Cortot plays Jeux d'eau with a beautiful "pianism" but like if it will be Chopin piece... Very interesting also in the sound but too much liberty with tempo variations... He doesn't respect Ravel indications but he plays in the good way because of the liquid poetry of his inspiration. Anyway, I don't think Ravel like this interpretation because he would like only the performer plays and "read the text" , everything is writing. The best is Vlado Perlemuter. But Cortot was a genius.
@terenceva Do you have some basis for assessing Ravel's likely response? I ask because (I have read that) when he first turned Tzigane over to Jelly d'Aranyi (the dedicatee) her performance departed from the written score a bit (reflecting her knowledge of the intended style) and Ravel incorporated her changes as improvements. So it is not clear to me how rigid Ravel was about interpretation in an age closer to Liszt's than ours.
@Oxenoverborragia Dozens of great pianists during and before Cortot's time. I love Cortot, esp. w/Thibaud + or - Casals. A great chamber player. He was French and knew Ravel so this is a great representation of this work.
@mombeekmarcel Marcelleke stop ne keer met uwe onnozele en overbodige op niets slaande kommentaar joenge.Ge hebt u hier al verschillende keren onsterfelijk belachelijk gemaakt....altijd maar discrimineren..hebt ge nog altijd niks bijgeleerd manneke...en wees maar blij dat ik het niet in het engels schrijf..miserable ventje..
The tonal quality of the piano sounds interesting. Is there any record of the sort of instrument it is likely to have been?
wrdna58 5 months ago
Cortot plays Jeux d'eau with a beautiful "pianism" but like if it will be Chopin piece... Very interesting also in the sound but too much liberty with tempo variations... He doesn't respect Ravel indications but he plays in the good way because of the liquid poetry of his inspiration. Anyway, I don't think Ravel like this interpretation because he would like only the performer plays and "read the text" , everything is writing. The best is Vlado Perlemuter. But Cortot was a genius.
terenceva 6 months ago
@terenceva Do you have some basis for assessing Ravel's likely response? I ask because (I have read that) when he first turned Tzigane over to Jelly d'Aranyi (the dedicatee) her performance departed from the written score a bit (reflecting her knowledge of the intended style) and Ravel incorporated her changes as improvements. So it is not clear to me how rigid Ravel was about interpretation in an age closer to Liszt's than ours.
ObscureAuteur 6 months ago
Wonderful, thanks!
allegrissimo 8 months ago
Ah! Cortot!!! Grazia elei-Heaven!!
slsherwoodwells 8 months ago
正因為水的意象，
節拍的進行也呈不規則的形狀。
多樣的音色變化，也反映水的律動。
很生動！技巧高超！後半段的分層次音色..超絕！
seremerow 2 years ago
I am sure about that. Only Cortot and Arrau where able to procude some kind of marvelous sounds wich mostly gunmchine players will never undesrtand.
Oxenoverborragia 2 years ago 2
@Oxenoverborragia And Gieseking and Michelangeli also off course...
abmsghost 1 year ago
@Oxenoverborragia Dozens of great pianists during and before Cortot's time. I love Cortot, esp. w/Thibaud + or - Casals. A great chamber player. He was French and knew Ravel so this is a great representation of this work.
2ndviolinist 1 year ago
If richter had took lessons with cortot, he maybe understood this piece...
mombeekmarcel 2 years ago 3
@mombeekmarcel Marcelleke stop ne keer met uwe onnozele en overbodige op niets slaande kommentaar joenge.Ge hebt u hier al verschillende keren onsterfelijk belachelijk gemaakt....altijd maar discrimineren..hebt ge nog altijd niks bijgeleerd manneke...en wees maar blij dat ik het niet in het engels schrijf..miserable ventje..
abmsghost 1 year ago