter's to this, but I am below this.
Thanks! Great.
dnephi 5 years ago
yikes i just posted my own playing of this! hahaha not as good, but we try :)
LordDazzer 5 years ago
I must say that I was very moved by this performance, although it was not perfect. If we can play today at this level, it's paradise on earth.
erpooh 5 years ago
This is my favorite among scriabin. My favorite performances are Richter & Horowitz (From the albums RIchter plays Scriabin & Horowitz plays Scriabin)...
dnephi 5 years ago
Yes, this is a special work. One of my favorites of this great composer. Ruth Laredo also did a great performance of this.
junglejim66 5 years ago
Evgeny Kissin rules this song
thatnicekid04 5 years ago
The piece was not terribly played considering how challenging it is but many mistakes were evident when he tried to emphasize on the melody, mostly towards the latter part of the piece. This is my favorite piece from all of Scraibin's etude, neglecting Op. 8 No. 12.
chidio2 5 years ago
Heinrich Neuhaus (teachers included Godowsky; uncle was Felix Blumenfeld; cousin was Szymanowski) was father of Stanslav Neuhaus. Stanislav Neuhaus is father of Stanislav Bunin. I don't know why his name is "Bunin" instead of "Neuhaus", but one can imagine how difficult it would be to build a career with the same name as your [semi?] well-known father...
I thought this Scriabin performance was quite good. Some of the criticism here may simply be due to the atrocious audio quality.
emtube 5 years ago
Oh I was shocked to learn that Bunin is son of Stanislav Neuhaus! He actually looks like him a bit! Wow what an incredible blood line! But it's odd how non of them really really boomed as a concertist, despite the incredible talent (especially of Heinrich)
voolare 5 years ago
I agree. Of course, the political situation during Heinrich's and Stanislav's time was not very amenable to creating an international career, while both of them were very active in the Soviet sphere. Bunin's popularity in Japan at least is quite high, but there are so many great pianists coming out of Russia etc. that it is difficult to really distinguish oneself among the shrinking classical fan base, I am afraid...
emtube 5 years ago
Even I thought that was played bad, and I am not familiar with Scriabin. But then Neuhaus' name sounded famous, and maybe it was supposed to sound like that. Anyway does anyone know of a better playing of this piece, b/c it seems to sounds like its a beautifully composed piece?
waytoocool 5 years ago
V.Horowitz has a splendid live recording of this piece along with another from opus 8, number 11, I think. (Bb minor?)
AChrisL 5 years ago
that was umitigatingly horrendous
shineshocker 5 years ago
It wasn't terrible, but I didn't care for that performance. That piece has all kinds of secondary lines to bring out...but they're gone AWOL in that performance. Where are they? Fell out on the floor when the piano lid was opened, I guess. And there are lots of mistakes and left-out notes and tempo hiccups too. I'm guessing that the film maker wastn't budgeted for another take.
And yes Stanislav Neuhaus is the son of Heinrich Neuhaus, not the other way around.
crystal130h 5 years ago
I completely agree with you, crystal130h. Especially in the second go around of the main melody in the soprano register, the part where the melody is actually syncopated. There are two lines to be sung, but he only brings out the top one.
AChrisL 5 years ago
sorry double post haha
vatolegato 5 years ago
lol, well I like the cover better, but this one is great too
vatolegato 5 years ago
well it sounds great to me! It's not this song wasn't played by someone else.
vatolegato 5 years ago
my last comment was at the fool vatolegato by the way. sigh. poor guy probably has no musical knowledge.
sab3156 5 years ago
robufnoru...... no tienes ni idea, mira la partitura...pone affanato, es decir, con afan....creo q se refleja en el tempo q lleva Neuhaus...a ver si estudiamos un poco y aprendemos a entender la esencia de las cosas sin basarnos en cosas meramente superficiales...
scriabyn 5 years ago
El tempo creo que no es el adecuado
Robufnoru 5 years ago
you guys should check out Michael Pinnella's (of Symphony X) cover of this same song. He adds some strings in it and it sounds incredible!
vatolegato 5 years ago
Are you retarded? You are a sad, pathetic person to enjoy it. Jesus Christ. You love destruction of art.
sab3156 5 years ago
I'd give my hands for hair like that. Maybe not
Bulacanos 5 years ago
I just tried to post this, hope it doesn't come through twice. I assume that Stanislav Neuhaus is the son of Heinrich Neuhaus. But someone has suggested that Stanislav Neuhaus is the father of Stanislav Bunin, but if this is true why isn't Bunin's name Neuhaus?
Scarbo09 5 years ago
That's because Bunin's mother and Stanislav Neuhaus had split up before Stanislav Bunin was born. Bunin is his mother's family name.
eyh201 3 years ago
MUCH better pianist than his son.
Thracozaag 5 years ago
umm but this IS the son. Unless junior had a son himself I don't know about..
donjuan9012 5 years ago
man i wish my family all played piano, lol.
ivrykeys 5 years ago
Thank you so much for posting this precious film. He is a father of Stanislav Bunin, a sensational pianist who won the Chopin competition in 1985.
Would be wonderful if more of Neuhaus' film is posted.
mayumi328 5 years ago
Superb. Not sure about the hair though..
newton2060 5 years ago 2
LOL! Love the Scriabin Etude, the hairdo needs work..
milo1111 5 years ago