Rosa Tamarkina plays Verdi / Liszt - Rigoletto - Concert Paraphrase for Piano, S.434

[himitsunosallychan]

Gilels's first wife! What a thing to hear. One of my favorite female musicians turns out to have been the mate of my favorite male musician...

[artvirtue]

One of my favorite Liszt transcriptions played by such a talented pianist.

Thank you.

[troppofiato]

The most musically satisfying interpretation of this paraphrase that I've heard. Technically superb. What a wonderful pianist!

[hophmi]

Her playing is simply amazing. She would have been a major star. Her Chopin Fantasie is one of the very best as well.

[rva25]

she was Gilels' first wife...

[pianowhiz1]

Exciting piece!! A beautiful interpretation! I am currently learning this piece and she is an inspiration!!

[GeorgeMaxwellDuPre]

Very "coloured" playing. Inner voices, flutes, cellos -- exceptionally well done, a full orchestra in her hands. And it is all done with a sort of spontaneity and ease. The interpretation sounds naturally breathed, not forced or studies. Impressive.

[GeorgeMaxwellDuPre]

I greatly admire her playing. Virtuosity comes second to a lovely expressiveness and lyric tone.

[ClassicalMusicReview]

Dear Viktor,What is your opinion of this perfomance and why?

[truecrypt]

Very youthful, natural and played with enormous and almost "physiological" pleasure! I can feel that playing itself is a very enjoyable process for Tamarkina. She is not an *astonishing virtuoso* a la Cziffra, but absolutely irresistible personality!

[ClassicalMusicReview]

Dear Viktor,How would you compare Rosa'a performance of this to Anna Essipova's?

[truecrypt]

Yesipova's performance is *staged* as a theatrical act. Beautifully executed!

Tamarkina's performance is more about operatic singing and less theatrical. Technically superb though!

For the Stern Auditorium I would prefer Yesipova, for the Weill - Tamarkina would do better... ;)

[Noshirm]

Ravishing. (:-D) What a tragic loss to the world of music lovers her untimely demise was. Thank heavens she left some recordings.

[weikko79]

One of the all-time best performances of this piece! Thank you so much for uploading it (though I have it on CD as well)!

[kandutery]

thanks thanks thanks!!!

[GetMeThere1]

WOW!

Can you tell us, truecrypt, how she came to die at such a young age?

[GetMeThere1]

Ah, not needed. I see in the info section on her Rach 2 recording that it was a natural death from cancer.

[truecrypt]

At 26 Tamarkina was diagnosed with cancer.

Last 4 years she actively concertized despite of sharply worsening conditions. Her death was a huge tragedy for everybody who knew her.

[GetMeThere1]

Do you know the year this was recorded? Having such a tragically short life, it seems especially "urgent" to know at what point she played with such....contained energy and brilliance.

For me personally, this comes across as QUITE a performance!

[truecrypt]

It was recorded in 1947.

[GetMeThere1]

Thank you. I'm overwhelmed....

[tHEnOOSEsWING]

I was unfamiliar with this pianist Rosa Tamarkina until you posted some of her works earlier. Thank you for posting Andre.

[truecrypt]

She died very young - only 30 years old - in 1950.

Emil Gilels and Rosa Tamarkina were married... she was his first wife. She was incredibly talented and gorgeous! Explosive combination!

[vocalpianist]

it blows me away, how such incredible talents die so young, I always wonder what they would have gone on to accomplish...

[tHEnOOSEsWING]

Thank you Andre for the information. Paul.