GINA BACHAUER, PIANO BRAHMS -- PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2 1962

[shishirth]

Wonderful!

[Mamasan41]

I have an old cassette tape where she plays the Chopin Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53.(Heroic) It makes me think of the cavalry coming over the hill! Thunderous rescue that!

[pianoenthusiast11]

can we have the 1st movement of this too please?

[wendelienanje11]

@pianoenthusiast11 Sorry, it's over 10 minutes... I don't know if there is any cd version still on the market...

[MYRHAH]

La pianiste et l'orchestre sont très bons, c'est une interprétation "généreuse", directe. La pianiste a un timbre étonnant, un jeu clair sans abus de pédale qui "passe" au-dessus de l'orchestre avec lequel elle dialogue vraiment. Pas de chichis ici, mais de "la musique avant toute chose".

[nevskixx]

I too,had the chance to hear Gina Bachauer in London, just the once. I was very young and believe it was Rachmaninov's Third. yes she was a big lady with a big, but warm and generous sound. Truly a great artist. Nice to hear her here in one of the greatest concerti.

[mrwillemguitar]

I only heard of Gina Bachauer when I took lessons in Leeds from Mavis Nichols, who was a friend of her and often offered her accomodation when she was in Brittain. Her technique is with minimal pedal but with very strong fingers, arm support. Hence how she produces this beautiful tone she does. A much underrated pianist who is defenitely one of the very greatest ever lived.

[johnbaptistlulu]

I still remember going to the Herodium Theatre in Greece with my father that evening in 1976, waiting for Gina to play... That was also when the first public announcement of her death was made...

[vova47]

I love the fabulous Gina Bachauer and only hope there´s video of her playing somewhere as I never had good fortune to see her play.

[Mamasan41]

I am so happy to discover Gina Bachauer's music on YouTube! BRAVA!!!!! More More!!!!

[suzettegm]

The "other side" of the sixties...wonderful, thanks!

[pianotuner46]

As a young man I met Gina in the mid 60s when she came to Australia and toured for the ABC, she was the sweetest and most humble person. She was lovely. It was I who strengthened the piano stool for her with extra padded chocks at each corner because it would move under her weight and distract her, she was a heavy lady. This was in Armidale NSW. I will never forget her.

[e5acf4]

wonderful to discover this - i am racking my brain now trying to remember the brahms 2nd LP record that I had as a teenager with Bachauer playing - i don't think it was this one because i could still hear her playing in my mind - so full of unbelievable power and beauty - much better than what i am hearing here - unless it's just my PC speakers ruining it - oh well, i lost that LP decades ago

[simsa21]

Why only the fourth mov.?

[UncleNathan]

A wonderful performance and recording. Thank you for posting this. I had the great pleasure of hearing Bachauer perform the Brahms 2nd concerto with the Boise Philharmonic in 1968. She was definitely one of the greats.

[stephenTGV]

A superb performance by the most famous of all Greek pianists, Gina Bachauer, not yet adequately represented on Youtube. I remember her when she was a young woman in her 20s in Cyprus giving a recital (Liszt) on an upright piano, at the Forest Park Hotel in Platres. During the 2nd World War she lived in Alexandria, Egypt, teaching piano, and involved with the girl scouts.

I saw her one more time in Baltimore, performing the 3d Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto, before her premature death.

[VivaRenata]

@stephenTGV I encountered her in Chicago during the 1970's, as she often gave recitals in Orchestra Hall and at Mandel Hall (the university concert hall). She had good friends in the dept. of classical languages and was generous to the Univ. of Chicago. In spring 1974 they arranged a master class with her and I was forced to play because the music dept. was a "composition" dept. and noone could play an instrument. It was one of the finest experiences of my life - and I will never forget it.