Michelangeli plays Franz Schubert

[aedo67]

simply stunning...

[mightysmeagol]

Excellent, so close to be perfect as it gets

[blade42251]

this song is amazing!!! I cannot believe what kinds of comments are being said about this phenomenal music. the melody is so clever and michelangeli makes it so clear to the listener. it's pure schubert and his beautiful melodic development.

[leenvalery]

@blade42251 it is no song but a sonata

[3rdgatebaptist]

My suggestion for all you "" guys is to listen to it three times. Then you'll wake up one morning not being able to get it out of your head. You'll be compelled to listen JUST ONCE MORE. Before you know it, you'll be buying the sheet music!

[missionfarstar]

We must learn not to bicker and deride each other over what composer was / is better than another...or what seems boring or exciting as it is a subjective matter....and to insult each other make fools of ourselves. The whole essence of the music is to free the spirit consciousness from the stone age mentality of wanting to kill each other for no good reason just because one disagrees with another. Come on!

[Yellottwe]

@missionfarstar you sound like a pretty boring "go along to get along" type of person. Why shouldn't people disagree and debate their opinions?

[Tapinaz]

He opens and reads the heart of Schubert

[mradipatti]

hey thia artist certainly knew  viennese music !

[lovesGenet]

i wont even entertain this.But comparing a Bach variation andf there are severalbesides the goldbergs and many places where he writes doubles,passacaille and chaconnes.Comparing Schubert 's mostly B O R I N G pf sonateas to anyone except Reger is incomprehensible.Actually most of the commentary on youtube is lazy and uninformed.Go to some of the contemporary posts : those that know don't say a word!

[hatem52]

...but you are saying a lot ...

[dereczynski]

Thank You Master for opening my ignoble eyes to the infinite boredom of schuberts music.

I strongly recommend to You to stick to genet and not bother cultured people with Your moronisms

[brassmonkeyjew]

@dereczynski

This is sleepy music admit it! He's no Beethoven for sure!

[mariusfelix]

@lovesGenet no ear, no heart, no brain...poor guy...

[mystuff730]

is it just me, or does this sound a lot like the theme from the last movement of D. 959?

[junglejim66]

yes it does

[mikejr41387]

@mystuff730 it is! he beautifully reworked the theme from this movement in 959

[daniel15671]

This is a rather unique movement, even for Schubert. I can't think of any other of his piano works that feature this kind of texture. I don't find it rambling, but one has to really let go of time and relax into it.

[iloveaccompanying]

I haven't heard a lot of the Schubert sonatas, but I really like what I've heard of them. If you listen to the music, ignore the musical term "sonata", and have time to listen, it's very enjoyable. - sort of what you expect "typical piano music" to sound like.

[Lukecash12]

Schubert is wonderful like Thalberg, because he leaves so much for the pianist to do. He writes great material, and the real trick behind bringing out all of the structure and wonderful sonority lies on the shoulders of the experienced pianist. He lets us all get in on the musicality, and it definitely has it's merits. Schubert is a wonderful composer to study for that reason, just like Albeniz, Alkan, Sorabji, Beethoven, Bach, and Scriabin can educate you on mostly everything else.

[Frareggio80]

Questa musica incantevole ha il potere di incantarti e farti dimenticare ogni tribolazione. Speriamo esistano sempre grandi artisti in grado di interpretare la musica classica, l'unica e vera musica

[HeidiHao]

I wanted to mean Gould and wrote Richter, that's why I wanted to suppress my post just after posting it, I believed that I did, but I was so "exhausted" that I failed to do this too :-D. (I'm not sure we think to the same quote.)

[killersax]

It's just you.

[billyguns2]

Is it just me, or does anyone else find the Schubert Sonatas overlong and rambling?

[howdilydoodily]

Do you know how long Beethoven's 9th Symphony is? Have you ever heard a Mahler symphony performed live? Do you know how long Beethoven's op. 111, 2nd mvt is? Are you familiar with the Goldberg variations? What about the Diabelli variations? The Eroica variations (for piano)?

When you've heard Schubert D 959, 4th mvt played with complete serenity and sensitivity, believe me, you will NEVER want the piece to end.

[billyguns2]

Once again, YouTube listeners refuse to read what I actually write! I said: "overlong AND RAMBLING." I would hardly classify the Beethoven 9th or any of the other pieces you mention as "rambling," as they all hold my interest from beginning to end and the Variation form happens to be one of my personal favorites,

[howdilydoodily]

billyguns-

Then that's just it. You say you love the variation form, yet Bach only wrote in that form once for a reason, and one could easily say the Diabelli & Eroica variations seem to go on and on (I don't), but the fact is there's more development in a Schubert sonata than in anyone's variations. The argument is you conveniently ignore the same qualities in Beethoven's 9th--with the endless 4th movement--that's in Schubert.

It's a tired response, and frankly ignorant, regarding Schubert.

[billyguns2]

There is no need to be insulting; that is a tired reponse from someone who has nothing of value to say. By the way, I am a highly sought after professional musician who probably knows more about music than you ever will. I like what I like, you like what you like and let's just leav eit at that. I find that most YouTube commentators are self righteous know it alls that brook no other opinion except their own.

[werewethere]

Clear, unassuming performance allowing Schubert to be heard without a tinge of unwarranted sentimentalism. Just brilliant!

[BubbaFrench]

Best Schubert ever!!!

Even more better than the Schubert could be!!!

[jwthomas777]

MIchelangeli can do no wrong, but here he comes close :)

[otterhouse]

Well, as always with Michelangeli, it's not boring. Pulse and "puncturing" of notes makes this piece sounding closer to fi. cm. von Weber then I earlier noticed.

Thanks for uploading!

Greetings, Rolf

You can find me on Twitter as @otterhouse

[aintyourlilac]

well...Schubert?!?

[ClassicalMusicReview]

Who knows what 'Schubert' would have wanted and who cares.Of course,you are very right to suggest however that this performance style is a whimsical Arte-Deco one.Certainly Not possible for a likely interpretive approach contemporary to Schubert or even fifty years after...as it deletes too many dimensions of articulation and rhythm

[aintyouroseither]

For me, this performance depicts a dollhouse, which interestingly is also what Richter's interpretation of Schubert reminds me of.

[iperuranioangela]

ssssshhhhh.... be quiet, my friends. this is not human...

[kempff95]

very nice...

[lokopiano]

My God.

What a perfection.

try to find some Paradisi play by him.

Tell Brendel to listen this to learn how to play Schubert........

lokopiano

[Gabry950]

Ogni volta che lo sento, Michelangeli mi emoziona tantissimo!

[GBV1961]

Grazie Maestro....

[peterhammill]

Thank you for posting this...it's actually broadcasted on SKY CLASSICA these days...now I can see and listen to it every time I want.

[nantong]

I can't remember the amount of notes as he does nor do I gain income from a professional career as a pianist. I do think that this is tired performance and one that does not seem to have much life about it. The Steinway sound is there though.

[laqullu]

Pero es que este hombre lo toca todo magnificamente...no he visto un pianista mas completo...excepcional¡

[Makomp1234]

Please putt part 1 and 3?!?!

[gaspgaspla]

totally a monster.. he lived in another dimension. a genius. pure genius. sensitivness tecnique, magic...great.

[NOKADIWA]

MAGNIFIQUE !

[jazaleax]

adorably charming :)

[pianofolle]

Here HE is!!! the GOLD MASTER!!! listen what he makes out of this simple piece: touch & sound beauty+feeling= ART. M.Uchida is a great pianist,but listen to the same piece she plays and then tell me if this is not a quite DIEFFERENT WORLD

[anonymusum]

Or listen to the Beethoven concertos and compare Brendel with Michelangeli. It´s unbelievable! Never heard a better pianist -

[Toxxic88]

Are you saying Brendel is better? As much as I love Brendel's Schubert and Beethoven performances, I have to say ABM was a master,

[anonymusum]

I didn´t express it properly - sorry. I wanted to say that Michelangeli is a far better pianist than Brendel. His recordings will always be treasures in my collection (right aside Carlos Kleiber).

[Pogouldiwitz]

While Mitsuko isn't the technician that Michelangeli was, she isn't a lesser musician. However, with regards to this piece, ABM owns D. 537.

[sexypianista]

Listen everyone,nobody can judge a master,,

[javacisnotrecognized]

You realize that calling someone "a master" is a form of judgement, right? :)

[pianofolle]

No,it's not. a judgement is made at least by a subject, a verb and a predicate(to javacis)

[Rik274]

If you've called someone "a master", you must at least have had in your head some such sentence as: He (subject) is (verb) a master (predicate). So what's your point?

[Rik274]

P.S. the previous remark is addressed to pianofolle's last comment but one.

[ipmoic]

Wondrous--The music never touches the ground.

[galapz]

I know that everybody some of you are not going to agree with me I think that this is perfect but boring. And again I admire Michelangeli in many other redentions.

[kajohada]

this sonata ist not the best of all schubert sonatas and this mouvement hasnt to say much so it seems boring,but the way he plays is also here outstanding and very singular! - wanna say:composition a sort of boring,interpretation as well.

[plantluver9]

he plays this way too stiff in my opinion, there used to be a remarkable rendition by a pianist named plamena mangova, she really played it with feeling and a good attitude...

[NosHabebitHumus]

Thanks for pointing out Mangova's rendition. It is very lovely indeed. However, it is 3 minutes shorter than this one. She achieves an effect which is more pleasing to our modern ears by using much more damper and rubato. This version, which depends on what to us sound like very small chnages in dynamics is much closer to what was possible on a fortepiano -- Shubert's instrument. To appreciate this, you have to adjust your ear to the lesser dynamic range, like listening to Bach on a clavichord.

[godelike]

Oh Plamena Mangova was in my class :D

[Lillars]

MERCI !

[kajohada]

pianista grande! - awesome how he uses playing the piano.

[paulostroff99]

Magnificent playing!TY

[Lauretta73]

Excellent!

Thanks for posting!

Laura